Young, Joe
- Date
2004-03-22
- Main contributors
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
- Summary
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This is an oral history interview with Joe Young conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Joe Young attended Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana and received a degree in Geology. He went to work on a seismic crew in 1951 and then went to as an analyst for a mud logging unit called Consolidated Well Logging in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Later, Mr. Young went to work for Dowell as a service engineer in Kilgore and Tyler. He then came to south Louisiana and worked offshore from 1956 to 1959. He went to Maracaibo, Venezuela and then came back to operate production leases in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1975, he went to work for Lease Service as a salesman. At the time of this interview, Mr. Young was retired and living in Morgan City. Interviewer: Jamie Christy.
- Genre
interviews
- Subjects
Energy development; Petroleum industry and trade; Young, Joe
- Location
Morgan City, Louisiana
- Collection
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project
- Unit
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Notes
Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project
- Other Identifier
Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm26967473r
- Resources
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