Exploration for oil and gas in Florida

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OIL ACTIVITIES IN FLORIDA

During 1954

By Herman Gunter
Florida Geological Survey
Tallahassee

Exploration for oil and gas in Florida during 1954

continued at about the same rate as for 1953, with interest intensified

to a large degree by the discovery of a new oil field in Florida. A

summary of the year's activities is found on page 13.

FLORIDA HAS A SECOND OIL FIELD
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The year 1954 recorded another oil field for Florida -

The Forty-Mile Bend Field, about 42 miles west of Miami on the

/ Tamiami Trail. The Commonwealth Oil Company, et al., No. 1

M. B. Wiseheart-State Board of Education well, was completed

February 6, 1954, with an initial production of 76 barrels of oil per

day with gravity of 21. 2 API at 60*. The total depth of this well is

11,557 feet and the producing zone is the Sunniland, at a depth of

11, 322-11, 339 feet. Its total production was 10, 673 barrels of oil,

or an average of about 32 barrels per day.

A second producer was brought in by the Gulf Oil Corporation

the No. 1 State of Florida Lease 340 well, located about three

miles east from the discovery well. This was completed April 5,

1954, at a total depth of 11,352 feet. The producing zone, the

Sunniland, is from 11,340 to 11,352 feet. The initial production

was 112 barrels of oil per day, gravity 21. 7 API at 600. During

1954 this well produced 10, 819 barrels of oil, or an average of

about 40 barrels per day.

GEOPHYSICAL AND CORE TESTING

About all of the southern half of Florida was prospected

by seismograph and a portion of this area was also core drilled. The

Panhandle section was also heavily prospected, the core drilling

program being about as large as the geophysical program. No

work was done in counties east of Gadsden and north of Citrus.

The Tallahassee Scout Check reports that 429 crew weeks

were spent in seismograph work and 220 crew weeks in core drill

work during 1954. Two crew weeks of gravity work was done in

Citrus County. Included in the geophysical work were 68 crew weeks

spent on submerged lands. The Florida Bay area in Dade and Monroe

counties and the area offshore from Sarasota County to Franklin

County were covered. Eleven oil companies were prospecting the

State and four were interested in offshore testing.

SUNNILAND FIELD

The Sunniland Field continued to produce oil during 1954

at about the same rate as for 1953. The last flowing well was placed

on pump in June, 1953, and in August, 1954, the No. 4 Gulf Coast

Realty Corporation well was plugged because of depletion, making

a total of eleven wells all on pump in the Sunniland Field. The

cumulative production from this field since September, 1943, its

discovery date, to January 1, 1955, totaled 3, 833, 975 barrels. The

crude oil is moved by tank trucks from the field to Port Everglades

just south of Ft. Lauderdale where tankers take it to the refinery.

The total production of oil from the Sunniland Field and

the Forty-Mile Bend Field for 1954 amounts to 3,855,574 barrels.

(See Tables 1 and 2, pages 5 and 6)..

o- Permits obtained in 1953, tests
completed in 1954 as dry holes------

Dry holes-------------------------

SDrilling January 1, 1955-----------

+ Permits obtained in 1954, tests
not started as of January 1, 1955----

X Locations abandoned---------------

* Completed as oil producers---------

SUNNILAND

FORTY MILE BEND

FLORIDA

Seale In Milas

APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF EXPLORATORY TESTS COMPLETED IN FLORIDA DURING 1953

TABLE 1
PRODUCTION OF OIL (BARRELS) FROM HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY'S SUNNILAND

FIELD, COLLIER COUNTY,

FROM SEPT. 26, 1943, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1954

Month 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956

Jan. ..2108 --- 3899 7464 25149 37695 32095 47845 52331 45375 .46067

Feb. 1404 402 3454 5203 22853 32617 26091 43543 :50487 40821 41985

Mar. ___ 1100 581 2982 18795 25688 38880 31963 48613 51708 46609 47930

Apr. 1054 403 4151 16362 23597 42859 31136 49990 52385 43673 38357

May. 1115 725 6776 20440 21266 39756 28146 49288 52629 46244 47152

June 822 4110 7676 31065 24092 39956 47649 49823 49520 43260' 42695

ulY __ 1123 5700 6450 31395 25543 44070 46740 54499 47352 46912 45740

Aug. Dsc 957 4455 4160 31021 24011 44764 50578 50294 49863 48020 46403
Date
Sept. 9/26/4: 516 2775 6544 28431 22475 31437 48130 49609 45908 45093 42654

Oct 648 609 2976 --- 22445 27003 28634 45715 51725 46350 45529 42941

Nov. 643 581 2666 2408 23948 20331 31054 52813 48008 45357 44694 41453

Dec. 2741 449 2717 8384 22776 29213 29998 44965 52806 47965 45054 42845

Total 4032 11838 27510 56884 259345 291221 441720 486021 596043 591855 541284 526222
umu-
ative
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."aTels 4032 15870 4338C 100264 359619 650830 1092550 1578571 2174614 2766469 3307753 3833975

*Last remaining flowing well placed on pump, twelve producing wells in the field all on pump.
t Well No. 4, GCRC, depleted and plugged 11 wells in field, all on pump.

TABLE 2

PRODUCTION OF OIL (BARRELS) FROM FORTY MILE BEND FIELD
DADE COUNTY, FROM JANUARY 1, 1954, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1954.

month 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Jan. 54

Feb. 1446 _

Mar. 1296_ _

Apr. 3289_

May 2870____

O June 2421_

July 2297

Aug. 1169_____

Sept. 1319___

Oct. 2144

Nov. 1287

Dec. 2009

Tha 2155 9

Cumu-
lative
Prod. 21559
Ra r R ___------------------------ 1 --- I --- --

SUMMARY OF EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING 1954
(For details see tables beginning on p.14 ).

PERMITS OBTAINED IN 1953

TESTS COMPLETED IN 1954 AS DRY HOLES

Calhoun County

Sun Oil Company
No. 2, E. L. Jordan, et al., about 10 miles west of
Clarksville, 4611' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Charlotte County

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, Wm. H. and Alfred G. Vanderbilt, about 10 miles
southwest of Punta Gorda, 12722' depth. Dry and
abandoned.

Okaloosa County

Sun Oil Company
No. 2, Brady Belcher Interests, Inc. about 10 miles
northeast of Crestview, 5700' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Santa Rosa County

British-American Oil Producing Company
No. 1, W. S. Rosasco, irregular location about 1- miles
southwest of Munson, 6810' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, State of Florida, Lease No. 833, about 10 miles
south of Milton in Escambia Bay, 6245' depth. Dry
and abandoned.

PERMITS OBTAINED IN 1954

TESTS COMPLETED AS DRY HOLES

Calhoun County

A. R. Temple A. W. Williams Inspection Company
No. 1, International Paper Company, about 3 miles
north of Kinard, 4680' depth. Dry and abandoned.

A. R. Temple A. W. Williams Inspection Company
No. 3, International Paper Company, about 4 miles
southwest of Frink, 4520' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Dade County

Gulf Oil Corporation,
No. 2, State of Florida, Lease 340, about 38 miles
west of Miami, 11597' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Escambia County

Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
No. 1, Mabel D. Bauer, about 3/4 mile northwest of
Pleasant Grove, 7620' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Gulf County

A. R. Temple A. W. Williams Inspection Company
No. 1, Mary E. Lister, about 2 miles southeast of
Dalkeith, 4996' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Hendry County

Commonwealth Oil Company.
No. 3, Red Cattle Company, about 3 miles southwest
of Felda, 11668' depth. Dry and abandoned. (Offset
to Red Cattle No. 2 well, junked and abandoned.)

Holmes County

Lyle Cashion Company Stanley-Daws
No. 1, T. A. Yawkey, et al., "B", about 5 miles west
of Westville, 4310' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Lyle Cashion Company Stanley-Daws
No. 1, Frances E. Russell, et al., about 3 miles north-
west of Westville, 4190' depth. Dry and abandoned.

A. R. Temple A. W. Williams Inspection Company
No. 2, International Paper Company, about 3 miles
east of Bonifay, 4801' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Lee County

Sunnyland Contracting Company, Inc.
No. 1, Thomas E. Walton, about 1 mile north of
Punta Rassa, 5612' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Levy County

Sphinx Syndicate,
No. 1, Prudential Timber Company, about 2 miles
southeast of Otter Creek, 3857' depth. Abandoned
and converted to a water well.

Okaloopa County

H. L. Hawkins
No. 1, C. L. & Mattie M. Kelly, about 1 mile east
of Destin, 6250' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Sun Oil Company
No. 1, Harbeson-Wright, about 3 miles northeast of
Dorcas, 5423' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Santa Rosa County

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, Cleveland H. Bray, et al., Unit, about one mile
north of Jay, 6615' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 9, T. R. Miller Mill Company, Inc., Block No. 5,
about 4 miles east of Jay, 6380' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Justiss-Mears Oil Company, Inc.
No. 1, Estes Timber Company, about 12 miles east of
Coldwater, 6800' depth. Dry and abandoned.

I. P. and Fred Larue
No. 1, Henry Elliott, Jr., about 7 miles northwest of
Harold, 6652' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
No. 1, H. D. Lynn, about 5 miles southeast of Milton,
7001' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
No. 1, J. M. Boland, about 3 miles southeast of Milton,
6948' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Sunnyland Contracting Company, Inc.
No. 3, U.S.A. Santa Maria Unit, about 3 miles north-
west of Santa Maria, 6475' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Sunnyland Contracting Co., Inc.
No. 1, U.S.A. about 8 miles northeast of Harold,
6630' depth. Dry and abandoned.

The Texas Company
No. 1, D. W. Bailey, about 5- miles southeast of Jay,
7020' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Walton County

H. L. Hawkins
No. 1, Dorothy B. Caffeein, about 5 miles west of
Santa Rosa, 6010' depth. Dry and abandoned.

Sunnyland Contracting Company
No. 1, Thomas A. Yawkey, about 4 miles east of
Glendale, 4632' depth. Dry and abandoned.

WELLS DRILLING ON JANUARY 1, 1955

Dade County

Gulf Oil Corporation, et al.
No. 3, State of Florida-Lease 340, about 38 miles west of
Miami on Tamiami Trail.

Hendry County

Humble Oil and Refining Company
No. 1, Consolidated Naval Stores, Hole Nos. 1 and 2,
about 4 miles north of Felda.

Jackson County

Sun Oil Company
No. 3, McRae Land and Timber Company, about 9 miles
northwest of Marianna.

Pasco County

R. E. Skinner and Webb C. Clarke
No. 1, Boyd-Mitchell Unit, about 7 miles east of Tarpon
Springs.

Pinellas County

R. E. Skinner
No. 1, Hancock-Powell Unit, about 4 miles east of Tarpon
Springs. Drilling at 2177' on December 30, 1954.

Santa Rosa County

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, Rosasco et al. about 10 miles east of Chumuckla.

Walton County

Sun Oil Company
No. 3, Brady Belcher Interests, Inc., about 3 miles
southwest of Mossey Head.

LOCATIONS ABANDONED IN 1954

Charlotte County

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, Babcock-Florida Company, about 29 miles southeast
of Punta Gorda. Temporarily abandoned December 17, 1954.

Dade County

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, State of Florida-Lease 730, about 39 miles west of
Miami. Abandoned October 29, 1954.

11.

PERMITS OBTAINED IN 1954

SNOT SPUDDED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1955

Monroe County

Commonwealth Oil Company
No. 1, State of Florida-Lease 362,
west of Key Largo. Application to
September 14, 1954.

about 7 miles north-
drill approved

Polk County

Tschetter Oil Development Company
No. 1, J. H. Tison, about 4 miles southwest of
Auburndale. Application to drill approved October 5, 1954.

WELLS COMPLETED AS OIL PRODUCERS IN 1954

Dade County

Commonwealth Oil Company, et al.
No. 1, M. B. Wiseheart-State Board of Education, about
42 miles west of Miami on Tamiami Trail. First oil
producing well in Forty-Mile Bend field.

Gulf Oil Corporation
No. 1, State of Florida-Lease 340, about 38 miles
west of Miami on Tamiami Trail. Second oil producing
well in Forty-Mile Bend field.

SUMMARY

Permits to drill obtained in 1953, tests
completed as dry holes ----------------------- 5

Wells completed in 1954 as dry holes------------- 24

Wells drilling on January 1, 1955 ---------------- 7

Permits to drill obtained in 1954, tests
not started as of January 1, 1955 ------------- 2

Locations abandoned ---------------------------- 2

Completed as oil producers --------------------- 2

TOTAL FOOTAGE DRILLED IN 1953------------- 211,089

TOTAL FOOTAGE DRILLED IN 1954------------ 198, 127*

Production' of Oil (Barrels) from Sunniland Field-
During year 1954----------------------------3,833,975

Production of Oil (Barrels) from Forty Mile
Bend field during year 1954------------------ 21, 599

TOTAL PRODUCTION OF OIL (BARRELS)in 1954- 3,855,574

Production of gas (M. C. F. ) from Forty Mile Bend
Field during year 1954----------------------- 1,091

* Includes footage of wells spudded in 1953 but completed in 1954.

CALHOUN COUNTY

YE LR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPT REMARKS
No. WELL NAME ____TION PLETED

W-
3177

3318

3454

Sun Oil Company
P.O. Box 186
Tallahassee, Florida

A.R. Temple A. W.
Williams Inspection
Company,
2302 W. Beach Drive,
Biloxi, Miss.

A.R. Temple A. W.
Williams Inspection
Company,
2302 W. Beach Drive
Biloxi, Miss.

No. 2, E. L. Jordan
et al.,

PERMIT No. 184

No. 1, Inter-
National Paper
Company

PERMIT No. 195

No. 3, Inter-
national Paper
Company

PERMIT No. 216

150.5' Grd,
159.3'Df.

79. 2'CGd.
84' Df.

89. 9' Grd.

660' N and 3350'
E ofSW cor. of
Sec. 32, T1N, R11W
about 10 miles W
of Clarksville

Center of NW* of
NW* of Sec. 16.
T2S, R1OW, about
3 miles N. of
Kinard

Center of NW- of
SEI of Sec. 32,
TIS,R10W, about
4 miles SW of
Frink

4611'

4680'

4520'

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January
1 .
1954

July 31,
1954

Dec. 22,
1954

Dry and abandoned.
144 sample cuttings
from 0 to 4610'.
Driller's log 0-4611'
Schlumberger 689-
4611'.

Dry and abandoned.
246 sample cuttings
from 0 to 4640'.
Sidetrack samples
from 4420 to 4660'.
Driller's log 0-4680'.
Schlumberger 325-
4442'.

Dry and abandoned
223 sample cuttings
from 0 to 45Ul'.
Driller's log 0-4520'.
Schlumberger 305-
4510'.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED ___

Gulf Oil Corporation,
Houston Production
Division,
P. O. Drawer 1731
Shreveport, La.

Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston Production
Division
P. O. Drawer 638
Laurel, Mississippi

No.l, Wm.H. and
Alfred G. Vander-
bilt

PERMIT No. 178

No. 1, Babcock-
Florida Company

PERMIT No. 211

690'S and 655' E
of NW cor. of NE4
of Sec. 35,T41S,
R21E, about 10
miles SW of Punta
Gorda

660' N and 658' W
of Center of Sec.29,
T42S, R27E, about
29 miles SE of
Punta Gorda

5.8' Grd.
21.45'Df.

26. 7'Grd

March
14,
1954

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12,722'

Dry and abandoned
1131 sample cuttings
from 0 to 12, 720'
and 100 cores from
5502' to 11,464'
Driller's log 0-
12. 720'.
Schlumberger 1129'-
12,685'.

Permit to drill
approved September 21,
1954. Location
temporarily abandon-
ed December 17, 1954

W-
3214

DADE COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

Commonwealth Oil
Company, et al.,
615 S. W. Second Ave.
Miami 36, Fla.

No. 1, M.B.
Wiseheart Stite
Board of Educaticn

PERMIT No. 167

1205'W of E line
and 115' N of S
line, Sec. 16, T54S
R35E, about 42
miles W of Miami
on the Tamiami
Trail

9.2' Grd.
19. 9'Df.

February
1
1954

11,557'

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W-
3054

First oil Producing
well in Forty Mile
Bend field, Florida's
second oil field. Pro
duction from the
Sunniland Lower
Cretaceous limesae.
Initial production:
Pumped 75. 84nrrels'
oil, 173 barrels SW
per day out of a 2-7/8
inch tubing. Produc-
tion from Sumniland
zone 11322-11339'.
Drill Stem test at
several horizons fro
11314-11551'. Per-
forated 11322-11339.
541 samples from
2600-10780', 216
cores from 3535-
11, 552'. Driller's
log from 70-11551'.
Schlumberger from
649-11558'.

DADE COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston Production
Division,
P. O. Drawer 1731
Shreveport 93, La.

No. 1, State of
Florida, Lease
No. 340

PERMIT No. 182

Off center location
150' N and 660' E
of SW corner of
Sec. 18, T54S,
R36E, about 38
miles W of Miami
on Tamiami Trail

7.3' Grd.
18' Df.

April 5,
1954

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11352'

W-
3174

Second Oil producing
well in Foryy Mile
Bend Field. Well
producing from the
Sunniland, Lower
Cretaceous limestone
Initial production:
Pumped 91 bbls. oil,
420 bbls. salt water
per day. Gravity oil
21. 7 API at 60.
Producing zone 11341
11352'. 869 sample-
cuttings from 15' to
11330'. 78 cores
between interval of
9218' to 11345' and
144 cores from 9218'
to 11339'.
Driller's log 0-11357
Schlumberger 1048'-
11352'.

DADE COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
!No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

W-
3373

Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston Production
Division,
P. O. Drawer 638
Laurel, Miss.

Gulf Oil Corporation
et al., Houston Pro-
duction Division,
P. 0. Drawer 638,
Laurel, Miss.

Gulf Oil Corporation
et al., Houston Pro-
duction Division,
P. 0. Drawer 638
Laurel, Miss.

No. 2, State of
Florida, Lease
340

PERMIT No. 205

No. 3, State of
Florida, Lease
340

PERMIT No. 214

No. 1, State of
Florida, Lease
730

PERMIT No. 209

1980' S and 1958'
E of NW corner
of Sec. 19, T54S,
R36E, about 38
miles W of Miami

1542' S and 452'
E of NW corner
of Sec. 19, T54S,
R36E, about 38
miles W of Miami
on Tamiami Trail

150' N and 660' E
of SW corner of
SE1 of Sec. 13,
T54S, R35E,about
39 miles W of
Miami

Oct. 19
1954

11597'

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7. 3'Grd.
18' Df.

7.3' Gr
18' Df.

Dry and abandoned.
741 sample cuttings
from 155' to 11300'.
74 cores from 11300
to 11597'. Driller's
log 17-11597'.
Schlumberger 1070L
11594'. Hard water
flow at 3004'. Drill
stem test: 11490'-
11541', rec. 30' oil,
390'SW; 11554-
11592', rec. 3' oil,
12' SW. Micrologs(2

Drilling on
January 1, 1955.

Location abandoned
October 29, 1954

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETE C

Sinclair Oil & Gas
Company,
Box 521
Tulsa 2, Oklahoma

No. 1,
Bauer

Mabel D.

PERMIT No. 204

Approximately 660'
S and 660' W of NE
corner of Regular
Sec. 8, but in ir-
regular Sec. 5, T3S,
R31W, about 3/4
mile NW of Pleasat
Grove

23' Grd.
35' Df.

August
26
1954

7620'

Dry and abandoned.
264 sample cuttings
from 800' to 7630'.
Driller's log from 0
to 7620'.
Schlumberger from
100' to 7635'.

- ~. ~ 1. a L-...........L ______________________________

W-
3364

GULF COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. I WELL NAME TION PLETED

A. R. Temple A. W.
Williams Inspection
company ,
!302 West Beach Drive
3iloxi, Mississippi

No. 1, Mary E.
Lister

PERMIT No. 194

Center of NEI of
SW* of Sec. 33,
T5S, R9W, about
2 miles SE of
Dalkeith

25. 1'Grd. June 20,
30' Df. I 1954

4996'

Dry and abandoned.
340 sample cuttings
from 0 to 4990', and
17 cores from 2166'
to 4771*'.
Driller's log 0-4996'
Schlumberger 378-
4996'.

3301
.3301

"'

HENDRY COUNTY

YEAR
F GS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. __WELL NAME __TION PLETE

W-
3319

3441

Commonwealth Oil
Company,
615 S. W. Second Ave
Miami, Florida

Humble Oil & Refin-
ing Company,
P.O. Box 2180,
Houston 1, Texas

No. 3, Red Cattle
Company

PERMIT No. 191

No. 1, Consolidate
Naval Stores,
Holes 1 and 2

PERMIT No. 207

38' Grd.
50' Df.

28. 7'Grd,
40' Df.

- i I I- L

June 15
1954

11668'

Dry and abandoned.
Offset to Red Cattle
No. 2 well, junked
and abandoned.
741 sample cuttings
from 1150' to 11120
and 236 cores from
5504' to 11657'.
Drill stem test No.
1, 11435-11492'.
Rec. 1090' oil (20
Gravity) 350'brack-
ish water and 9060'
salt water. Driller'i
log 16-11668'.
Schlumberger 4078-
11667'. Gamma ray
log 500-4078'.

Drilling January 1,
1955.

135' S 37E of
center of NE- of
NEL of Sec. 25,
T45S, R28E,
about 3 miles SW
of Felda

Center of SE4 of
SE% of Sec. 5,
T45S, R29E,about
4 miles N of Felda
(Rig skidded 100'
W for Hole No. 2)

HOLMES COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNEE FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

Lyle Cashion Company
Stanley-Daws
Box 4567
Jackson, Miss.

W-
3299

3298

3362

No. 1, T. A. Yaw-
key, et al. "B"

PERMIT No. 188

No. 1, Frances E.
Russell, et al.,

PERMIT No. 189

No. 2,
Paper

International
Company

PERMIT No. 201

Center of NE- of
NW* of Sec. 1,
T4N, R17W, about
5 miles W of
Westville

50' E of center of
NE- of NW* of
Sec. 32, T5N,R16l
about 3 miles NW
of Westville

Center of NW! of
SW- of Sec. 4,
T4N, R14W, about
3 miles E of
Bonifay

77' Grd.
86' Df.

72' Grd.
81' Df.
f

March
11
1954

Feb. 26,
1954

78. 4'Grd. Sept. 17,
33 Df. I 1954

1~ a a &

4310'

4190'

4801'

Dry and abandoned.
140 sample cuttings
from 90' to 4320'.
Driller's log 0-4310'.
Schlumberger 409'-
4310'.

Dry and abandoned.
135 sample cuttings
from 0 to 4180'.
Driller's log 0-4190'
Schlumberger 413-
4192'.

Dry and abandoned.
284 sample cuttings
from 0 to 4800'.
Driller's log 0-4801'
Schlumberger 485-
4801'.

Lyle Cashion Company-
3tanley-Daws,
Box 4567
Tackson, Miss.

k.R. Temple -A.W.
Williams Inspection
Company,
!302 West Beach Drive
3iloxi, Miss.

JACKSON COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER. FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME _TION PLETED

Sun Oil Company
P. O. Box 186
Tallahassee, Fla.

No. 3, McRae Land
and Timber Com-
pany.

PERMIT No. 218

Center of NW- of 112.5'Grd
SEI of Sec. 25,
T6N, R11W,
about 9 miles NW
of Marianna

Drilling January 1,
1955.

W-
3432

_. 1 I

LEE COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETEE

Sunnyland Contract-
ing Company, Inc.
P. 0. rawer 24
Rayne, Louisiana

No. 1, Thomas E.
Walton

PERMIT No. 208

320' W and 80' N
of center of NW-
of NW- of Sec. 13,
T45S, R24E, about
1 mile N of Punta
Rassa

10.9' Grd
.9' Df.

Sept.
9,
1954

5612'

Dry and abandoned.
80 sample cuttings
from 30' to 2870' and
21 cores 5489' to
5518'. Driller's log
0-5612'.
Schlumberger 960-
5588'.

W-
3368

-- -- --

LEVY COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- ,COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

Sphinx Syndicate,
?. O. Box 2276
Palm Beach, Florida

No. 1, Prudential
Timber Company

PERMIT No. 199

Center of NW* of
NW* of SE-,
Sec. 31, T13S,
R16E, about 2
miles SE of Otter
Creek

26' Df.

Aug. 17
1954

3857'

Abandoned and
converted to Water
Well. Not officials]
closed, awaiting
letter. Heavy water
flow from 3100-
3450'. 127 sample
cuttings from 0 to
3865'. Driller's
log 0-3857'.
Schlumberger 3466-
3857'. Gamma ray
log 8-3851'.

W-
3342

I _I I J I. I_

MONROE COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. _WELL NAME TION PLETED

Commonwealth Oil
Company,
515 S.W. Second Ave.
Miami 36, Florida

No. 1, State of
Florida Lease
362

PERMIT No. 210

Latitude 25 13'
36" N and longi-
tude 8023' 48"
W(in approximately'
10' of water) NEt
of NE- of NEt of
Sec. 11, T60S,
R39E about 7 miles
NW of Key Largo

Application to drill
approved September
14, 1954.

L A ---- -.- --

_____

OKALOOSA COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA-, COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. __WELL NAME TION PLETED

W-
3225

3176

3300

H. L. Hawkins,
Independent operator
202 Whitney Bldg.,
New Orleans 12, La

Sun Oil Company,
P. O. Box 186,
Tallahassee, Florida

Sun Oil Company,
P. O. Box 186,
Tallahassee, Fla.

No. 1, C.L. &
Mattie M. Kelly

PERMIT No. 193

No. 2, Brady
Belcher Interests,
Inc.

PERMIT No. 186

No. 1, Harbeson-
Wright

PERMIT No. 192

15.78'Grd
27' Df.

202.5Grd
211.3'Df.

149.2'Grd
158'Df.

May 19,
1954

Feb. 3,
1954

May 5,
1954

- I I ______________

6250'

5700'

5423'

10850' N 61" E
from E end of
East Pass Bridge
on US Highway 90,
at Destin, Florida
19000' S 11'40' E
from SE corner
of Sec. 25, T1S,
R23W, about 1
mile E of Destin

3300' N and 1980'
E of SW corner of
Sec. 28, T4N,
R22W, about 10
miles NE of
Crestview

660' N and 660' E
of SW corner of
SW of SE- of
Sec. 13,T4N,R22V
about 3 miles NE
of Dorcas

Dry and abandoned.
207 sample cuttings
from 0 to 6260' and
3 cores from 5889'
to 5896'.
Driller's log 0-6250'
Schlumberger 606-
6247'.

Dry and abandoned.
359 sample cuttings
from 120' to 5700'.
Driller's log 0-5700'.
Schlumberger 426'-
5699'.

Dry and abandoned.
362 sample cuttings
from 0 to 5420' and
11 cores from 4069'
to 4197'. Driller's
log 0-5423'.
Schlumberger 324'-
5420'.

PASCO COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- 3EPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME __TION PLETED

1. E. Skinner & Web
;. Clarke
P. O. Box 2939
rampa 1, Florida

No. 1 Boyd-
Mitchell Unit

PERMIT No. 190

820' E and 90'N of
SW corner of Sec.
31, T26S, R17E,
about 7 miles E of
Tarpon Springs

37'

I~~- _______________________-

Drilling at 601' on
January 1, 1955

PINELLAS COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or O'WNEP FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. __WELL NAME TION PLETED

R. E. Skinner
P. O. Box 2939
Tampa, Florida

No. 1, Hancock-
Powell Unit

PERMIT No. 170

125' S and 125' E
of NW corner of
SW1 of Sec. 10,
T27W,R16E, about
4 miles E of Tarpc
Springs

26' Grd.

_____________________ I

Started July 8, 1953.
Periodically active.
Drilling at 2177' on
January 1," 1955.

POLK COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. _WELL NAME TION PLETED__

Tschetter Oil
Development
Company,
P. O. Box 1067
Auburndale, Florida

No. 1, J. H. Tisor
et al.

PERMIT No. 213

Approximately
the center of SW4
of the NW1 of
Sec. 21, T28S,
R25E, about 4
miles SW of
Auburndale

I.- I. J

Application to drill
approved October 5,
1954.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

W-
3179

No. 1, W. S.
Rosasco

British-American
Oil Producing Com-
pany,
P. O. Drawer 20068
Houston 25, Texas

Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston Production
Division,
P. O. Drawer 1731,
Shreveport 93, La.

Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston Production
Division,
P. 'O. Drawer 638
Laurel, Mississippi

PERMIT No.

215

Center of NE- of
NW* of SE1 of
Sec. 24, T4N,
R28W, irregular
location, about 11
mile SW of Munson

Off shore direction
al drilling, 660'
from S.line, 310'
from E line of Lot
4, Sec. 23,TIS,
R28W, about 10
miles S of Milton
in Escambia Bay

1877' S of N
Boundary line and
657' E of W Bound-
ary line of fractioal
section 11, T5N,
R29W, about 1 mile
N of Jay

72.21'Grd
80.38'Df.

-3'Grd.
10.1'Df.

229.4'Grd
236.6'Df.

Jan. 15,
1954

Jan. 9,
1954

Dec. 28,
1954

6810'

6245'

6615'

I- I ..

Dry and abandoned.
460 sample cuttings
from 500 to 6810'.
Driller's log 0-6810
Schlumberger 52'-
6810'.

Dry and abandoned.
179 sample cuttings
from 0 to 6240'.
Driller's log 0-6245
Schlumberger 724'-
6063'.

Dry and abandoned.
sample cuttings
from to
Driller's log 0-6615
Schlumberger 612'-
6612'.
(Samples not receiv-
ed at time of
completion of this
report)

PERMIT No. 183

SNo. 1, State of
Florida No. 833

PERMIT No. 181

No. 1, Cleveland
H. Bray, et al.,
Unit

3203

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME I____ TION PLETED___
N___1.

W-
3321

No. 9, T. R.
Miller Mill
Company, Inc..
Block No. 5

PERMIT No. 198

No. 1, Rosasco
et al.

PERMIT No. 220

PERMIT No. 187

Gulf Oil Corporation,
Houston Production
Division,
P. 0. Drawer 638
Laurel, Mississippi

Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston Production
Division
P. O. Drawer 638
Laurel, Mississippi

1. P. and Fred Larue
503 Blount Bldg.
Pensacola, Florida

226.2'Gm
233.9Df.

186' Df.

6380'

6o52'

660' S and 657' E
of NW corner of
Sec. 18, T5N,R28V
about 4 miles E of
Jay.

990' S of N line,
330' E of W line in
the NWW of SW1 of
Sec. 30, T4N, R28V
about 10 miles E
of Chumuckla

Center of NE* of
SW* of SWI of
Sec. 25, T3N, R27W
about 7 miles NW
of Harold

July 28,
1954

Feb. 11,
1954

106.50'Grd
114.37Df.

I _________________________I I. L ___________L__________

Dry and abandoned.
209 sample cuttings
from 0 to 6350'.
Driller's log 100'-
6380'. Schlumberger
530'-6384'.

Drilling on
January 1, 1955

Dry and abandoned.
591 sample cuttings
from 475'to 6640'.
Driller's log 0-6652'
Schlumberger 470'-
6583'.

3213

No. 1,
Elliott,

Henry
Jr.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

I YEAR
FGS COMPANY cr OWNER FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
jNo. _WELL NAME TION PLETED

Justiss-Mears Oil
Company, Inc.,
P. O. Box 396
Jena, Louisiana
and
Hamilton-Armour
P. O. Box 215
Pensacola, Florida

Sinclair Oil & Gas
Company,
Box 521
Tulsa 2, Oklahoma

Sinclair Oil & Gas
Company
P. O. Box 521
Tulsa 2, Oklahoma

No. 1, Estes
Timber Company

PERMIT No. 217

No. 1, H. D. Lynn

PERMIT No. 196

No. 1, J. M.
Boland

PERMIT No. 202

Center of NEI of
NEI of Sec. 10,
T2N, R27W, about
12 miles E of
Coldwater

Center of NEI of
SEI of Sec. 9, TIN,
R27W, about 5
miles SE of Milton

center of SE4
SWI of Sec. 7
R27W, about
SE of Milton

of
,TIN,
3 niles

35' Grd.
15' Df.

128' Grd.
139'Df.

23.82'Grd
34.82'Df.

Dec.
1954

July 8,
1954

July 31,
1954

I _I _ I .1.

6800'

7001'

6948'

Dry and abandoned.
533 sample cuttings
from 0 to 6050'.
Driller's log 0-6800'.
Schlumberger 5059-
5800. Summary of
.1 schlumberger side
wall cores from 5365'
:o 6334',. formation
ops, drill bit record
nd geological log 0-
800'.

Dry and abandoned.
278 sample cuttings
from 2000' to 7010'.
Driller's log 0-7001'.
Schlumberger 23'-
7001'.

Dry and abandoned.
Z88 sample cuttings
from 800' to 6960'.
Driller's log 0-6948'.
Schlumberger 20'-
6950'. Micro logging
800-6948'. Section
gauge log 800-6947'.

3330

3367

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNEB FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. ___WELL NAME ___TION PLETED

Sunnyland Contracting No. 3, U.S.A.
Company, Inc. Santa Maria Unit
Box 24,
Rayne, La.

iunnyland Contracting
Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 624
Rayne, La.

rhe Texas Company
P. O. Box 252
Jew Orleans 9, La.

PERMIT No. 197

.o. 1, U. S. A.

PERMIT No. 200

PERMIT No. 212

W-
3317

225' Grd
237' Df.

133' Grd.
145 'Df.

143.5'Grd
154.9Df.

July 12,
1954

Aug. 22
1954

Nov. 7,
1954

L -' 1. ___________

6475'

6630'

7020'

Center of SW* of
NW* of Sec. 18,
T5N, R26W, abott
3 miles NW of
Santa Maria

Center of NEI of
NW4 of Sec. 23,
T3N, RZ6W, about
8 miles NE of'
Harold

Center of SEI of
NW- of Sec. 1,
T4N, R29W, about
51 miles SE of
Jay

Dry .and abandoned.
384 sample cuttings
from 0 to 6500'.
Driller's log 0-6475'.
Schlumberger 535'-
6471'.

Dry and abandoned.
235 sample cuttings
from 980' to 6630'.
Driller's log 0-6630'
Schlumberger 532'-
6630'.

Dry and abandoned
379 sample cuttings
from 0 to 7000' and
8 sidewall cores from
5501' to 6955.5'.
Driller's log 40-7020'
Schlumberger 744'-
7014'.

3363

3390

Vo. 1,
bailey

D. W.

WALTON COUNTY

.- YEAR
FGS COMPANY or OWNER. FARM or LOCATION ELEVA- COM- DEPTH REMARKS
No. WELL NAME TION PLETED

W-
3365

H. L. Hawkins
202 Whitney Bldg.
New Orleans, La.

Sun Oil Company
P. O. Box 186
Tallahassee, Florida

Sunnyland Contracting
Company,
Box 24
Rayne, La.

No. 1, Dorothy B.
Caffeein

PERMIT No. 206

No. 3,Brady
Belcher Interests,
Inc.

PERMIT No. 219

No. 1, Thomas A.
Yawkey

PERMIT No. 203

2. 5'Grd.
14' Df.

218'Grd.
227' Df.

302' Df.

Center of NE* of
NE1 of Sec. 14,
T2S, R21W, about
5 miles W of Santa
Rosa

Center of SW* of
NW! of Sec. 33,
T4N, R21W,about
3 miles SW of
Mossey Head

Center of NE- of
NE of Sec. 5,
T4N, R18W,about
4 miles E of
Glendale

I _____________I J ______ 3 ______ 1.

Aug.10
1954

July 29,
1954

6010'

4632'

Dry and abandoned.
189 sample cuttings
from 0 to 5970'.
Driller's log 0-6010'.
Schlumberger 533'-
6000'.

Drilling at 5304' on
January 1; 1955..

Dry and abandoned.
151 sample cuttings
from 0 to 4600'.
Driller's log 0-4632'.
Schlumberger 340'-
4628'.

3343

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