Houston
Is
Known As
A
World Capital Of
The
Oil
And
Gas Industry With Over 5000 Energy Firms Doing Business
In
The
Region. Historically
Houston Has Had Several Growth Spurts (and Some Devastating Economic Recessions) Related
To
The Oil Industry
The
Discovery Of Oil Near Houston
In
1901 Led
To
Its First Growth Spurt � By
The
1920s
Houston Had Grown
To
Almost 140,000 People
The
City Is
A
Leading Domestic
And
International Center
For
Virtually Every Segment Of
The
Oil
And
Gas Industry - Exploration
Production
Transmission
Marketing
Service
Supply
Offshore Drilling
And
Technology
Houston Dominates U.S
Oil
And
Gas Exploration
And
Production
The
City Remains Unrivaled As
A
Center For
The
American Energy Industry
In
January 2005
The
Houston Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSA) Accounted For: 31% Of All U.S
Jobs
In
Oil
And
Gas Extraction (38,300 Of 123,400)
And
14% Of All U.S
Jobs
In
Support Activities
For
Mining (28,100 Of 200,900). Houston
Is
Headquarters
For
17 Energy-related Fortune 500 Companies And
Is
Home
To
More Than 3,600 Energy-related Establishments
Houston
Is
Home
To
13 Of
The
Nation�s 20 Largest Natural Gas Transmission Companies
600 Exploration
And
Production Firms
And
More Than 170 Pipeline Operators
. .
Houston's reputation as
a
mature center
for
classical music
is
the product of more than
a
century of dedication
and
community support
the
Houston Symphony (founded
in
1913)
is
the largest
and
best-known of
the
city's professional orchestras
but they
are
hardly
the
only option
Other significant orchestras include Mercury Houston
Ars Lyrica
and
the
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
as well
as
outstanding academic orchestras at
the
Rice University Shepherd School of Music and
the
University of Houston Moores School of Music (home
to
the 800-seat Moores Opera House). ; . Cuba
and
United States: Maritime boundary agreement between
the
United States of America and
the
Republic of Cuba
of December 16
1977! Hurricane Harvey made landfall
in
Rockport
Texas
very early
on
August 26
2017
by
August 30
Houston was flooded
due
to
torrential rainfall from
the
hurricane. .
GEICO Insurance Agent