FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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(REVISED)

EXPLORATJON Fi"OR OIL 2 GAG JIN rLOR-JDA

BYROBERT 0 VERNON, OIRECTOR

ANDCHAKLES W. HENDRY, GEOLOGIST

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OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN FLORIDA

During 1958

ByRobert 0. Vernon & C.W. Hendry, Jr.

Eight permits to drill were issued in Florida by the State Board of

Conservation in 1958, including one to deepen an old well. Seven wells were

completed during the year, all being dry and abandoned. These were located

in Glades, Lee, Okaloosa, Palm Beach, Walton and two in Santa Rosa. The

total footage of drilling of 67, 705 feet indicates a continued decline of activity

over previous years. With the exception of scattered oil shows, little in the

way of encouragement has been produced in the State since the discovery and

development of the Sunniland Oil field in Collier County in 1943 and the excite-

ment of the discovery and disappointment in the decline of the Pollard Alabama

oil field. However, oil exploration personnel feel that the extension of the

Citronelle Field in Alabama in practically all directions, and the very high

rate of successful completions in the field will reopen interest in the Lower

Cretaceous beds to the south that will possibly carry into Panhandle Florida.

Three wells drilled in the Peninsula, The Amerada-Lykes Brothers,

The Humble-Consolidated-State, and The Humble-State Lease 100 4 produced

shows of oil from the Lower Cretaceous. Each of these wells were tested and

. The Humble-Consolidated-State in one drill-stem test, had 90 feet of 24.5

degree oil, 2130 feet of gas and 120 feet of mud.

1.

No shows were present in the four wells completed in the Panhandle

but the deep test in Walton County, the Pan-American-Sealy well, will be most

important in correlating the stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous of the Pan-

handle with that of the producing sections of Alabama and Mississippi.

Four of the seven completions in Florida were seismic locations, one

subsurface, and two were non-technical lease commitments. Probably the

most encouraging petroleum activity was the increased geophysical and core-

hole evaluation program. Thirteen of the 67 counties were prospected, nine

of which were in the Peninsula, see figure 1. One core-drill crew, one gravity,

and three seismic crews were active throughout the year and at one time, nine

were operating. A total of 169 crew weeks of seismic work, (including 77

weeks of offshore work), 52 weeks of core-drill, and 62 weeks of gravity work

were completed. The greatest total crew-weeks were expended in Hendry,

Lee and Collier, and core-drill activity was concentrated in Hendry, Charlotte

and Sarasota counties.

Although the exploration in Florida during 1958 discovered no new

production and no attempt was made to extend the one field in Collier County,

the drill-stem tests recovered brines in Glades County that analyzed 88, 000

parts per million and in Lee County that analyzed 160, 000 parts. These should

be important sources of magnesium, bromides and other salts and metallic

elements.

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SUNNILAND FIELD

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GEOPHYSICAL AND EXPLORATORY 0"DRILLING ACTIVITIES ...o.....o•

DURING 1958Figure 1.

OIL PRODUCTION

Florida's one small oil field produced by the Humble Oil and Refining

Company at Sunniland, Florida, figure 1, was not developed further in 1958.

Eleven wells, seven on land of the Gulf Coast Realities Corporation and four

on land of Lee Tidewater Cypress Lumber Company "B", produced 445,886

barrels of oil for the year, and a cumulative total, September 26, 1943 through

December 31, 1958, of 5, 703, 219 barrels. All wells are on pump, and are

being produced slowly and conservatively to obtain the greatest recovery of oil

possible through wise petroleum engineering management.

The producing zone is the "Sunniland limestone" pay zone, a reef

porosity present over a slight dome, possibly associated with regional struc-

tural adjustment and bounding normal faults. The producing horizon is Lower

Cretaceous and a typical stratigraphic section and electric log at the pay zone

is shown in figure 2.

It has been estimated that the total area that has proved productive of

oil in Florida is 1, 920 acres. The total area under lease for oil and gas in

non-productive areas as of January 1, 1959, is slightly less than 16, 100, 000

acres.

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SUMMARY OF EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING 1958

TESTS COMMENCED IN 1957,COMPLETED IN 1958

Palm Beach County

Humble Oil and Refining CompanyNo. 1 State Lease 100412, 810 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

TESTS COMMENCED AND COMPLETED IN 1958

Glades County

Amerada Petroleum CorporationNo. 1 Lykes Brothers, Inc.10, 993 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

Lee County

Humble Oil and Refining CompanyNo. 1 Consolidated Naval Stores State11, 898 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

Okaloosa County

J.R. SealyNo. 1 Belcher - Britton Estate6, 132 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

Santa Rosa County

Plymouth Oil Company - R. L. EsterbrookNo. 1 Chester F. Ellis et al6, 915 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

Haynes B. OwnbyNo. 1 Ada B. Harrison7, 005 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

6.

Walton County

Pan American Petroleum CorporationNo. 1 J.R. Sealy11,952 feet deep. Dry and abandoned.

TESTS COMMENCED IN 1958,NOT COMPLETED JANUARY 1, 1959

Hillsborough County

Sumner Oil Ltd.No. 1 Julian Sumner

Pinellas County

S.V.. Barnett and WV. C. McLean (formerly R.E. Skinner)No. 1 Hancock-Powell UnitOld V.ell Workover

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SUMMARY

Wells commenced in 1957completed in 1958 1

Wells commenced andcompleted in 1958 6

Wells commenced in 1958not completed January 1, 1959 2

TOTAL FOOTAGE OF COMPLETEDWELLS DRILLED IN 1957 63, 632

TOTAL FOOTAGE OF COMPLETEDWELLS DRILLED IN 1958 67, 705

Production of oil (barrels) from SunnilandField for the year 1958 445, 886

CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION OF OIL (BARRELS)1943-1958 5,703,219

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GLADES COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER WELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMARKS

Comm. Amerada #l Lykes NW/4, NE/4 54/10991 Dry Hole. Plugged 7-19-585-13-58 Petroleum Bros., Inc. Sec.1, T41S, Upper Cretaceous - 5598

Corporation R30E Lower Cretaceous - 7542Sunniland - 10720Logs:Driller's logElectrical logLaterologMicrologGamma Ray-Neutron logBaroid log

F.G.S. No. W-4750

, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER WV/ELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMARKS

Comm. Sumner Oil Ltd. 1r Julian SE/4, NE/4 unknown Drilling January 1, 1959.8-24-58 Sumner Sec.30, T31S, No information on progress.

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LEE COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER WVELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMAR CS

Comm. Humble Oil & #l Consolidated 1017' S & 47/11898 Dry Hole. Plugged 12-7-58

9-1-58 Refining Co. Naval Stores- 1784' E of Upper Cretaceous - 5609State NW corner Lower Cretaceous - 8368

Sec. 16, T46S, Sunniland - 11578R27E Logs:

Driller's logLaterolog

F.G.S. No. VW-4839

SOKAI OOSA COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER WELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMAR KS

Comm. J.R. Sealy #1 Belcher- SE/4, SV./4, 227/6132 Dry Hole. Plugged 3-2-582-22-58 Britton Estate Sec. 10, T3N, Upper Cretaceous - 3141

R22W Lower Tuscaloosa- 5180Lower Cretaceous- 5501Logs:

Driller's logElectrical logF.G.S. No. ,7-4576

PALM BEACH COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER T'ELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMAR .S

Comm. Humble Oil & #1 State Lease Center SVV/4 31/12810 Dry Hole. Plugged 3-18-5810-29-5' Refining Co. No. 1004 Sec.2,T48S, Upper Cretaceous - 5295

R35E Lower Cretaceous - 8197Sunniland - 11430Logs:Driller's logElectrical logF.G.S. No. 7-4661

- PINELLAS COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER T. ELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMAR :S

S.W.Barnett & #1 Hancock N-/4,SV•./4, Old WVell '7ork OverT:. C.McLean Powell Unit Sec. 10, T27S, Began clean out 9-4-58(formerly R16E F.G.S. No. W-4505R.E.Skinner)

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F. ELEV./DATE OWNER V'ELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMARKS

Comm. Plymouth Oil Co. rl Chester F. NE/4, NW/4 174/6915 Dry Hole. Plugged 8-16-58.7-31-58 R.L. Esterbrook Ellis et al Sec. 23, T4N, Upper Cretaceous - 3755

R29V. Lower Tiscaloosa- 6288Lower Cretaceous- ?6654Logs:

Induction- electrical logDriller's logF.G.S. No. W'-4719

I Comm. Haynes B. # AdaB. S."-/4, NWV/4, 247/6996 Dry Hole. Plugged 9-8-58.8-26-58 Ownby Drilling Harrison Sec. 11, T4N, Upper Cretaceous - 3907

Company et al R30V. Lower Tuscaloosa - 6492Lower Cretaceous - ?6729Logs:

Induction-electrical logMicrologDriller's logF.G.S. No. W'-4771

WALTON COUNTY

COMPANY OR FARM OR D.F.ELEV./DATE O~'NER WELL NAME LOCATION TOTAL DEPTH REMARKS

Comm. Pan American #1 J.R. Sealy SE/4,SE/4, 99/11946 Dry Hole. Plugged 5-19-58.4-8-58 Petroleum Corp. Sec. 9, T15, Upper Cretaceous - 3047

R18V7 Lower Tuscaloosa - 4946Lower Cretaceous- ?5086Logs:

MicrologInduction-electrical logDriller's logF.G.S. No. .'-4701

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