Offshore2010-02-152010-02-151977http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18791p. 48-49.Houston Oil & Mineral, operator of the 10,880-acre Shipwreck Field lease block just N of Galveston Island, Texas, budgeted 7 more wells for the field in 1977. Since discovery of the field in 1976, the company has drilled 14 wells, of which 7 are shut-in gas wells, 2 were in the completion stage, and 3 were drilling at the beginning of 1977. Initial output from the field boosted Texas' offshore production 13%. A 20-in pipeline stretching 30 mi northeastward from the field to connect with an existing 16-in system operated by United Texas Transmission Co. was laid in 1976. Although its capacity is 300-400 MMcfd, the pipeline will have an initial throughput of 125 MMcfd when it comes onstream in spring. The line was constructed by Seagull Pipeline Corp., a subsidiary of Houston Oil & Mineral, at a cost of $11.5 million. Houston Oil & Mineral has a contract to sell gas produced from the Shipwreck Frio and Miocene fields to United Gas Transmission for $1.95 per million Btu, plus a transportation fee. The company's acquistion of the acreage comprising the field is discussed. Successful wells and their flow rates are listed. GC Northwestern Gulf of Mexicooil and gas productionoil and gas fieldspipelinesoil and gas explorationArticle