Florida petroleum production and exploration

STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Virginia B. Wetherell, Executive Director

DIVISION OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Jeremy A. Craft, Director

FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Walter Schmidt, State Geologist and Chief

INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 108

1990 AND 1991 FLORIDA PETROLEUM
PRODUCTION AND EXPLORATION

By
Jacqueline M. Lloyd

INCLUDING FLORIDA PETROLEUM RESERVE ESTIMATES

By
Charles H. Tootle

Published for the

FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Tallahassee
1992

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no.108

STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Virginia B. Wetherell, Executive Director

DIVISION OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Jeremy A. Craft, Director

FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Walter Schmidt, State Geologist and Chief

INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 108

1990 AND 1991 FLORIDA PETROLEUM
PRODUCTION AND EXPLORATION

By
Jacqueline M. Uoyd

INCLUDING FLORIDA PETROLEUM RESERVE ESTIMATES

By
Charles H. Tootle

Published for the

FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Tallahassee
1992

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

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DEPARTMENT
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NATURAL RESOURCES

LAWTON CHILES
Governor

JIM SMITH
Secretary of State

TOM GALLAGHER
State Treasurer

BETTY CASTOR
Commissioner of Education

BOB BUTTERWORTH
Attorney General

GERALD LEWIS
State Comptroller

BOB CRAWFORD
Commissioner of Agriculture

VIRGINIA B. WETHERELL
Executive Director

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

Florida Geological Survey
Tallahassee

Governor Lawton Chiles, Chairman
Florida Department of Natural Resources
Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Dear Governor Chiles:

The Florida Geological Survey, Division of Resource Management, Department of Natural Resources,
is publishing "1990 and 1991 Florida Petroleum Production and Exploration" as its Information Circular
108. This information is useful to the state and to the oil and gas industry in planning wise development
and conservation of Florida's oil and gas resources.

Respectfully yours,

Walter Schmidt, Ph.D., P.G.
State Geologist and Chief
Florida Geological Survey

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Printed for the
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Tallahassee
1992

ISSN 0085-0616

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page

A abstract ......................................................... vi
Acknowledgements ....................................................... vi
Introduction ....................................................... 1
1990 and 1991 Production ................................................. 1
1990 and 1991 Onshore Drilling Activity ........................................ 9
Offshore Drilling Activity ................................................... 9
Exploratory Drilling in State W aters ..................................... 9
1990 and 1991 Exploratory Drilling in Federal Waters, Offshore Florida ........... 13
1990 and 1991 Geophysical Exploration Activity ................................ 16
Sum m ary ....................................... ................. 16
References ..................................... ................... 19

ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure Page

1. South Florida oil field location map ....................................... 2
2. Stratigraphic nomenclature, Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous, south Florida ...... 3
3. Northwest Florida oil field location map .................................... 4
4. Stratigraphic nomenclature, Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous, northwest Florida ... 5
5. Oil production, 1943 through 1991 .................. ...................... 6
6. Jay field and statewide oil production comparison, 1970 through 1991 ............. 7
7. 1989, 1990, and 1991 oil production comparison for active Florida oil fields excluding
Jay field ..................................................... ........... 8
8. 1990 and 1991 oil exploration wells ....................................... 10
9. Oil exploration wells, Florida state waters .................................. 11
10. Mesozoic structural features in Florida and offshore ........................... 12
11. Oil exploration wells and historic leases, federal waters, offshore Florida ............ 14
12. 1990 and 1991 geophysical exploration activity .............................. 17

APPENDICES
Appendix Page

1. Florida oil field discovery well data ....................................... 21
2. 1990, 1991 and cumulative production data ................................. 22
3. 1990 and 1991 field well statistics .................. ...................... 23
4. 1990 and 1991 field wells drilled ............................ ........ . 24
5. 1990 and 1991 wildcat wells drilled ....................................... 25
6. Oil exploration wells drilled in Florida state waters ............................ 27
7. 1989 update and 1990 and 1991 oil exploration wells drilled in federal waters, offshore
Florida ...................... ......... . ........................ 29
8. 1990 and 1991 geophysical exploration activity .............................. 30
9. Florida oil and gas reserve estimates .................. ................... 31

ABSTRACT

Florida oil production began to decline in 1979 and continued this trend during 1990 and 1991. Jay
field, the largest producing field in Florida, controls the rate of decline. Two panhandle oil fields were
plugged and abandoned in 1991. These were Bluff Springs and McDavid fields; both were single-well fields
which produced from the Smackover Formation.
Onshore exploratory drilling during 1990 and 1991 concentrated primarily in the Florida panhandle
where 13 wells were drilled in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties. A single exploratory well was
drilled in south Florida in Okeechobee County. All 14 exploratory wells were plugged and abandoned as
dry holes.
Only one exploratory well was completed in federal waters off Florida in 1990; there were no offshore
completions in 1991. This well was the second to be drilled in Destin Dome block 56; both wells drilled in
this block are classified by the federal government as producible Norphlet discoveries.
Geophysical exploration conducted during 1990 and 1991 concentrated in the known oil producing
areas of the panhandle and the south Florida peninsula. In addition to this completed geophysical
exploration, an application is pending for an extensive offshore seismic, gravity, and magnetic survey which
would potentially explore a dense grid off of Florida's Gulf coast extending from offshore of Apalachicola,
Franklin County to offshore of Naples, Collier County.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Several Florida Geological Survey staff members contributed to this report. Charles Tootle compiled
oil field data and production statistics. The Oil and Gas Section maintains files on permitted exploratory and
development drilling. Don Hargrove and Ed Garrett provided comments and assistance in using these files.
Don Hargrove and Ed Garrett tabulated and assisted with the interpretation of the geophysical exploration
permit data. Jim Jones, Ted Kiper, and Kent Hartong drafted some of the figures. Photography was done
by Jim Jones and Ted Kiper. Walt Schmidt, Tom Scott, Ed Lane, Paulette Bond, David Curry, Charles
Tootle, Don Hargrove, and Ed Garrett edited the manuscript and suggested improvements.

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1990 AND 1991 FLORIDA PETROLEUM
PRODUCTION AND EXPLORATION

Jacqueline M.

INTRODUCTION

There are two major oil producing areas in
Florida. One is the Sunniland trend in south
Florida, the other is in the western panhandle
area. The Sunniland trend includes 14 oil fields;
the western panhandle includes eight. Appendix
1 lists the discovery well data for these fields.
Uoyd (1991) includes descriptions of each of
these 22 oil fields. The descriptions include
discovery data, development history, geologic
information, and production data.
South Florida production began with
Florida's first oil discovery at Sunniland field in
September, 1943. Of the 14 south Florida oil
fields, 10 are active, one is temporarily shut-in,
and three are plugged and abandoned. These
fields are oriented along a northwest-southeast
trend through Lee, Hendry, Collier, and Dade
Counties (Figure 1). This trend has become
known as the Sunniland trend. Production is
principally from rudistid reefs found in the upper
one hundred feet of the Lower Cretaceous
Sunniland Formation (Figure 2).
Production in the western panhandle began
with the discovery of Jay field in June, 1970. The
eight panhandle oil fields are located in Escambia
and Santa Rosa Counties, Florida (Figure 3). Five
fields are active and three are plugged and
abandoned. Production is from Upper Jurassic
Smackover Formation carbonates and Norphlet
Sandstone sands (Figure 4).

1990 AND 1991 PRODUCTION

Florida oil production began to decline in
1979 and has continued to do so since then
(Figure 5). Total oil production for 1990 was
5,674,382 barrels, down 22 percent from 1989.
Production dropped another 17 percent during
1991 for a 1991 total of 4,726,747 barrels. Oil and
gas severance taxes collected for 1990 and 1991
totaled 10.2 million dollars and 7.4 million dollars,
respectively. Appendix 2 lists 1990, 1991, and

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Uoyd, P.G. #74

cumulative production statistics for each of
Florida's oil fields including oil, gas, and water
production data. Appendix 3 lists 1990 and 1991
field well statistics including the number of
production, injection, shut-in, and temporarily
abandoned wells for each field.
Jay field dominates Florida production. The
field was discovered in 1970 and reached peak
production in 1978. It accounts for about 64
percent of the 1990 oil production total, about 62
percent of the 1991 total, and about 70 percent of
the cumulative total. Figure 6 graphically
compares statewide annual oil production with
Jay field annual oil production for 1970 through
1991, clearly showing Jay field's dominance in
Florida oil production trends. The Jay field
production curve is typical of oil fields produced
with tertiary recovery methods (David Curry, Oil
and Gas Section Administrator, Florida Geological
Survey, personal communication, 1990).
Production has leveled off during the last five
years (1987 through 1991, Figure 6). This
generally agrees with the projections made by
Christian et al. (1981) in their discussion of tertiary
recovery estimates for Jay field. They predicted
a production plateau of about 10,000 barrels/day
for about 12 years (1984 through 1996). They
estimated that tertiary recovery would be
terminated in 1996, followed by rapid decline to
depletion in about 2004. Total production will be
about 84.7 million barrels; 37.5 million would have
been produced through waterflood alone
(Christian et al., 1981).
Figure 7 is a histogram comparing 1989,
1990, and 1991 oil production for all Florida oil
fields except Jay field. Jay field data would
obscure the information for all other fields since
its production for 1989 was nearly six times
greater than that of Raccoon Point field, the axt
most productive field in Florida during 1989.
Northwest Florida production decreased by 23
percent from 1989 to 1990 and by 19 percent
from 1990 to 1991. South Florida production
decreased by 21 percent from 1989 to 1990 and
by 9 percent from 1990 to 1991.

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EXPLANATION

* ACTIVE OIL FIELD

0 INACTIVE OIL FIELD

LOCATION

0 10 20 NILES
o0 I 0 KIL .E
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Figure 1. South Florida oil field location map.

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YEAR

--- Oil Prod., Barrels -+- Gas Prod., CF

Figure 5. Oil production, 1943 through 1991.

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YEAR

-m- Statewide -+- Jay Field

Figure 6. Jay field and statewide oil production comparison, 1970 through 1991.

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Explanation

FIELD PLOT CODE
Raccoon Point 1
Blackjack Creek 2
West Felda 3
Bear Island 4
Corkscrew 5
Lehigh Park a
McDavid 7
MId-Felda 8
Townsend Canal 9
McLellan 10
Sunoco Felda 11
Bluff Springs 12
Mt Carmel 13
Sunnlland 14
Coldwater Creek 15
Lake Trafford 16

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Figure 7. 1989, 1990, and 1991 oil production comparison for active Florida oil fields excluding Jay
field.

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Two northwest Florida oil fields, Bluff Springs
and McDavid, were plugged and abandoned in
1991. Both were single-well fields and were
producing mostly saltwater (Appendix 2) from the
Smackover Formation. The discovery and
development history of these two fields is
discussed in Uoyd (1991).

1990 AND 1991 ONSHORE
DRILLING ACTIVITY

Only three development wells were drilled
during 1990 and 1991. Two of these were drilled
in Corkscrew field; one at Mt. Carmel field. Only
one of the Corkscrew field wells was successfully
completed as a potential producer. A description
of these wells is given in Appendix 4.
Fourteen exploratory wells were drilled
during 1990 and 1991 (Appendix 5, Figure 8).
Thirteen of these were drilled in northwest Florida
in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties.
These wells tested the Smackover Formation or
Norphlet Sandstone, with one exception. Permit
1269 (Figure 8 and Appendix 5) had the Upper
Cretaceous Tuscaloosa Formation as its target.
The well is located between Jay and Mt. Carmel
fields in Santa Rosa County within the structurally
complex area associated with the Foshee Fault
System (see Uoyd, 1991, Figures 14 through 16).
Interest in exploring the Tuscaloosa Formation in
northwest Florida stems from successful
production from the Tuscaloosa in Alabama. This
particular area has been targeted due to the
discovery, in association with the fault system, of
the Foshee Field in Alabama (Montgomery, 1987;
Uoyd, 1991). A 1988 wildcat (Permit 1229, Uoyd,
1991, Appendix 5) also targeted the Tuscaloosa in
this area. Both of these wells have been plugged
and abandoned as dry holes. The 1990/91
deeper Smackover and Norphlet test wells were
also plugged and abandoned as dry holes.
One exploratory well was drilled in south
Florida in Okeechobee County. This well targeted
the Sunniland Formation; however, it is located
approximately 60 miles northeast of the
productive Sunniland trend and was also plugged
and abandoned as a dry hole.

OFFSHORE DRILLING ACTIVITY

State ownership of the continental shelf off
Florida extends three miles into the Atlantic
Ocean and about 10.5 miles (three marine
leagues) into the Gulf of Mexico. The federal
government controls resources beyond these
state boundaries out to 200 miles. The Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) is a jurisdictional term
that describes the offshore area which is under
control of the federal government. "Federal
waters," in this context, does not refer to
ownership, but rather to responsibility (Johnson
and Tucker, 1987).

Exploratory Drilling in State Waters

A total of 19 wells were drilled in Florida state
waters between 1947 and 1983 (Appendix 6 and
Figure 9). Effective July, 1990, all drilling activity
was prohibited in Florida state waters (Uoyd and
Ragland, 1991) except for within pre-existing lease
areas. The information obtained from the wells
that were drilled in state waters may be useful in
future decisions concerning offshore exploration
and development in federal waters.
The 19 offshore wells tested three different
potential oil horizons. Ten of the wells are within
the South Florida Basin (off Charlotte and Lee
Counties and off the Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Figure 10) and targeted the Lower
Cretaceous. The six wells drilled off the Florida
panhandle sought to extend the onshore (and
offshore Alabama) Jurassic production (Figures 3
and 4). The remaining three wells drilled off the
northern portion of the Gulf coast (Permits 304,
382 and 383) were Cretaceous or possibly
Paleozoic tests (Applegate and Uoyd, 1985).
As shown in Appendix 6, only one of the
wells drilled in state waters had a significant oil
show. A drill stem test of the Gulf Oil-Florida
State Lease 826-Y (permit 275), located near the
Marquesas Keys off Monroe County, recovered 15
barrels of 220 A.P.I. gravity oil and 14.1 barrels of
saltwater from the Lake Trafford (?) Forma. )n.
Another well, which was drilled in federal waters
near the Marquesas, tested black saltwater in the
Lake Trafford and Sunniland Formations and in
the Brown Dolomite Zone of the Lehigh Acres
Formation (Applegate and Uoyd, 1985). Charles

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2,5 TIMES
ENLARGEMENT

LEGEND
APPROXIMATE WELL LOCATION
P-280 FLORIDA PERMIT NUMBER

SCALE

0 50 100 150 MILES

0 80 160 240 KILOMETERS

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Figure 8. 1990 and 1991 oil exploration wells.

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7,479 1993
1956

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Tootle (1985, Florida Geological Survey, personal
communication, in Applegate and Uoyd, 1985)
believed this well could be a low volume oil
producer from the Lake Trafford and Sunniland
Formations.
Applegate (1987) conducted an extensive
study of the Brown Dolomite Zone of the Lehigh
Acres Formation in the South Florida Basin. He
concluded that this zone could be a potentially
prolific producing horizon offshore. He found that
the best development of the Brown Dolomite
onshore is in Charlotte and surrounding counties
in the northern part of the South Florida Basin at
a depth of about 12,000 feet. Here, the Brown
Dolomite Zone attains a maximum thickness of
100 feet, of which about one-half is porous and
capable of high volume fluid production.
Offshore, the maximum thickness occurs near the
Marquesas Keys, where about 400 feet of mostly
porous dolostone has been found. Very little oil
staining has been found in the Charlotte County
area, but staining has been observed in the
Marquesas area, as discussed above.
Applegate (1987) concluded that the best
possibility for finding oil in the Brown Dolomite
Zone appears to be in the offshore portion of the
South Florida Basin. Brown Dolomite is present
in at least three wells on the Sarasota Arch
(Figure 10) and probably continues around the
rim of the basin southeast to the Marquesas,
where thick porous dolostone is present.
Applegate (1987) believed that stratigraphic and
structural traps associated with this dolostone,
which is capped by dense limestone and
anhydrite, may have led to the formation of giant
oil fields.
In addition to this South Florida Basin
potential, there has been interest in extending
Jurassic production in the Florida panhandle area.
Jurassic production occurs onshore in the Jay
trend area (Figure 3) from the Smackover
Formation and Norphlet Sandstone (Figure 4).
There is also Jurassic production twenty miles to
the west of the Florida Alabama boundary where
several natural gas fields produce from the
Norphlet Sandstone in Alabama state waters in
Mobile Bay. The Mary Ann gas field was the first
of these to be discovered in 1979. An additional
six natural gas fields have been established in
Alabama state waters since then (Masingill, 1989).
Recoverable reserves have been estimated at 4.93

to 8.12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (Mink et
al., 1987).
A Jurassic test, the Getty Oil-Florida State
Lease 2338, Well No. 1 (permit 1097), was drilled
in 1983 to a total depth of 18,011 feet (-17,981
feet MSL) in East Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida
(Appendix 6, Figure 9). Two tests in the
Smackover Formation produced only saltwater.
The Norphlet Sandstone and underlying Louann
Salt, which together are responsible for
production in the Mobile Bay fields, were very thin
in this well (Applegate and Uoyd, 1985).
The three wells drilled off Levy, Citrus, and
Pinellas Counties do not fall within the obvious
target areas discussed above. None of these
wells had significant oil shows or porous zones.
Two of the three penetrated Paleozoic rocks; the
third bottomed in the Lower Cretaceous
(Appendix 6). These may have been drilled with
interest in both the Lower Cretaceous and the
Paleozoic potential. Amoco drilled five Paleozoic
wildcat wells to the north of this area (Taylor,
Madison, Lafayette, and Dixie Counties) in the
early 1980's (Applegate and Lloyd, 1985). All
were dry holes and none had any shows of oil.
Paleozoics in Florida range from Devonian to
Ordovician or Cambrian in age, and are faunally
related to African rocks (Cramer, 1971, 1973).
Production from the west African rocks spurred
interest in Florida; however, the Florida Paleozoic
sandstones are extremely indurated and have
very little porosity or permeability (Applegate and
Uoyd, 1985).

1990 and 1991 Exploratory Drilling in
Federal Waters, Offshore Florida

The first federal oil and gas lease sale off
Florida was conducted in May, 1959 off the
Florida Keys in what is now the Straits of Florida
Planning Area. Ten additional OCS lease sales
have occurred since then; seven in the Eastern
Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and three in the
South Atlantic Planning Area. There have been
no sales in the Straits of Florida Planning Are. ff
Florida since the 1959 sale. The last lease sale in
the South Atlantic Planning Area off Florida was
Sale 78 in July, 1983.
The two most recent lease sales off Florida
were in the Eastern Planning Area. They were
Sales 79 and 94, held in January, 1984 and

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Figure 11. Oil exploration wells and historic leases, federal waters, offshore Florida (well location
data from Gould, 1989 and Andy Petty, MMS, personal communication, 1992).

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MAP LOCATION CODES AND WELL DATA FOR FIGURE 11

MAP
PLANNING LOCATION
AREA CODE

LEASE NO.
OR FLORIDA PLUGGED & TOTAL
BLOCK PERMIT WELL ABANDONED DEPTH
NUMBER NO. (P-) OPERATOR NO. (1) DATE (FT.)

EASTERN 1 Destin Dome 162
GULF OF 2 Destin Dome 118
MEXICO 3 Florida Middle Ground 252
PLANNING 4 Destin Dome 166
AREA (2) 5 St. Petersburg 7
1 Destin Dome 162
2 Destin Dome 118
6 St. Petersburg 100
7 Destin Dome 250
8 Destin Dome 207
1 Destin Dome 162
9 Destin Dome 360
10 The ELbow 566
11 Destin Dome 617
12 Destin Dome 31
13 Destin Dome 529
14 Charlotte Harbor 144
15 Charlotte Harbor 672
16 Charlotte Harbor 265
17 The Elbow 915
18 Vernon Basin 654
19 Charlotte Harbor 628
20 Pensacola 973
21 Charlotte Harbor 188
22 Destin Dome 563
23 Destin Dome 160
24 Pensacola 948
23 Destin Dome 160
25 Gainesville 707
26 Destin Dome 284
27 Destin Dome 422
28 DeSoto Canyon 512
29 Charlotte Harbor 622
30 Florida Middle Ground 455
24 Pensacola 948
31 Destin Dome 111
32 Destin Dome 56
24 Pensacola 948
33 Pensacola 996
34 Destin Dome 1
35 Destin Dome 2
36 Pensacola 881
37 Destin Dome 167
32 Destin Dome 56

2486 Exxon
2492 Exxon
2516 Texaco
2490 Fina
2527 Shell
2486 Exxon
2492 Exxon
2523 Texaco
2472 Exxon
2480 Exxon
2486 Exxon
2468 Gulf
3344 Mobil
2463 Chevron
2502 Amoco
3888 Shell
3906 Gulf
3917 Tenneco
3912 Shell
3341 Mobil
3903 Mobil
3915 Mobil
3886 Mobil
3909 Odeco
3890 Sohio
6417 Shell
6391 Sohio
6417 Shell
6456 Sohio
6428 Exxon
6438 Chevron
6472 Shell
4950 Shell
8363 Tenneco
6391 Tenneco
8338 Amoco
6406 Chevron
6391 Tenneco
6396 Texaco
6397 Gulfstar
6398 Gulfstar
6390 Gulfstar
6420 Chevron
6406 Chevron

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1974 10,930
1974 7,075
1975 15,663
1975 17,608
1975 18,443
1975 10,418
1975 7,507
1975 17,388
1975 6,634
1975 4,800
1975 17,938
1975 20,988
1977 15,865
1977 10,513
1977 18,338
1980 20,450
1981 11,362
1981 11,302
1981 12,362
1981 18,128
1981 10,768
1981 1,270
1981 23,264
1981 11,360
1982 21,068
1985 7,764
1985 18,958
1985 16,953
1985 15,941
1985 17,500
1985 22,222
1986 12,300
1986 10,550
1986 12,401
1987 19,200
1987 19,240
1988 22,572
1988 19,200
1988 17,910
1989 2,000
1989 1,800
1989 2,700
1989 17,128
1990 22,840

SOUTH 1 NH 17-5 208 3686 Tenneco 1 1979 7,754
ATLANTIC 2 NH 17-5 427 3695 Tenneco 1 1979 7,472
PLANNING 3 NH 17-2 913 3664 Getty 1 1979 7,000
AREA (3) 4 NH 17-2 1005 3671 Transco 1 1979 11,635
5 NH 17-5 472 3699 Exxon 1 1979 7,578
6 NH 17-5 564 3705 Exxon 1 1980 12,863
7 NH 17-5 387 N.A. Ocean Prod. GE-1 1977 13,254

STRAITS OF 1 NG 17-10 44 P-296 Gulf 1 1961 4,686
FLORIDA 2 NG 17-10 46 P-290 Gulf 1 1961 7,871
PLANNING 3 NG 17-10 28 P-284 Gulf 1 1960 15,294
AREA (3)

1. TA = Temporarily Abandoned; ST = Sidetrack WelL.
2. Data from Gould, 1989 and from Andy Petty, MMS, personal communication, 1992.
3. Data from Karpas and Gould, 1990.

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January, 1985, respectively. Eastern Planning
Area Sale 116, held in November 1988, excluded
all areas originally proposed off the Florida coast
(Uoyd and Ragland, 1991). Lease sales 79 and
94 are discussed in Applegate and Uoyd (1985)
and Uoyd and Applegate (1987). Leases in the
Eastern Planning Area are shown on Figure 11.
Only one well was completed off the Florida
panhandle during 1990, none were drilled during
1991 (Figure 11). Appendix 7 includes data on
this well and another that was actually completed
in 1989 (Andy Petty, Minerals Management
Service (MMS), personal communication, 1992).
Information for the 1989 well was not available at
the time of the publication of 1988 and 1989
Florida exploration and production data (Uoyd,
1991). Both wells are in the Destin Dome area.
The principal drilling targets in this area are the
Smackover Formation and the Norphlet
Sandstone (Figure 4). One of these wells was the
second well drilled by Chevron in block 56 (map
location code 32, Figure 11). The first was
completed in 1988 and was described as a
producible Norphlet field by Gould (1989). The
second is also apparently producible from the
Norphlet (Andy Petty, MMS, personal
communication, 1992).
The Amoco-8338 well, which was completed
in Destin Dome block 111 in 1987, was also a
Norphlet discovery described by Gould (1989) as
a producible field (map location code 31, Figure
11). This was the first commercial discovery in
the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (Gould,
1989). The Oil and Gas Journal (1989) discusses
the Chevron-6406 well and quotes Chevron USA
Inc. as stating that "...the well was not tested due
to safety and cost considerations. However,
analysis of cores and wireline logs indicate the
presence of gas in the Norphlet sandstone."
These discoveries extend the offshore Norphlet
gas trend seaward and eastward from the Mobile
map area of the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning
Area, offshore Alabama, into the Florida offshore.

1990 AND 1991 GEOPHYSICAL
EXPLORATION ACTIVITY

Eight geophysical permits applications were
received by the Florida Geological Survey during
1990; five were received during 1991. Of these 13
applications, 12 have been permitted and one is

still pending permit approval. One of the
permitted surveys (G-138-90) was canceled by the
applicant; however, it has been resubmitted as a
portion of the pending permit application (G-147-
91) (Appendix 8 and Figure 12). Appendix 8
summarizes the data for these applications,
including total survey mileage by area (panhandle
onshore and south Florida) and by survey method
(seismic gel (i.e. explosives) and gravity).
Geophysical exploration concentrated in the
Florida panhandle and the southern Florida
peninsula (Figure 12). The panhandle exploration
included the known oil-producing Santa Rosa
County and extended east into Okaloosa County.
South Florida seismic activity was within the
known Sunniland producing trend in Collier,
Hendry and Lee Counties.
In addition to the completed geophysical
exploration, the pending permit application (G-
147-91, Appendix 8) includes an extensive
offshore seismic, gravity, and magnetic survey.
This survey would potentially explore a dense grid
off of Florida's Gulf coast extending from offshore
of Apalachicola, Franklin County to offshore of
Naples, Collier County (Figure 12). (The portion
of this application area off the panhandle was
previously permitted; however, the survey was
cancelled by the applicant and resubmitted as
part of the currently pending application--see
"permitted; not surveyed area" on Figure 12 and
G-138-90 in Appendix 8.) The seismic portion of
the survey will cover a total of 3,812 miles.

SUMMARY

Florida oil production continued to decline
during 1990 and 1991. Jay field, as the leading
producing field for Florida, controls the rate of
decline. The field appears to be following the
production curve predicted by Christian et al.
(1981) in their discussion of tertiary recovery
estimates for Jay field.
Three development wells and 14 exploratory
wells were drilled during 1990 and 1991. Two of
the development wells were drilled in Corkscrew
field; one at Mt. Carmel field. Only one of the
Corkscrew field wells was successfully completed
as a potential producer. All but one of the
exploratory wells are located in the Florida
panhandle where 13 wells were drilled in

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-N- /

LEGEND

E PERMITTED AND SURVEYED

N PERMITTED) NOT SURVEYED

D APPLICATION PENDING

SCALE
0 50 100 150 MILES

0 80 160 240 KILOMETERS

b FGS120892

Figure 12. 1990 and 1991 geophysical exploration activity.

Florida Geological Survey

Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties.
All 13 wells were plugged and abandoned as dry
holes. A single exploratory well was drilled in
south Florida in Okeechobee County. This well is
located approximately 60 miles northeast of the
Sunniland trend and was also plugged and
abandoned as a dry hole.
Only one exploratory well was completed in
federal waters off Florida in 1990; there were no
offshore completions in 1991. This well was the
second to be drilled in Destin Dome block 56;
both wells drilled in this block are classified by the
federal government as producible Norphlet
discoveries.
Geophysical exploration conducted during
1990 and 1991 concentrated in the Florida
panhandle and the south Florida peninsula. The
panhandle exploration included the known oil-
producing Santa Rosa County and extended east
into Okaloosa County. South Florida seismic
activity was within the known Sunniland-producing
area in Collier, Hendry and Lee Counties. In
addition to this completed geophysical
exploration, an application is pending for an
extensive offshore seismic, gravity, and magnetic
survey which would potentially explore a dense
grid off of Florida's Gulf coast extending from
offshore of Apalachicola, Franklin County to
offshore of Naples, Collier County.

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REFERENCES

Applegate, A. V., 1987, The Brown Dolomite Zone of the Lehigh Acres Formation (Aptian) in the South
Florida Basin A potentially prolific producing horizon offshore: Florida Geological Survey Information
Circular no. 104, Part II, p. 46-66.

and Uoyd, J. M., 1985, Summary of Florida petroleum production and exploration,
onshore and offshore, through 1984: Florida Geological Survey Information Circular no. 101, 69 p.

Christian, L D., Shirer, J. A., Kimbel, E. L, and Blackwell, R. J., 1981, Planning a tertiary oil-recovery project
for Jay/LEC fields unit: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 33, p. 1535-1544.

Cramer, F. H., 1971, Position of the north Florida Lower Paleozoic block in Silurian time; phytoplankton
evidence: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 76, no. 20, p. 4754-4757.

1973, Middle and Upper Silurian chitinozoan succession in Florida subsurface: Journal of
Paleontology, v. 47, no. 2, p. 279-288.

Gould, G. J., 1989, Gulf of Mexico Update: May 1988 July 1989, U. S. Department of the Interior Minerals
Management Service: OCS Information Report, MMS 89-0079, 51 p.

Johnson, P. G. and Tucker, D. L, 1987, The federal Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program;
a Florida perspective, February, 1987: Office of the Governor, Office of Planning and Budgeting,
Intergovernmental Unit, 16 p.

Karpas, R. M., and Gould, G. J., 1990, Atlantic update: July 1986 June 1990, Outer Continental Shelf oil
and gas activities, U. S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service: OCS Information
Report, MMS 90-0060, 57 p.

Uoyd, J. M., 1991, 1988 and 1989 Florida petroleum production and exploration: Florida Geological Survey
Information Circular no. 107, Part I, p. 1-62.

and Ragland, J. M., 1991, Petroleum exploration and development policies in Florida:
Response to public concern for sensitive environments: Florida Geological Survey Information Circular
no. 107, Part II, p. 63-82.

and Applegate, A. V., 1987, 1985 Florida petroleum production and exploration: Florida
Geological Survey Information Circular no. 104, Part I, p. 1-42.

Masingill, J. H., 1989, The petroleum industry in Alabama, 1988: Alabama State Oil and Gas Board, Oil and
Gas Report 3-L, 100 p.

Mink, R. M., Hamilton, R. P., Bearden, B. L., and Mancini, E. A., 1987, Determination of recoverable natural
gas reserves for the Alabama coastal waters area: Alabama State Oil and Gas Board, Oil and Gas
Report 13, 74 p.

Montgomery, S. L., 1987, Exploring the Eastern Gulf: The case for expansion: Petroleum Frontiers,
Petroleum Information Corporation, Denver, Colorado, v. 4, no. 2, 101 p.

Oil and Gas Journal, 1989, Norphlet gas find indicated off Pensacola: Oil and Gas Journal, February 6, 1989,
p. 18.

19

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APPENDIX 1. FLORIDA OIL FIELD DISCOVERY WELL DATA

DISCOVERY PERMIT
DATE NO.

FIELD

42 SunniLand
167 Forty Mile Bend
315 Sunoco Felda
371 West Felda
401 Lake Trafford
417 Jay
504 Mt. Carmel

523 BLackjack Creek
563 Bear Island
662 Seminole
712 Lehigh Park
881 Sweetwater Creek
865 Baxter Island
904 Mid-Felda
829 Raccoon Point
897 Pepper Hammock
1070 Townsend Canal
1125 BLuff Springs
1170 Corkscrew
1194 McLellan
1220 Coldwater Creek
1230 McDavid

DATUM FOR PERFORATIONS
DEPTH MEASURE- OR OPEN HOLE
MENTS, FT. DEPTH BELOW
COUNTY ABOVE MSL (1) DATUM, FT.

Collier
Dade
Hendry
Hendry
Collier
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa
Collier
Hendry
Lee
Santa Rosa
Collier
Hendry
Collier
Collier
Hendry
Escambia
Collier
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Escambia

34(DF)
24(DF)
55
49
40
206
274

157
31
36
40
255
30
59
39
43
53
178
45
245
166
271

11,602-11,626
11,322-11,339
11,472-11,485
11,486-11,489
11,870-11,892
15,470-15,524
15,260-15,280

15,790-15,900
11,589-11,595
11,415-11,420
11,389-11,394
14,299-14,340
11,512-11,515
11,492-11,496
11,410-11,414
11,629-11,633
11,416-11,421
16,332-16,339
11,547-11,565
14,072-14,090
15,150-15,170
16,346-16,360

TOTAL
DEPTH,
FT.

OIL
GRAVITY,
PRODUCING DISCOVERY DEGREES
FORMATION STATUS API

11,626 Sunniland
11,557 Sunniland
11,485 SunniLand
11,675 SunniLand
11,987 Sunniland
15,984 Smackover
15,399 Smackover
& Norphlet
16,235 Smackover
11,817 SunniLand
11,651 SunniLand
11,630 Sunniland
14,611 Smackover
11,823 Sunniland
11,686 Sunniland
11,658 Sunniland
11,897 SunniLand
11,462 Sunniland
16,800 Smackover
11,565 Sunnitand
14,475 Smackover
15,407 Smackover
16,800 Smackover

Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Flowing
Flowing

Flowing
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Pumping
Flowing
Pumping
Flowing
Flowing
Flowing

1. This is usually the kelly bushing elevation; where
is given.

this was unavailable, drill floor (DF) elevation

09-26-43
02-05-54
07-22-64
08-02-66
03-30-69
06-15-70
12-19-71

02-14-72
12-05-72
11-14-73
07-30-74
04-22-77
08-11-77
10-13-77
06-20-78
09-28-78
06-27-82
03-25-84
11-10-85
02-19-86
06-04-88
06-14-88

Florida Geological Survey

APPENDIX 2. 1990, 1991 AND CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION DATA (1)

1990 PRODUCTION
Gas Water
(MCF) (Bbls)

1991 PRODUCTION
Oil Gas Water
(BbLs) (MCF) (BbLs)

CUMULATIVE
PRODUCTION
Oil Gas
(MBbls) (MMCF)

NORTHWEST FLORIDA

BLuff Springs (3) 13,215 4,751 144,850 8,545 2,843 120,218 242 129
McDavid (3) 23,729 11,612 45,256 5,388 1,883 34,316 150 62
Jay (FLa. only) 3,645,049 6,208,968 42,052,525 2,947,539 5,099,123 43,428,820 372,072 478,167
Jay (Fla.+Ala.) 4,396,018 7,568,027 45,888,957 3,311,764 5,731,967 46,154,165
Coldwater Creek 17,773 8,502 48,357 363 181 234 27 9
BLackjack Creek 500,219 1,126,157 10,072,432 412,269 699,844 8,794,773 55,395 53,816
Mt. Carmel 20,290 0 100,509 19,984 0 110,107 4,706 4,797
McLellan 27,745 11,239 14,769 38,675 14,795 23,085 241 101
Sweetwater Creek (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 15

Subtotal (Fla. only) 4,248,020 7,371,229 52,478,698 3,432,763 5,818,669 52,511,553 432,847 537,096

SOUTH FLORIDA

Lehigh Park 56,006 7,271 1,181,909 51,753 7,706 744,242 5,272 533
Townsend Canal 35,901 0 163,087 29,624 0 170,481 472 0
West Felda 379,755 26,737 2,909,254 353,518 26,234 3,116,107 41,959 3,274
Mid-Felda 70,059 0 248,935 55,813 0 221,479 1,365 10
Sunoco Felda 28,194 178 365,734 26,766 192 429,482 11,584 982
Corkscrew 92,446 0 42,894 86,547 0 47,401 703 0
Lake Trafford 138 0 0 157 0 0 278 0
Seminole (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0
Sunniland 0 0 0 433 0 847 18,445 1,825
Bear Island 186,987 14,105 1,030,339 142,821 11,525 545,678 10,905 862
Pepper Hammock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baxter Island (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Raccoon Point 576,876 65,101 746,453 546,552 65,590 628,441 5,567 661
Forty Mile Bend (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2

Subtotal 1,426,362 113,392 6,688,605 1,293,984 111,247 5,904,158 96,670 8,149

STATEWIDE TOTAL 5,674,382 7,484,621 59,167,303 4,726,747 5,929,916 58,415,711 529,517 545,245

1. Statistics compiled by Charles Tootle, Florida Geological Survey, Oil and Gas Section.
2. Fields are listed in approximate order from north to south and west to east.
3. Plugged and abandoned oil fields.

Abbreviations:

Bbls
MBbls
MCF
MMCF

- Barrels (42 US Gallons)
- Thousand Barrels
- Thousand Cubic Feet
- Million Cubic Feet

FIELD (2)

Oil
(Bbls)

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APPENDIX 3. 1990 AND 1991 FIELD WELL STATISTICS (1)

1990
Number of Wells
PRO INJ SI TA TOT

1991
Number of Wells
PRO INJ SI TA TOT

NORTHWEST FLORIDA

Bluff Springs (3) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
McDavid (4) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jay 33 33 48 0 114 46 22 46 0 114
Coldwater Creek 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
BLackjack Creek 9 6 8 0 23 10 7 6 0 23
Mt. Carmel 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
McLeLLan 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 3

Subtotal 48 39 57 0 144 59 29 54 0 142

SOUTH FLORIDA

Lehigh Park 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2
Townsend Canal 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 4
West Felda 11 0 15 0 26 10 0 13 0 23
Mid-Felda 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
Sunoco Felda 1 0 11 0 12 1 0 8 0 9
Corkscrew 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3
Lake Trafford 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
SunniLand 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 6 0 6
Bear Island 8 0 16 0 24 6 0 9 0 15
Pepper Hammock 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Raccoon Point 10 0 5 0 15 10 0 4 0 14

Subtotal 40 0 60 0 100 35 0 45 0 80

STATEWIDE TOTAL 88 39 117 0 244 94 29 99 0 222

1. Statistics compiled by Charles Tootle, Florida Geological Survey,
Oil and Gas Section.
2. Fields are listed in approximate order from north to south and west to east.
3. Plugged and abandoned 11/12/91.
4. Plugged and abandoned 10/26/91.

Abbreviations:

PRO Producing Wells
INJ Injection Wells
SI Shut In Wells
TA Temporarily Abandoned Wells
TOT Total No. Wells

FIELD (2)

Florida Geological Survey

APPENDIX 4. 1990 AND 1991 FIELD WELLS DRILLED

FIELD Well (1) & Operator-Well
County Permit No. Name & No.

Drill Floor
Completion Elev., Ft.
Location (2) Date Above MSL

MT. CARMEL FIELD

Santa Rosa No W# (4) Gas Transportation 1,400' FSL & 05/02/90
P-1225 Corp.- T. M. 3,296' FWL
Hendricks No. 36-4 Sec. 36,
T6N, R29W

290 15,350 Plugged and abandoned
as a dry hole, 5/2/90.

CORKSCREW FIELD

Collier W-16614 White Land &
P-1243 Minerals Alico
Land Development
Co. No. 29-4

Collier W-16659 RK Petroleum -
P-1263 ALico Land
Development
Co. No. 19-3

SHL:
740' FNL &
829' FWL
Sec. 29,
BHL:
3235' FNL &
2970' FWL
Sec. 29,
T46S, R28E

1319.77' FSL
629.96' FWL
Sec. 19,
T46S, R28E

02/07/91

04/11/91

44 MD: 12,792 Completed as a potential
TVD: 11,541 producer, 2/7/91.
Reentry of P-1224
(discovery well).

46 11,704 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 4/11/91.

1. Florida Geological Survey well number for samples (cuttings or core chips).
2. For directionally drilled wells, SHL is surface hole Location; BHL is bottom hole Location.
3. MD: measured depth; TVD: true vertical depth (determined by directional survey).
4. Well samples will not be submitted; disposed of by core analysis company.

Total
Depth,
Ft.(3)

Status

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APPENDIX 5. 1990 AND 1991 WILDCAT WELLS DRILLED

Well (1) & Operator-Well
County Permit No. Name & No.

Drill Floor
Completion Elev., Ft.
Location Date Above MSL

Total
Depth
Ft. Status

NORTHWEST FLORIDA

Escambia W-16592 Spooner
P-1265 Petroleum-
Roley No. 17-2

Okaloosa W-16504 PG & E Resources-
P-1259 Paramont-Adams
No. 22-4

Okaloosa W-16610 Corum Production-
P-1267 Atkins No. 4-4

Santa Rosa W-16521 First Energy
P-1254 Corp.-Champion
International
Corp. No. 13-2

1571' FNL &
1063' FWL
Sec. 17,
T5N, R32W

1605' FSL &
1590' FEL
Sec. 22,
T5N, R24W

920' FSL &
1900' FEL
Sec. 4,
T3N, R25W

1373' FNL &
1294' FWL
Sec. 13,
T2N, R26W

Santa Rosa W-16625 Pacific Enterprises2500' FNL &
P-1256A Oil Co.-Paramount- 1150' FEL
State of Florida Sec. 28,
No. 28-1A T2N, R26W

Santa Rosa W-16522 PG & E Resources-
P-1260 Paramount-Wilson
No. 16-3

Santa Rosa W-16546 PG & E Resources-
P-1261 Paramount-Wilson
No. 19-3

Santa Rosa W-16538 Helmerich & Payne-
P-1262 Paramount-Estes
No. 26-2

Santa Rosa W-16615 Energy Development
P-1266 Corp.-Paramount-
T.R. Miller Mill
Co. No. 30-1

Santa Rosa W-16620 Forney Oil Corp.-
P-1268 USA-State of
Florida No. 13-4

Santa Rosa W-16737 Callon Petroleum
P-1269 Co.-O.D. Wright
No. 42-34

1226' FSL &
1488' FWL
Sec. 16,
T2N, R26W

1720' FSL &
920' FUL
Sec. 19,
T4N, R26W

1720' FNL &
920' FWL
Sec. 26,
T2N, R27W

920' FSL &
920' FEL
Sec. 30,
T6N, R28W

1320' FSL &
1320' FEL
Sec. 13,
T4N, R26W

2180' FWL &
460' FSL
Sec. 42,
T5N, R29W

11/16/90

1/15/90

02/14/91

03/27/90

04/10/90

03/02/90

09/20/90

06/27/90

03/01/91

03/12/91

11/02/91

16,850 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 11/16/90.

194 14,000 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 1/15/90.

15,200 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 2/14/91.

119 15,849 PLugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 3/27/90.

162 15,995 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 4/10/90.

201 16,200 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 3/2/90.

160 15,500 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 9/20/90.

184 16,595 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 6/27/90.

222 15,400 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 3/1/91.

15,170 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 3/12/91.

234 6,000 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 11/5/91.

Florida Geological Survey

APPENDIX 5. 1990 AND 1991 WILDCAT WELLS DRILLED

Well (1) & Operator-Well
County Permit No. Name & No.

Santa Rosa W-16671 Placid Oil Co.-
P-1270 POC-Paramount-
State of Florida
No. 26-4

Santa Rosa W-16688 Smacko, Ltd.-
P-1271 Paramount-BLackmon
No. 16-1 #3

SOUTH FLORIDA

Okeechobee W-16579 Triton OiL &
P-1264 Gas Corp.-
Louis E. Larson
No. 13-2

Drill Floor
Completion Elev., Ft.
Location Date Above MSL

1409' FSL &
1334' FEL
Sec. 26,
T5N, R27W

310' FNL &
760' FEL
Sec. 16,
T5N, R29W

07/30/91

10/09/91

1339.87 FNL & 09/19/90
1045.64 FWL
Sec. 13
T35S, R32E

Total
Depth
Ft. Status

165 15,120 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 7/30/91.

252 15,368 PLugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 10/09/91.
Smacko plans to apply
for sidetrack permit.

73 8,185 Plugged & abandoned
as a dry hole, 9/19/90.
About 60 miles NE of
Sunni and trend.

1. Florida Geological Survey well number for samples (cuttings or core chips).

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APPENDIX 6. OIL EXPLORATION WELLS DRILLED IN STATE WATERS

Table
Elev, Ft.
County above MSL

1947 P-16 Gulf Oil State of Florida offshore
W-1413 Corp. Lease 374 No. 1 Monroe
Sugarloaf Key Area

1947 P-22 Gulf Oil State of Florida offshore
W-972 Corp. Lease 373 No. 1 Monroe
Big Pine Key Area

1947 P-43 Magnolia
W-1502 Petroleum
Co.

State of Florida
Block 5-B No. 1-A
St. Vincent Sound

1955 P-232 Gulf Oil State of Florida
W-3510C Corp. Lease 826-G No. 1
Florida Bay

1956 P-251
W-4122

HORC

State of Florida
Lease 833 No. 1
Pensacola Bay

1959 P-275 Gulf Oil State of Florida
W-5094 Corp. Lease 826-Y No. 1
Marquesas

1959 P-280 California State of Florida
W-5152 Coastal Lease 1011 No. 1
Big Pine Key Area

1959 P-281 California State of FLorida
W-5103 Coastal Lease 224-A No. 1
St. George Island
Area

1960 P-289 California State of Florida
W-5574 Coastal Lease 224-B No. 1
Boca Grande Area

1961 P-292 California State of Florida
W-5713 Coastal Lease 1011 No. 2
Marquesas

1961 P-293 California State of Florida
W-5654 Coastal Lease 224-A No. 2
South of Alligator
Point

offshore
Franklin

offshore
Monroe

offshore
Santa Rosa

offshore
Monroe

offshore
Monroe

offshore
Franklin

offshore
Lee

offshore
Monroe

offshore
Franklin

Total
Depth,
Ft.

Geological
Significance

23 6,100 Bottomed in Upper Cretaceous(?).

23 15,455 No porosity in Sunnitand Fm.
Well bottomed in Pumpkin Bay
(Late Coahuilan). Very difficult
to correlate this well because of
anhydrite development. Structur-
ally very low.

10 7,019 Bottomed in Lower Cretaceous.

32 12,631 Well cored from 11,661-12,544'
in Sunniland and Punta Gorda.
Encountered some salt stringers
in Punta Gorda. Only 60' of dark,
dense calcilutite in SunniLand.

26 7,505 Bottomed in Lower Cretaceous.

56 15,478 Four drill stem tests:
12,474-12,533'(Lake Trafford?)
12,534-12,544'(Sunnitand)
12,582-12,822'(Sunni and)
14,642-14,702'(Brown Dolomite)
The 12,474-12,533' test recovered
15 barrels of 22 degree API
gravity oil and 14.1 barrels of
saltwater. Brown Dolomite from
14,650-15,036' was somewhat vuggy.
This may be the principal target
in this area. Net dolomite esti-
mated at 400'.

21 6,030 Bottomed in Lower Cretaceous.

26 7,030 Bottomed in Lower Cretaceous.

39 14,000 Brown Dolomite: 12,485-12,589'.
Estimated net dolomite: 103'.

36 7,722 Bottomed in Lower Cretaceous.

34 10,560 Did not encounter Smackover Fm.
Bottomed in Eagle Mills Fm. of
Triassic Age. Diabase found in
Eagle Mills.

Well (1) &
Year Permit No. Operator

Lease No.
and Area

Florida Geological Survey

APPENDIX 6 (CONT.). OIL EXPLORATION WELLS DRILLED IN STATE WATERS

Well (1) &
Year Permit No. Operator

Lease No.
and Area

1961 P-297 California State of Florida
W-5785 Coastal Lease 224-B No. 2
Boca Grande Area

1962 P-298 California State of Florida
W-5970 Coastal Lease 1011 No. 3
Marquesas

1963 P-304 California State of Florida
W-6278 Coastal Lease 224-B No. 3
Honeymoon Island
Area

1967 P-375 Mobil Oil State of Florida
W-8139 Corp. Lease 224-B No. 1
Boca Grande Area

1967 P-382
W-8304

1967 P-383
W-8305

Table
ELev, Ft.
County above MSL

offshore
Lee

offshore
Monroe

offshore
Pinellas

offshore
Charlotte

Mobil Oil State of Florida offshore
Corp. Lease 224-A No. 1-ACitrus
W-SW of Crystal
River

Mobil Oil State of Florida offshore 25
Corp. Lease 224-A No. 1-BLevy
Cedar Key Area

1968 P-387 Mobil Oil State of Florida offshore
W-8487 Corp. Lease 224-A No. 1-CFranklin
Little St. George
Island Area

1983 P-1097 Getty Oil State of Florida
W-15391 Company Lease 2338 No. 1
East Bay

offshore
Santa Rosa

Total
Depth,
Ft.

Geological
Significance

40 12,600 There is an estimated 40' of dolo-
mite in the 12,445-12,560' Brown
Dolomite interval. No evidence of
oil staining. Dolomite microcrys-
talline to finely crystalline.
Core analysis from 11,255-11,625'
Sunniland interval showed no
permeability, extremely low por-
osity, and no oil.

57 12,850 Bottomed in Punta Gorda. No shows
of oil and no porosity reported.
Drill stem test of the 12,521-
12,600' interval tested saltwater.
Rebecca Shoals Reef (Paleocene
and Upper Cretaceous) present.

37 10,600 Bottomed in Lower Cretaceous.
Very poor samples. No oil shows.
Carbonates-clastics below 7,000'.

21 12,931 This well drilled into Pumpkin
Bay Fm. (Upper Coahuilan) at
12,230'. Drilled into basement
(rhyolite porphyry) at 12,830'.
No shows in Sunniland Fm. Brown
Dolomite Zone: 11,920-12,000'.
Estimated net dolomite: 70'. Poor
samples.

6,041 Mixed facies carbonatess, sand-
stones, and shales) at 4,325';
Triassic, Eagle Mills at 5,625';
Paleozoic at 5,920'. Very indur-
ated shale and siltstone. Some
quartzite. Bedding planes verti-
cal in this core. No shows and no
porosity.

4,735 Mixed facies carbonatess, sand-
stones, and shales) at 2,882' in
Cretaceous. Predominantly vari-
colored unconsolidated sandstone
below 4,180'. Highly indurated
quartzites and interbedded shales
in core (Paleozoic) from 4,720-
4,735'.

37 14,369 This well encountered Jurassic
limestone. First indication of
possible Smackover in Apalachi-
cola area.

30 18,011 Smackover tests at 17,405-17,411'
and 17,328-17,411' produced only
saltwater. Norphlet Ss. and Louann
Salt were very thin.

1. Florida Geological Survey well number for samples (cuttings or core chips).

Information Circular 108

APPENDIX 7. 1989 UPDATE; 1990 & 91 EXPLORATION WELLS; FEDERAL WATERS, OFFSHORE FLORIDA

PLUGGED &
DEPTH, FT. ABANDONED
WELL NO. OPERATOR LOCATION BELOW MSL DATE COMMENTS

Destin Dome OCS-G-6420 Chevron Block 167 17,128 07/22/89 Temporarity abandoned.

Destin Dome OCS-G-6406 Chevron Block 56 22,840 11/23/90 TenporariLy abandoned
No. 2 Producible Norphlet discovery.

Data provided by Andy Petty, MMS, personal communication, 1992.

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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
903 WEST TENNESSEE ST.
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32304-7700

Walter Schmidt, Chief and State Geologist
Peter M. Dobbins, Administrative Assistant Alice Jordan, Librarian
Jessie Hawkins, Custodian Sandie Ray, Administrative Secretary
Deborah Mekeel, Library Assistant

GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS SECTION

Thomas M. Scott, Assistant State Geologist
Jon Arthur, Petrologist Donna Gerace, Research Assistant
Paulette Bond, Geochemist Rick Green, Research Assistant
Ken Campbell, Sedimentologist Mark Groszos, Research Assistant
Steve Campbell, Research Assistant Alexis Howell, Research Assistant
Cindy Collier, Secretary Jim Jones, Cartographer
Elizabeth Doll, Research Assistant Ted Kiper, Cartographer
Joel Duncan, Sedimentary Petrologist Robert Mince, Research Assistant
Meryl Enright, Research Assistant John Morrill, Driller
Will Evans, Research Assistant Albert Phillips, Assistant Driller
Catherine Florko, Biologist Frank Rupert, Paleontologist
Jim Gagalis, Research Assistant Frank Rush, Lab Technician

MINERAL RESOURCE INVESTIGATIONS
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY SECTION

Jacqueline M. Uoyd, Assistant State Geologist
Ed Lane, Environmental Geologist Brad Highley, Research Assistant
Steve Spencer, Economic Geologist Ron Hoenstine, Environmental Geologist
Heidi Hertler, Research Assistant Connie Garrett, Environmental Geologist

OIL AND GAS SECTION

L. David Curry, Administrator
Robert Caughey, District Coordinator Don Hargrove, Engineer
Ed Garrett, Geologist Marycarol Rielly, Geologist
Joan Gruber, Secretary Charles Tootle, Petroleum Engineer

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