Houston Energy Corridor

The Energy Corridor is a district of Houston, Texas, United States that lies along Memorial Drive and Eldridge Parkway.

The area is loosely bound by the area just north of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) and Westheimer Road/Farm to Market Road 1093 to the south, and extends from Kirkwood Road to the east and Fry Road to the West. The area is defined by many oil industry related companies ranging in size from large corporations, such as ExxonMobil and Shell Oil Company, to one man independent companies mixed in with residential neighborhoods, restaurants, and parks. [ [http://www.energycorridor.org/overview/default.asp Harris County Improvement District #4 : Overview ] ]

Over convert|26000|acre|km2|0 of urban park area, the largest outside the National Park System, borders the Energy Corridor. Two parks adjacent to the district include George Bush Park and Bear Creek Pioneers Park. [ [http://www.energycorridor.org/overview/default.asp Harris County Improvement District #4 : Overview ] ]

Incomplete list of oil industry companies in the Energy Corridor include:

* 3DGeo Development
* BP America
* Cabot Oil and Gas
* CITGO Petroleum
* ConocoPhillips
* DGH Petroleum
* Diamond Offshore Drilling
* ExxonMobil
* Global Santa Fe
* Kerogen Resources
* KBC Advanced Technologies
* Halliburton
* McDermott International
* Mustang Engineering
* Osyka Corp.
* Sonsub International
* Norsk Hydro USA
* Parker Drilling Company
* Peace River Group
* Petroleum Geo-Services
* Schlumberger
* Shell Oil Company
* StatoilHydro Gulf of Mexico LLC
* Transocean

Education

The energy corridor is served by three different school districts.

Houston Independent School District

The residences within the South Eldridge Parkway area are within the Houston Independent School District [ [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/ Living in the Energy Corridor District ] ] and are zoned to the following schools:
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/dailyes/ Ray K. Daily Elementary School]
* [http://www.westbriar.org/ West Briar Middle School]
* Westside High School

Katy Independent School District

The the IH-10 / Park Ten East area is zoned to the Katy Independent School District:

The zoned schools are [http://www.katyisd.org/AZ/display_school.asp] :

For [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/parkten/empirian_park_row.aspx Empirian at Park Row] , [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/parkten/heritage_park_row.aspx Heritage at Park Row] , [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/parkten/legend_park_ten.aspx Legends at Park Ten] , and [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/parkten/park_place_apartments.aspx Park Place Apartments] :
* [http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/campuses/SES/Pages/Default.aspx Schmalz Elementary School]

For [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/parkten/stone_oak_apartments.aspx Stone Oak Apartments] :
* [http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/campuses/WE/Pages/Default.aspx Wolfe Elementary School]

For all IH-10 / Park Ten East sections of the Energy Corridor:
* [http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/campuses/MCJH/Pages/Default.aspx Mayde Creek Junior High School]
* Mayde Creek High School

In addition, the [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/memorial/promenade_memorial.aspx Promenade at Memorial] in the Memorial Drive West area is zoned to:
* Wolfe Elementary School
* [http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/campuses/mpjh/Pages/Default.aspx Memorial Parkway Junior High School]
* James E. Taylor High School

Spring Branch Independent School District

The [http://www.energycorridor.com/living/memorial/village_memorial.aspx Village on Memorial Townhomes] of the Memorial Drive West area is zoned to the Spring Branch Independent School District.

The zoned schools are:
* [http://nhe.springbranchisd.com/nheindex.html Nottingham Elementary School]
* [http://sfm.springbranchisd.com/ Spring Forest Middle School]
* Stratford High School

Notes

External links

* [http://www.energycorridor.com/home/ Energy Corridor webpage]
* [http://www.energycorridor.org/ Energy Corridor Management District webpage]