Developments in Southeastern States in 1946 and 1947

Abstract

The Southeastern district, as in previous years, includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. Inasmuch as no development paper was written for 1946, the information presented here covers the years 1946 and 1947. Wildcating continued at approximately the same rate as in previous years while development in established producing areas showed a substantial increase. Geophysical crew weeks worked declined due principally to the decrease in gravity-meter work. Alabama had a total of 12 wildcats drilled and abandoned during 1946 and a total of 20 wildcats drilled and abandoned during 1947. In the Gilbertown field, Choctaw County, Alabama, 3 producers and 2 dry holes were completed in 1946 and 6 producers and 1 dry hole completed in 1947. Production from this field was 382,903 barrels in 1946 and 463,776 barrels in 1947. A total of 1,089,560 barrels had been produced from this field by the end of 1947. A total of 839 crew weeks of geophysical work was completed in Alabama during 1946 and 476 crew weeks in 1947. Florida had a total of 21 wildcats drilled and abandoned during 1946 and a total of 25 in 1947. In the Sunniland field, Collier County, 2 producers were added during 1946, while 2 producers and 1 dry hole were added during 1947. Production figures for the field show 56,863 barrels of oil produced from 4 wells during 1946 and 259,136 barrels produced from 5 wells during 1947, bringing the total cumulative production to 359,694 barrels at the end of 1947. Geophysical crew weeks worked in Florida totaled 535 in 1946 and 249 in 1947. Three wildcat wells were drilled and abandoned in Georgia during 1946 and 5 in 1947. Geophysical work in 1946 totaled 82 crew weeks and in 1947, 27 crew weeks. Mississippi had a total of 81 wildcats drilled during 1946 which resulted in the discovery of 3 new fields and 4 salt domes. Ninety-three wildcats were drilled in 1947; 3 fields and 5 salt domes were discovered. In the established producing areas of the state, 158 producers and 19 dry holes were added in 1946 and 340 producers and 40 dry holes in 1947. All Mississippi fields produced a total of 24,296,116 barrels of oil and condensate during 1946 and a total of 35,183,838 barrels during 1947, bringing the total cumulative production for the state to 162,409,951 barrels at the end of 1947. There was a decrease in geophysical crew weeks from 2,870 in 1946 to 1,839 in 1947.