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In This Issue 2017 WIESS ENERGY HALL 3.0 WIESS ENERGY HALL 3.0 Groundbreaking! Electrifying! Revolutionary! CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS These are only a few of the superlatives used by $10,000,000 + visitors and the media in describing the Museum’s new Wiess Energy Hall, which officially opened Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to the public on November 20th. After years of $1,000,000 - $9,999,999 planning and construction, the tremendous amount of effort and attention to detail has finally paid off. Chevron The Cockrell Foundation The moment the elevator doors open on the ConocoPhillips Museum’s fourth floor, visitors are transported to The Elkins Foundation the deck of a working offshore drilling rig. They step Enterprise Products Partners L.P. onto the floating platform where the sight of waves EOG Resources, Inc. on the horizon, the sound of helicopters dropping Exxon Mobil Corporation off crew, and the movement of the automated Another fresh immersive experience is the Eagle GeoSouthern Energy Partners GP, LLC drilling equipment all contribute to the authenticity Ford Shale Experience, also known as the EFX3000, Halliburton Foundation, Inc. of the experience. a conveyance in which visitors are “shrunk” to the Phillips 66 size of a grain of proppant, and injected down the Shell Oil Company Previous Wiess Energy Hall favorites are back in borehole of a freshly drilled well before leveling out Walter Oil & Gas Corporation all-new formats. The venerable Geovator, with to traverse thousands of feet horizontally into the $250,000 - $999,999 its longtime host Captain Mercaptan, again takes target shale formation. During their journey, visitors visitors down into the earth—but on a completely venture into a narrow micro-fracture, navigate Aramco reimagined journey. The new Geovator is bigger and around other grains of proppant holding the fracture Cheniere Energy better than ever with larger screens and enhanced open, and watch real time micro-seismic data pour Constellation and Exelon Foundation motion effects. As the Geovator descends through in as they experience hydraulic fracturing firsthand— EnCap Investments L.P. (EnCap Investments, L.P., the Museum to the ground below, mummies in from inside the well! The journey concludes with a the third floor’s Hall of Ancient Egypt fly past Gary Petersen, thrilling ride to the surface atop a column of freed Phillips Family Foundation, and dinosaur bones from the Morian Hall of oil and natural gas. Zorich Family Foundation) Paleontology scatter. Visitors soon survey the rock Claire and Joe Greenberg strata beneath Houston—and possibly encounter Other highlights of the all-new Wiess Energy Hall HMW Entertainment menacing dinosaurs and survive a massive meteor include a dazzling history of energy presented on William S. and Lora Jean strike. Be prepared for surprises! array of 32 screens at 15K resolution, a giant tricone Kilroy Foundation drill bit 15 feet in diameter, a real drilling simulator, LINN Energy Completely new experiences include Energy City, a real interactive ROV (remote control submarine), a LyondellBasell a 2,200-square-foot, 1/150th-scale landscape where five megawatt gas turbine engine cut away to reveal Marathon Oil Corporation nine different sources of energy are highlighted its inner workings, and a 70-foot twisted structure Kelly and Bill Montgomery to showcase the entire energy value chain, and modeled after the plasma cloud in the “Stellerator” Occidental Petroleum Corporation demonstrate that together, these sources can sustain fusion reactor that pulses with dynamic light and Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. a city that looks a lot like Houston! Visitors can see highlights the renewable and future energy sources Simmons & Company International wind turbines, nuclear power plants, solar farms, changing our world. Carolyn and Garry Tanner onshore and offshore drilling platforms, and more Texas Crude Energy, LLC - K.C. during the day-to-night cycle of the city as it pulses The new Wiess Energy Hall is a unique educational Weiner & Peter J. Fluor with energy. What makes this exhibit so spectacular resource, filled with interactive exhibits that help to Total is the integration of animation, projection mapping make science and technology of energy come alive Jennifer and Wil VanLoh technology and physical elements, which allow for all of our visitors. Patrons who visit the Hall want Michele and Dheeraj Verma visitors to follow trains, trucks, cars, boats, and to learn more about the industry and the utilization $100,000 - $249,999 airplanes moving throughout the landscape. of the earth’s limited natural resources. Student groups who come to the Hall on co-curricular visits The Brown Foundation, Inc. are able to utilize the free curriculum guide from the Oasis Petroleum Museum’s website for more in-depth learning. The Susanne and William E. Pritchard III Hall is also an integral part of the Museum’s day- $50,000 - $99,999 long course, Introduction to the Energy Industry, which educates industry professionals, as well as David Williams employees from industry-related companies. It is Up to $49,999 also used by many corporations to train their new hires about the science, vocabulary, economics and Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Davis impact of this industry which is such an integral part The Alan & Michelle Smith Family Fund of the Bayou City. WIESS ENERGY HALL PARTNERS 2017-18 $100,000+ Chevron Bill Montgomery, Paul Bernhard, Garry Tanner $50,000 - $99,999 ConocoPhillips $50,000 Exxon Mobil Corporation Phillips 66 IN THIS ISSUE Shell Oil Company PAGE 1-2: Wiess Energy Hall 3.0 $25,000 to $49,999 PAGE 3: The Big Bang Ball HMNS 2018 Gala: Jewel of the Nile Aramco Marathon Oil Corporate PAGE 4: A Butterfly Flutter PwC 2017 Excellence in Science Awards PAGE 5: Membership PAGE 6: A Powerful Legacy Houston Strong at HMNS PAGE 7: President’s Circle Curator’s Circle Janet and Ernie H. Cockrell, Joel Bartsch, Ernie D. Cockrell Over the years, the Hall’s utilization and number of visitors has continued to increase. The Wiess Energy Hall remains more relevant than ever as it expands to include developments such as the astounding rise of unconventional hydrocarbon resources and the technological breakthroughs that make their recovery viable. On the conventional energy side, advances in engineering expertise, machinery, electronics, and computing power have led to increasing activity and an urgent need for new talent and know-how. And since the Hall’s last update twelve years ago, the solar and wind power industries have skyrocketed, especially here in Texas. The new Wiess Energy Hall is over three times the size of the previous Hall. With an area of almost 30,000 square feet, it includes all the existing exhibit content in a refreshed format, as well as numerous completely new exhibits. The new Hall is designed with more immersive, scenic elements representing the upstream, midstream and downstream segments of the industry. And the layout will allow the Hall to be the premier venue for industry functions from small cocktail parties to grand sit-down dinners. The Museum is very grateful to Anadarko and others for their support in helping us reach our $40 million goal. If you would like more information about the new Wiess Energy Hall and how you and your Jim Looke, Brenda Roliard, Mandy Lewis, Chaz Lewis, Ron Wilson, Rusty Walter, company can be a part of this project, please contact Amy Chaisson, Meme Horton, Jack Horton Rich Lewis, Kayla Lewis Director of Corporate Giving, at 713-639-4746 or [email protected] . Jeanie Kilroy Wilson, Russell and Elise Joseph Claire and Joe Greenberg Joni Baird and Natalie Barber Michelle and Alan Smith Merritt Talbot and Truman Bell Windi and David Grimes 2 THE BIG BANG BALL 2017 GALA UNDERWRITERS Virgo The Houston Museum of Natural Science 2017 Gala, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation The Big Bang Ball, was held on Saturday, March 4th. Randa and Charlie Williams This year’s Gala focused on our newly renovated Burke Baker Planetarium. Gala Co-Chairs, Shawn Big Dipper Stephens and Jim Jordan and Kelli and John Weinzierl hosted a spectacular evening under the Bud Light/ Silver Eagle Distributors stars for over 500 museum supporters. Chevron Kathleen and Maynard Holt Guests filled the Museum’s exhibition halls Kathrine G. McGovern and dined on cuisine by City Kitchen, drank T. Mark Kelly/ Vinson & Elkins LLP smoking liquid nitrogen cocktails, bid on The Petersen Family fabulous auction items, and danced to the Kelli and John Weinzierl beats of Infinite Groove. We even had our own Carolyn Leap dazzling guests with a Pegasus fabulous chemistry presentation in the Grand The Cockrell Foundation Hall! The Gala raised over $800,000 in support Kelly and Bill Montgomery of educational programs, benefitting hundreds Shawn Stephens and Jim Jordan/ of thousands of school children in Houston King & Spalding LLP and beyond. We are grateful for all of the stellar support from our many donors and Aquarius for making the The Big Bang Ball an Monica and Fox Benton astronomical success! Deb and Tim Cejka Carolyn and Platt Davis HMNS Gala Co-Chairs John and Kelli Weinzierl and Shawn Stephens and Jim Jordan EnVen Energy Corporation/ John Wilkirson ExxonMobil Corporation Frost Bank Alfred C. Glassell, III Kathy and Peter Huddleston Kristi and George Lindahl Joella and Steve Mach Laurie and S. Reed Morian Occidental Petroleum Carroll R. Ray Carolyn and Garry Tanner Phoebe and Bobby Tudor Hallie Vanderhider/ Cynthe and Brian Hughes/ Virginia Holbrook, Shawn Stephens and Caroline Hurley Kelley and Stephen Lubanko/ Nancy and David Pustka AnnaLee and Andrew Waite Kelly and Bill Montgomery Jeanie Kilroy Wilson and Wallace S. Wilson Orion Andrews & Kurth LLP/ Kristen and David Buck Lisa Young and Matt Assiff Beck Redden LLP Tony Banham/ Mike Frazier The Gordon A. Cain Foundation Dr. Mary Schwartz and Dr.
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