San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
HOUSTON WILL
USE MIRANDA
CAS- OUTPUT
Big Company Will Build
Pipe Line to Main
in Live Oak.

LAREDO, Aex.. Oct. 10.-A con-
tract of considerable importance was
made during the past week between
the Cole Petroleum Company of La
redo and the Houston Oil Company of
Houston, whereby the Houston Oil
Company acquires the gas rights to
considerable portion of the leases
owned by the Cole Petroleum Com
pany in the Bruni-Cole field. Webb
and Duval Counties. The present re-
ports are to the effect that the Hous-
ton Oil Company intends laying gas
line from its terminal in Live Oak
County to the BruniCole field.
At this time the Southern Natural
Gas Company of San Antonio, is con-
structing line from Callahan. Nc
Mullen County to the Bruni-Cole-
Carolina-Texas gas fields. IL tile lire
of the Houston Oil Company is laid,
this area will be furnished natural gas
to both Houston and San Antonio.
BUYS PRODUCTION.
This new contract is regarded as
being of the utmost importance to the
Cole, Petroleum Company to the whole
Laredo section. 1t proves what q
great many people have said for the
past two years and that is this section
would eventually supply gas for both
San Antonio and Houston.
At this time there are six gas wells
in the Bruni-Cole field, with an esti-
mated flow of 300.000,000 cubic feet
per day. One of these wells is under
contract with the Border Gas Com
pany of Laredo and is connected to
| al ~ hnt
ronyille, Jim Hogg. The remaining
five arc under contract to o. w. and
the Southern Natural Gas Company
An active drilling campaign will be
| continued by the Cole Petroleum Com
pany. At this time No. Q is being
drilled on block Z, survey 753 and Q
location made for No. 10 on block .,
survey 8 of the Mariana Arispe
grant.
SEPTEMBER OUTPUT.
During the month of September the
total pipe line runs for the Laredo
district was 217.613.SS barrels, dis
tributed among the pipe line compa'
MES rs follows: Crown Central. 94,'
500. 20 Texpata, S6,609.3; Magnolia
23.367.73: Associated, II, 652.2 20 and
the Laredo, 1,444.92. This shows 9
daily average of 1856 barrels.
Two wildcat tests located north anC
east of the Bruni-Cole field, Duva
County are showing up very favorably
Mt this time. One is the o. w. Nil
lam test on survey 353 of the Ayers
ranch. in this test q cap rock was
encountered at 1885 feet. COring. Is
in progress at this writing. The log
checks with the producing gas wells
to the west.
SET CASING.
The second is that of the Co-Opera
tive Drilling Company located OF
block 10 survey 464. Casing was Sc
in this test at the depth OF 2U4S 1eet
A sand was encountered at 2O52-2Oo'
feet which showed favorable indica
tions of both gas and oil. The MI
liam test is located about two mile
east of the gas well of the Cole re
troleum Company and the Co-opeIa
tive test is about a mile east OIL III
KiIliam location.
being drilled by o.. W. kill an an,
Clint Chenault is below i0So 1ec'
The sand that is being drilled 10
should be encountered at lIoo 1ee'
at which depth it was cored IN IN
deep test a few hundred feet to tn
The Texas Company test No. l o.
the Jennings ranch, Zapata County
is being fabricated preparatory to fisn
ing out drill stem that was droppe
to the bottom. This test mas cause
considerable comment as many believ
tbe gas is coming from the bottom Q
the hole. Casing will be set as 500
.. +bo bo1e is cleared.