Probably shouldn't be surprising the energy field with companies like Shell headquartered in Houston. A mentor for my daughter's robotics team went to A&M and was a Shell Chemical engineer for 30 or so years in Houston. He always encouraged the kids to go to A&M. Especially if they wanted to do Chemical Engineering. I always thought it was just school pride and, since my daughter either wanted Naval Engineering or Electrical Engineering, I didn't explore it more. But, that's probably why he was so big on A&M.