Photo Exhibit Documents Birth of Mexican Oil Industry

Event: The Birth of Mexico's Oil Industry, a photographic history.

Place: Maria Isabel Sheraton Hotel, Paseo de la Reforma 325, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Mexico DF, 06500

Who is Invited: General public.

Background: The Texas Secretary of State co-hosts a photographic history exhibition about the early years of the Mexican petroleum industry, from August 27-29 during the Texas Trade Mission to Mexico 2007 (Energy Sector) led by Gov. Rick Perry in Mexico City.

"The Birth of Mexico's Oil Industry" was curated by Marco Bracamontes, president of the Houston-Tampico Sister City Association, from U.S. archives and collections. After showing it in Austin in May in conjunction with the Texas General Land Office, the Sister City Association is now bringing it to Mexico City for the first time.

The photographic history exhibit previously was shown in Houston in 2004, Dallas in 2005 and Tampico, Mexico, in 2006.

Sponsoring the exhibit in Mexico City is the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, Schlumberger, ExxonMobil and Continental Airlines. Other benefactors of the organization are the Texas General Land Office, DeGolyer Library and Alfredo and Celina Brener.

The Houston-Tampico Sister City Association (www.houston-tampico.org) highlights the ties between the oil and shipping industries on the Gulf of Mexico coast, engaging in a variety of public education and goodwill activities.

For more information about the Houston-Tampico Sister City Assoc., contact Marco Bracamontes marcob1@peoplepc.com, 281-793-8577.