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i'or I he Oil and Gas Industry

STATE OF ILLINOIS

HENRY HORNER, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION

JOHN J. HALLIHAN, Director

DIVISION OF THE f%

STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ,^0*$ ~7\OfcN

M. M. LEIGHTON, Chief, Urbana *". -'' .-

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No. 33

ILLINOIS PETROLEUM

July 15, 1939

Oil and Gas Development in Illinois in 1938

By Alfred H. Bell,* Member A.I.M.E.

(New York Meeting, February, 1939)

The upswing in oil production and drilling activity in Illinois that began in 1937 gained momentum in 1938 and promises to bring a new and higher peak in the state's annual production in 1939. In 1938 the production totaled 23,929,000 bbl., as compared with 7,426,000 bbl. in 1937, more than a threefold increase. The number of producing oil wells in the new fields was 230 at the end of 1937 and it increased to 2157 at the end of 1938. Daily production for the whole state increased from approximately 35,000 bbl. at the end of 1937 to approximately 135,000 bbl. at the end of 1938, nearly a fourfold increase.

Of a total of 2539 wells completed in 1938 in Illinois, 1984 produced oil, 26 produced gas and 529 were dry holes. Of the total, 377 are classi- fied as "wildcat" wells, defined as wells drilled outside of proved territory and more than one mile from the nearest production. The remainder, 2162 wells, were drilled in or near proved fields.

Of the 377 wildcat wells (Table 2) 32 were successful in discovering oil or gas in commercial quantities, either new fields or extensions of old fields. Four of these discovery wells were gas wells, which are not yet commercially productive owing to lack of pipe-line facilities.

A special effort was made to ascertain the reasons for the locations of as many as possible of the wildcat wells and the results of this investiga- tion are set forth in the following table:

Reason for Drilling

Geology

Geophysics

Geology and geophysics

Total, scientific

Geologic information available, but not favorable Not based on geologic or geophysical information . . . Unknown

Total Number

30

14 25

69

9

91

208

Successful

9

4

12

377

25

0 3

4

Per Cent

30 29

48

32

36

0 3

2

8.5

Reprinted from Trans. A.I.M.E.(1939) 132, 268.

1

Printed in U. S. A.

2 ALFKED H. BELL

There is a striking contrast between the percentage of successes of the locations made with and without scientific aid; 36 per cent as against

3 per cent. Although this preponderance in favor of the scientifically made locations would probably be reduced somewhat if complete data were available, there is little doubt that the great majority of the 208 wildcat locations for which the data could not be obtained were made

NEW FIELDS

AND

EXTENSIONS DURING 1938

1 /"" j SHELBY jj

0 'MONTGOMERY |_

MACOUPIN

1. BEECHER CI

2. ST. JAMES

3. SORENTO

4. CENTP.ALIA (NEW)*

5. LAKE CENTRALIA - SALEM 6 D1X

7. ROACHES

8. MARCOE

9. ELK PRAIRIE

10. 1NA

11. FLORA

12. CLAY CITY*

13. CISNE* 14 BOYLESTON

15. NORTH ADEN

16. ADEN

17. LEECH TOWNSHIP IS. MT. ERIE 19. SCHNELL

20 NOBLE *

21. OLNEY

22. SOUTH RUSSELLVILLE (CAS)

* EXTENSION OF 1937 DISCOVERIES

JANUARY I, 1939

LEGEND

gJT3 FIELDS PRIOR TO 1937

(^FIELDS DISCOVERED IN l»37

^p DISCOVERIES AND EXTENSIONS IN '938

OLD PIPE LINES

— NEW PIPE LINES IN 1938

ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Fig. 1. — Oil and gas fields in Illinois in 1938.

without benefit of either geologic or geophysical recommendations, probably, in many cases, to fulfill contracts.

Economic Data

Exact data on value at the wells of the crude oil produced in Illinois in 1938 are not at hand. Posted prices were as follows:

Price per Barrel

Old fields:

January 1-September 27 $1 . 35

September 27-October 13 1 . 25

October 13-December 31 1 .05

New fields:

January 1-May 25 1 . 35

May 25-October 1 1 . 25

October 1-December 31 1.15

On the basis of posted prices, the total value of the 1938 production was approximately $29,300,000. Dividing this by the number of barrels of

ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938 3

oil produced, it is calculated that the average price per barrel for the year was SI. 22. However, it is reported that considerable quantities of oil in some fields were sold below the posted price, therefore it may be assumed that the total returns from the oil were less than the total mentioned above.

No exact data are available as to drilling costs. A total of 4,766,047 ft. of hole was drilled in the state in 1938. If an average cost for all drilling in the state is assumed to be $3 per foot, it is calculated that there was a total investment in drilling of $14,298,141. This includes both producing wells and dry holes. There were, of course, large additional investments in leasing, equipping and operating wells, in storage tanks, pipe lines, warehouses, etc., for which even an approximation is not possible at this time.

The average depth of all wells drilled in the state in 1938 was 1870 ft. and the average initial daily production of the oil wells was 274 bbl. (For details see Tables 3 and 4.)

Pipe Lines and Refineries

Although the new oil reserves of Illinois enjoy the advantage of close proximity to a large market for refined products, the disposal to refineries of the rapidly increasing amounts of crude oil produced has presented some problems. These have been met in part by the construction of new pipe lines and substantial quantities of oil have been transported by rail and truck.

There has been a considerable amount of "pipe-line proration"; that is, curtailment of production by oil buyers, notably in the Centralia and Louden fields. There is no regulation of oil production in Illinois by any State authority.

The new Central States pipe line (Texas Company subsidiary) extends from the Salem field to the Indian Refinery at Lawrenceville (Fig. 1). It was put in operation on Nov. 14, 1938. It furnishes sufficient oil to run the refinery, and the surplus oil is transported north through the old Texas-Empire branch pipe line, which joins the main line at Heyworth (south of Bloomington, McLean County). From there the oil goes north to the Texas Company's refinery at Lockport, and other refineries in the Chicago district.

The Magnolia Petroleum Co. transports oil from the Salem pool to East St. Louis via Sandoval, Vandalia and Wood River.

Three small refineries were constructed at Centralia (capacity 2000 bbl. per day each) and one at St. Elmo (capacity 3500 bbl.).

The oils from the new Illinois fields range in gravity from 37° to 39° A.P.I. , averaging approximately 38°. Sulphur content ranges from 0.12 to 0.18 per cent. These oils are similar to Mid-Continent crudes in their general characteristics (Table 1).

ALFRED H. BELL

Exploration Methods

The principal methods used in guiding exploration and development are subsurface geology and geophysics, largely the reflection seismograph. Nearly 100 petroleum geologists are now making investigations of Illinois geology. Use is made of driller's logs, drilling-time logs, sample and core studies, electrical logs, and micropaleontology. Some of the oil companies are depending on electrical logs to make structural studies and correlations in fields because they are more quickly made than sample study logs. However, there appears to be no substitute for sample studies in attacking the regional problems of stratigraphy, sedimentation and structure.

The extent of reflection seismograph surveys for 1938 in Illinois is indicated by the following figures:

	Number of Seismograph Parties Active in
Date	Illinois
January 1, 1938	11
April 1, 1938	9
July 1, 1938	7
October 1, 1938	16
January 1, 1939	11

During the year approximately 196 townships (7056 square miles) were covered by seismograph surveys, mostly in the Illinois Basin.

Other geophysical methods, notably gravimeters and magnetometers, are being used to a relatively small extent and a few companies are engaged in structure test drilling.

The course of development during 1938 and the last eight months of 1937 is illustrated in the bar chart showing production by months (Fig. 2). Total lengths of the bars represent monthly production for the whole state. The bars are divided into old fields (stippled) and new fields (shaded): dark shading, limestone production, and light shading, sandstone production.

The limestone production is almost all from the "McClosky sand," which is a porous, oolitic zone in the Fredonia member of the Ste. Gen- evieve formation (Fig. 3). The McClosky production had its most rapid rise during the summer of 1937. The wells had large initial productions, but they also had rapid declines during the first few months. Average depth of the McClosky wells in the central part of the basin is approximately 3000 ft. (Table 1).

Development in 1938 consisted largely of the development of the comparatively shallow sandstone fields in the western part of the Illinois Basin where production is obtained from depths varying from 1300 to 1800 ft. The principal producing sands are the Cypress (called variously Carlyle, Stein, Weiler and Kirkwood) and the Benoist (Bethel formation) called Tracy in Lawrence County. The three most important fields in

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938 5

this region are the Salem (Lake Centralia), the Louden (Beecher City), and the Centralia. Daily production of these wells at the end of 1938 was: Salem, 50,300 bbl., an average of 105 bbl. per well; Louden, 22,000 bbl., average 44 bbl. per well; Centralia (New), 7500 bbl., average 14 bbl.

ASONDJFMAMJJ 1937 1938

Fig. 2. — Production of crude oil in Illinois.

per well. Other details are given on lines 90, 84 and 94, respectively of Table 1. The Louden (Beecher City) and Centralia fields were dis- covered late in 1937, but had their major development in 1938. Centralia was outlined by early summer and was nearly completely drilled up by

6

ALFRED H. BELL

SYSTEM - DEPTH PLEISTOCEKJE

(elevation or surface

450 iFT ABOVE SEA-LEVEL)

m

□

SANOSTONE

PENNSYLVANIAN

the end of the year. Louden (Beecher City), on the other hand, was less

than half developed at the end of 1938. Salem has had a remarkably

rapid development; its discovery

well was completed July 6, and

it bids fair to outrank the best of

the old fields — Lawrence County

— in yield per acre.

Numerous new McClosky lime discoveries were made in the latter half of 1938. Of these, the North Aden pool in Wayne County appears to be the most important. For a detailed statement of wells and drilling operations in the new fields at the end of 1938 see Table 5. Data on discovery wells are given in Table 6.

UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTER)

SERIES

2920 FT

LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN

SERIES 'MISSISSIPPI

LIME"

MISSISSIPPIAN AND DEVONIAN 450,,

J'-J-L'-L

-4510 FT "NIAGARAS"

Drilling to Devonian and Deeper

Fifty-three wells reaching the Devonian limestone or deeper were completed in Illinois in 1938. Of these, two discovered oil in commercial quantities in the Devonian; one was a small gas well in the Pennsylvanian; one was the discovery well for Benoist production in the Dix pool, Jeffer- son County; five were Trenton lime producers in the Dupo field, St. Clair County; one was a small Hoing sand producer in the Col- mar-Plymouth field, McDonough County; and the remainder were dry holes. Five of these wells reached the St. Peter sandstone, which is correlated with the Wil- cox sand of Oklahoma. The St. Peter sandstone has not yet yielded any oil in Illinois.

Oil in commercial quantity was recently discovered in the Devonian limestone at a depth of 2920 ft. in the old Sandoval field, which has been producing for 30 years from the Benoist sand at an average depth of

ORDOVICIAN

OOLOMITIC LIMESTONE

# ROBINSON, BUCHANAN .BIEHL

: -2600 FT. CYPRESS (WEILER) -2700FT. BETHEL (TRACEY, BENOIST) (BRADLEY SAND) » 2980 FT. MC CLOSKY

(STE GENEVIEVE)

'5910 FT. 'TRENTON

.— 6700 FT ST PETER

Fig. 3. — Generalized geologic column, Illinois Basin fields in Clay, Richland and Wayne Counties.

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938

1550 ft. This is especially significant because it suggests the possibility of extensive Devonian oil on favorable structures in the Illinois Basin. Some of these — for example, the Louden (Beecher City) and Salem (Lake Centralia) structures — -are known to be much larger than the Sandoval structure.

Table 1. — Oil and Gas Production in Illinois in 1938

			A»				Total Gas
			Area Proved, Acres	Total Oil	Production,	Number of Oil and/or
		oo	Production, Bbl.	Millions Cu. Ft.		Gas Wells

		CO								During	At End
	Field, County	a H	Oil	Gasa	To End of	During	To End			1938	of 1938

I		S			1938	1938	of 1938		"*^ CO
	rt							33S	1	■g	go	ho
z		£						GOO		"3.	-6	§ .	3 «„
1		a?						*C co	r§	a	rt	"^•73	■ga
.J		•5						o"	oH	o O	_2 <	Pi	So
1	Warrenton-Borton, Edgar	32	100	0	29,030+	630	0	0	22	0	0	13	0
2	Westfield (Parker Twp.), Clark, Coles	34	9,000	55	X	X	X	0	1,621	5	40	332	0
3			850	75	X	X	X	0	185	0	0	V	0
4			9,000	0	X	X	X	0	1,443	5	0	y	0
5			1,500	0	X	X	X	0	12	0	0	y	0
6	Siggins (Union Twp.),
	Cumberland, Clark	32	3,580	75	X	X	X	0	995	0	0	914	0
7			3,135	55	X	X	X	0	854	0	0	V	0
8			435	15	X	X	X	0	90	0	0	V	0
9			855	105	X	X	X	0	192	0	0	V	0
10	York, Cumberland		310	40	X	X	X	0	70	0	0	44	0
11	Casey, Clark	31	1,925	55	X	X	X	0	532	0	o	471	0
12			190	15	X	X	X	0	41	0	y	y	0
13			400	0	X	X	X	0	82	0	V	y	0
14			1,525	15	X	X	X	0	319	0	V	V	0
15	Martinsville, Clark	31	710	155	X	X	X	0	213	0	4	122	0
16			15	20	X	X	X	0	7	0	0	V	0
17			275	35	X	X	X	0	63	0	0	y	0
IS			105	0	X	X	X	0	21	0	0	y	0
19			170	0	X	X	X	0	34	0	0	V	0
2o			195	0	X	X	X	0	39	0	0	y	0
21			5	0	X	X	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
22	North Johnson, Clark ....	31	1,320	20	X	X	X	X	485	0	0	448	0
23			1,115	0	X	X	X	X	296	0	0	y	0
24			160	0	X	X	X	X	32	0	0	y	V
25			820	5	X	X	X	X	177	0	0	y	0
26			215	0	X	X	0	0	44	0	0	y	0
27	South Johnson, Clark. . . .	31	1,715	65	X	X	X	X	534	0	0	486	0
28			185	5	X	X	X	X	38	0	0	y	0
29			295	0	X	X	X	X	59	0	0	V	0
30			1,675	35	X	X	X	X	401	0	0	y	0
31			845	5	X	X	X	X	170	0	0	y	0
32	Bellair Crawford, Jasper .	31	1,300	5	X	X	X	X	485	0	0	403	0
33			1,165	0	X	X	X	X	309	0	0	V	0
34			315	0	X	X	X	X	63	0	0	y	0
35			910	0	X	X	X	X	182	0	0	y	0
36	Clark County Division1		19,960	475	52,105,000+	193,000	X	V	4,982	5	44	3,234	0
37		32	35,135	515	X	X	X	X	7,322	3	38	5,193	0
3-			340	0	X	X	X	X	68	0	V	y	0
39			33,795	510	X	X	X	X	7,141	0	0	y	0
40			1,000	0	X	X	X	X	108	0	V	y	0

• Footnotes to column heads and explanation of symbols are given on page 27. » Total of lines 1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 27, 32. 2 Includes Kibbie, Oblong, Robinson and Hardinsville.

ALFRED H. BELL

Table 1. — (Continued)

Charac-

Oil-production Methods at End of 1938

Pressure, Lb. per Sq. In.*»

ter of Oil, Approx. Average during

Producing Formation

Deepest Zone

Tested to End

of 1938

1938

Number of of Wells

Average at End of

Gravity A.P.I. at 60° F »

Name

Age*

Depth, Average in Feet

*»

SF*.

a 9

Name

1

53

A „,

■sEs

4.

U,tSl

1

M

bO

a

si

T3 <1>

CO V

«

>>

•He?

h

1

"o£

=

a

s o

0

'3. Oh

13

3"

Is ■a

CO

00

CO

CD 4)

s'-S

a*

1!

03

i

o

o o Ph

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corn

1

X

Unnamed

Pen

215

159

S

Por

X

ML

Pen

715

2

0

332

200±

X

34.0

See below

D

Trenton

2,918

3

0

y

X

30.0

Shallow gas sand

Pen

376

281

S

Por

36

D

4

o

V y

X

33.5

Westfield lime

MisL

446

334

L

Cav

X

D

St. Peter

3,009

5

o

X

37.0

Trenton (Ord)

Ord

2,568

2,265

L

Por

X

D

6

0

914

M

X

33.0

See below

D

Dev. lime- stone

2,010

7

0

y

X

34.0

First Siggins sand

Pen

465

367

S

Por

X

D

g

o

V

X

(33.6)

Second and

Pen

562

478

S

Por

X

D

third Siggins

sand

9

0

y

X

(25.7)

Lower Siggins sand

Pen

590

556

s

Por

X

D

10

0

44

X

(30.3)

York sand

Pen

680

588

s

Por

X

AM

960

11

o

471

2S

X

29.2

See below

AM

MisL

808

12

o

y

X

(31.9)

Upper gas sand

Pen

358

263

s

Por

X

AM

13

o

y

X

(30.1)

Lower gas sand

Pen

426

309

s

Por

X

AM

14

o

y

X

(33.6)

Casey sand

Pen

505

444

s

Por

X

AM

15

o

122

X

36.8

See below

D

St. Peter

3,411

Hi

(1

V V

y

X

y

Shallow sands

Pen

411

255

s

Por

X

D

17

o

X

V

Casey sand

Pen

511

449

s

Por

X

D

18

o

X

y

Martinsville

MisL

506

477

L

Por

X

D

19

o

V

X

(38.9)

Carper

MisL

1,418

1,340

s

Por

X

D

20

o

y

X

y

"Niagaran"

Dev

1,596

1,553

L

Por

X

D

21

o

1

X

(39.6)

Trenton

Ord

2,830

2,708

L

Por

X

D

22

o

448

X

31.0

See below

AM

Mis

965

23

o

y

X

V

Claypool sand

Pen

486

416

S

Por

X

AM

24

o

y

X

y

Shallow sands

Pen

451

314

S

Por

X

AM

25

o

X

V

Casey sand

Pen

508

465

s

Por

X

AM

26

o

y

X

y

Upper Partlow

Pen

554

534

s

Por

X

AM

27

o

486

X

32.2

See below

AM

Mis

1,160

28

o

y

X

V

Claypool sand

Pen

549

392

s

Por

X

AM

29

o

y

X

V

Casey sand

Pen

518

453

s

Por

X

AM

HO

o

y

X

y

Upper Partlow

Pen

570

489

s

Por

X

AM

31

o

y

X

28.5

Lower Partlow

Pen

618

598

s

Por

X

AM

32

o

403

X

33.7

See below

AM

MisL

1,471

33

o

y

X

(32.4)

"500 Ft." sand

Pen

726

561

s

Por

X

AM

34

o

y y

X

V

"800 Ft." sand

Pen

907

817

s

Por

X

AM

35

0

X

(37.0)

"900 Ft." sand

MisU

920

886

s

Por

X

AM

36

o

3,234

28

X

33.0

33±

37

0

5,193

27

425+

V

33.0

See below32

Trenton (Ord)

4,620

38 311

o

V y

X

V

Shallow sand

Pen

822

508

s

Por

X

ML

o

IS

X

1

32.8

Robinson sand

Pen

960

900

s

Por

25+

ML

Trenton

4,620

(Ord)

40

0

V

X

I

X

y

Oblong

Mis

1,416

1,337

Sor L

Por

X

A, ML

Mis

1,479

" Pressures in the southeastern Illinois oil fields are estimated bottom-hole pressures reported in previous Survey

23 All gravities given prior to 1936 (except those in parentheses) were from data for the year 1925 furnished by the Illinois Pipe Line Co. Gravities in parentheses are for particular samples; see Illinois State Geol. Survey Ball. 54, Table 3. The values have been converted from Baum6 to A.P.I, gravities.

» Air, 7.

«Ga9, 1; air, 15.

MGas, 1; air-gas, 5; air, 24.

"Gas, 16; air-gas, 20; air, 54.

ss-Gas, 16; air-gas, 20; air, 54; water, 1.

« The Salvage Oil and Gas Co.— W. S. McGrillis No. 3, sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 13 W., is producing'in the "McClosky sand" at a depth of from 1409 to 1415 ft.

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938

Table 1. — (Continued)

			Area Proved, Acres			Total Gas
			Total Oil	Production,	Number of Oil and/or
		00 CO 03	Production, Bbl.	Millions Cu. Ft.		Gas Wells
								During	At End
	Field, County	-a a w			To End of	During	To End			1938	of 1938

1 1 -		o	Oil	Gas"	1938	1938	of 1938		°8
	8						bo a oo		■8 s a	1 o	bo a 3	bo a 3 u "g 3
a		CO <						3=2 Q	OW	o O	-2	P	h
41	New Hebron, Crawford. . .	29	1,350	210	X	X	X	X	296	0	2	178	0
42	Chapman, Crawford	24	1,045	515	X	X	X	X	193	0	3	72	0
43	Parker, Crawford	31	1,310	30	X	X	X	X	256	0	1	216	0
44	Allison- Weger, Crawford.	y	1,075	20	X	X	X	X	146	0	0	65	0
45	Flat Rock* Crawford....	y	1,375	545	X	X	X	X	289	3	7	149	0
46	Birds, Crawford, Lawrence	V	4,370	115	X	X	X	X	684	0	1	474	0
47	Crawford County Div-
	ision4		45,655	1,945	143,619,000	1,597,000	X	y	9,193	6	52	6,347	0
48	Lawrence, Lawrence,
		32	24,150	1,550	X	x	X	x	4,399 1,231	11	27	3,200 V	o
49			5,015	35	X	X	X	X	0	V	0
50			2,240	0	X	X	X	X	475	0	V	y	0
.51			345	1,095	X	X	X	X	243	0	y	V	0
52			15,960	220	X	X	X	X	3,017	0	V	y	0
63			4,020	200	X	X	X	X	684	0	V	V	0
54			6,950	0	X	X	X	X	957	0	y	y	0
55	St. Francisville, Lawrence.	V	420	0	X	X	X	X	54	0	V	45	0
56	Lawrence County Divi-
	sion6		24,570	1,550	223,132,000	1,751,000 384,000	x	V y	9,185 427	11	27	3,245 326	0 0
57	Allendale, Wabash	26	1,680	0	4,656,000	X	7	3
58	Total Southeastern
	Illinois field6		91,855	3,970	423,541,030	3,925,630	X	y	19,064	29	126	13,152	0
59	Colmar-Plymouth, Han-
	cock, McDonough	25	2,450	0	2,415,970	128,170	0	0	477	2	0	209	0
60	Pike County Gas, Pike. .	33'	0	8,960	0	0	X	0	68	0	0	0	0
61	Jacksonville Gas, Morgan	28«	30	1,290	2,100	0	X	0	53	0	V	0	0
62	Carlinville, Macoupin	299	30	50	X	0	X	0	8	0	0	0	0
63	Spanish Needle Creek,
	Macoupin	2310	0	80	0	0	14.4	o	7	o	V	o	q
64	Gillespie-Wyen,
	Macoupin	23	40	0	X	0	o	o	22	(	c	0	0
65	GiUespie-Benld Gas,
	Macoupin	15"	0	80	0	0	135 8	o	4	c	o	0 0	o
66	Staunton Gas, Macoupin.	2212	0	400	0	0	1,050	0	18	0	0	0
67	Litchfield, Montgomery. . .	59"	100	0	22,000	0	X	0	17	0	0	0	0
68	Collinsville, Madison ....	29i*	40	0	715	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
69	Ayers Gas, Bond	16	0	325	0	0	167	23.2	19	1	0	0	10
70	Greenville Gas, Bond ....	2815	0	160	0	0	990	0	4	0	0	0	0
71	Carlyle, Clinton	27	915	0	3,344,400	27,200	0	0	165	o	o	78 0	0 0
72	Frogtown, Clinton	20's	300	0	X	0	0	0	12	0	0
73	Sandoval, Marion	29	770	0	2,645,800	15,000	0	0	123	0	0	37	0
74	Centralia, Marion	28	175	0	X	V	0	0	22	0	0	3	0
	3 Includes Swearingen ga	s.
	* Total of lines 37, 41, 4	2, 43, 44, 45,	46.
	'Total of lines 48 and 5
	6 Total of lines 36, 47, 5(	i\| 57.
	7 Abandoned 1930.
	8 Abandoned 1937.
	» Abandoned 1925+ .
	10 Abandoned 1934.
	11 Abandoned 1935.
	12 Abandoned 1919.
	13 Abandoned 1904.
	"Abandoned 1921.
	16 Abandoned 1923.
			"A	bandoi	led 1933.

10

ALFRED H. BELL

Natural Gas

Natural gas was produced commercially in two fields in Illinois during 1938, the Ayers field, Bond County (productive since 1922), and the Kussellville field, Lawrence County.

Table 1. — (Continued)

						Charac-
	Oil-production Methods at End of 1938	Pressure, Lb. per Sq. In.""22	ter of Oil, Approx. Average during		Producing Formation			Deepest Zone Tested to End of 1938
						1938
	Number of of Wells		Average at End of	Gravity A.P.I, at 60° F.23	Name	Age«	Depth, Average in Feet					Name
								2 " A* a
£			£							•3-S	ft, g	^		c.S
9 a 3	I 1 o E 0	be o '& 178	OS	•a X	CO oa X	oo CO as	T3 a> "Si P*				0-3	O	?-, o o	c- Sj ■^ > a><rf	\|
41	X	30.1	Robinson	Pen	975	940	S	Por	X	ML	MisL	2,056
								sand33
42	0	72		X	X	X	y	Robinson sand	Pen	1,015	995	S	Por	X	ML	Mis	2,279
43	0	216		X	X	X	y	Robinson sand	Pen	1,025	1,000	s	Por	X	ML	Pen?	1,127
44	0	65		X	X	X	29.5	Robinson sand	Pen	930	912	s	Por	X	ML	Pen	1,041
45	0	149		X	X	X	22.5	Robinson (Flat Rock)	Pen	945	935	s	Por	X	ML	Pen	1,032
4rt	0	474		X	X	X	31.8	Robinson sand	Pen	950	930	s	Por	X	ML	MisL	1,731
47	0	6,347	29	425+	X	X	32.3		Pen, Mis			s	Por		ML	Trenton (Ord)	4,620
18	0	3,200		650±	X	X	32.9	See below							A	St. Peter	5,190
49	0	V		X	X	X	V	Bridgeport sand	Pen	1,000	800	s	Por	40	A
50	0	y		X	X	X	y	Buchanan	Pen	1,265	1,250	s	Por	15	A
51	0	V		X	X	X	y	"Gas" sand	MisU	1,345	1,330	s	Por	15	A
52	0	V		600+	X	X	y	Kirkwood	MisU	1,430	1,400	s	Por	30	A
53	0	V		650	X	X	y	Tracey	MisU	1,580	1,560	s	Por	20	A
54	0	y		X	X	X	V	McClosky	MisL	1,710	1,700	L	Por	10	A
55	0	45		600	X	X	37.3	Kirkwood	MisU	1,865	1,843	s	Por	22	ML	Mis	1,900
56	0	3,245			X	X										St. Peter	5,190
57	0	326		X	X	X	35.1	Biehl sand	Pen	1,460	1,425	s	Por	20	AM
58	0	13,152	30				33.1
59	0	209		X	X	X	y	Hoing sand	Dev	468	447	s	Por	21	A	Trenton (Ord)	805
60	0	0		X	X	X		"Niagaran'	Sil	275	265	L	Por	10	A	St. Peter	893
61	0	0		X	X	X	X	Gas sand	Pen, Mis	335	330	s, SL	Por	5	ML	Trenton (Ord)	1,390
62	0	0		135	X	X	27.7	Unnamed	Pen	398	380	S	Por	X	A	Pen	410
63	0	0		V	V	V		Unnamed	Pen	405	305	s	Por	X	D	Pen	495
04	0	0		X	X	X	30.0	Unnamed	Pen	670	650	S	Por	X	T	Trenton (Ord)	2,560
65	0	0		155	X	X		Unnamed	Pen	555	542	S	Por	X	A	Pen	575
66	0	0		145	X	X		Unnamed	Pen	491	461	s	Por	X	A	Trenton (Ord)	2,371
07	0	0		X	X	X	21.7	Unnamed	Pen	674	664	s	Por	X	D	Pen	681
68	0	0		X	X	X	X	Devonian- Silurian	Dev- Sil	1,400	1,305	L	Por	20	ML	Silurian	1,500
69	0	0		335	310	310		Lindley (2d)	MisU	945	940	s	Por	5	A	MisL	1,150
70	0	0		X	X	X		Lindley (1st, 2d)	MisU	993	927	s	Por	X	A	Mis	1,065
71	0	78		X	X	X	35.2	Carlyle	MisU	1,055	1,035	s	Por	20	A	Sil	2,620
72	0	0		X	X	X	31.9	Carlyle	MisU	957	950	s	Por	7	0	Carlyle y	962+
73	0	37		X	X	X	34.5	Benoist	MisU	1,560	1,540	s	Por	20±	D	Mis	1,732
74	0	3		X	X	X	32.0	Dykstra, Wil- son, Benoist	Pen, MisU	1,150	1,130	s	Por	20	D ML	MisL	1,779

29 Gas, 17; air-gas, 24; air, 53; water, 1.

30 Gas, 18; air-gas, 29; air, 79; water, 7.

33 The West Union Oil and Gas Co. — Ducommon No. 1, sec. 28. T. 6 N., R. 12 W., is producing in the " McClosky sand," rom 1506 to 1528 ft.

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938

Table 1. — (Continued)

11

Field, County

Wamac, Clinton, Marion,

Washington 17

Dupo, St. Clair 10

77 Waterloo, Monroe.

95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115

lie

117

lis IIS

120 121

122

Sparta Gas, Randolph

Ava-Campbell Hill,

Jackson

Bartelso, Clinton

Decatur, Macon

Total for fields prior to

1-1-37"

Sorento, Bond

Beecher City-Louden, Fayette

St. Jame3, Fayette

Patoka, Marion

Lake Centralia-Salem, Marion

Centralia (New), Clinton, Marion

Dix, Jefferson

Roaches, Jefferson

Marcoe, Jefferson

Elk Prairie, Jefferson . . .

Ina, Jefferson

Flora, Clay

Clay City. Clay, Wayne. Noble, Richland

Schnell, Richland. Olney, Richland. . . Rinard, Wayne. . . Cisne, Wayne

Boyleston, Wayne

Aden, Wayne

North Aden, Wayne

Mt. Erie, Wayne

Leech Twp., Wayne

Russellvilie Gas, Lawrence

North

South

Total for fields after Jan.

Jan. 1, 1937»

Total for Illinois"

Area Proved, Acres

Oil

250 670

125

65

70

165

10

98,060 10

15,860

V

y

270

465

7,520 V V V

2,000

V

615

20

10

140

4,750

3,150

V

3,150

40

380

10

575

20

555

10

160

690

10

20

0

Gas«

100 370

15,785 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

500 20

4. SO

Total Oil Production, Bbl.

To End of 1938

382,530 946,870

166,000

25,000

253,570

1,000

433,746,980 V

1,892,000 V V

y

48,000 1,167,000

2,895,000 V

y

V

3,027,000 V V V V V V

68,000 5,560,000 5,179,000

y y

415,000 V V

V V

y y

305,000

y y o

0 0

36.725 500 22,549,000 134,785,16,285 456,850,000"

During 1938

9,780 36,100

0

161,870

400

4,304,150

y

1,892,000 V V

48,000 742,000

2,895,000 V

y y

3,022,000

y v y y y v

68,000

4,004,000

4,232,000

V

414,000

y v v v y v

305,000 V V 0 0 0

Total Gas

Production,

Millions

Cu. Ft.

To End of 1938

19,665,000 101.4 23,929,000" 2,458.6

0 0

2,357.2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0

0 101.4 6.8 94.6

Number of Oil and/or

Gas Wells

C OO

Es a s

0 0 0

23.2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0

0 99.1

4.5 94.6

Oco

5

104 242

20

35 38 2

20,550 1

488 250

18 220

24 115

526

12

514

35 2 1 1 1 9 222

153

6

145

4

30 1

26 2

21 1 4

40 1 2

16 2

13

99.1 2,182 1,955 122.3 22,732 2,010

During 1938

4m;

24 s 18

220 24 22

At End of 1938

480 480

442 442

21 21

17 17

524 12 512 35 2 1 1

144 108

6 102

4 29

0

23

0

22 1 4

40 1 2

13 0

13

120

13,592 0

250 18

220 24

104

476

V

y y

526 12

512 35 2 1 1 1 9

222

141 6

135

4

28

1

25

2

23 1 4

40 1 2 0 0 0

19 2,136 15 145 15,728 25

" Abandoned 1930. is Abandoned 1900. i» Abandoned 1934. 20 Wells drilled in 1922 and 1924, first production in 1937.

21 Total of lines 58 to 81 inclusive. " Gas, 5.

36 Total of lines 83 to 120 inclusive. »» Total of lines 82 and 121.

12

ALFRED H. BELL

Table 1. — (Continued)

						Charac-
	Oil-production Methods at End of 1938	Pressure, Lb. per Sq. In.	ter of Oil, Approx. Average during		Producing Formation			Deepest Zone Tested to End of 1938
						1938 Gravity
	„ u_ nt		Average			Depth,
		of WeUs	'3	at End of	A.P.I. at 60° FP	Name	Age«	Average in Feet	es CS -a O	o o Ph	if ■a m Z<	\| 8a	Name
M a z o a 3	m a S o	u a 'gc		crc X	00		6 m a > O'-S	fig ■3*2	■3 °" O
75	0	46		i	X	30.2	Petro	Pen	760	720	S	Por	20	D	MisL	1,760
76	0	30		X	X	X	32.7	Trenton	Ord	651	601	L	Por, Cav	50	A	Trenton (Ord)	819
77	0	0		X	X	X	30.0	Trenton	Ord	460	410	L	Por	50	A	Trenton (Ord)	845
78	0	0		X	X	X	X	Sparta gas sand	MisU	857	850	S	Por	7	D	MisU	985
79	0	0		X	X	X	X	Unnamed	MisU	798	780	s	Por	18	A	Dev	2,530
80	0	37		X	X	X	32.0	Carlyle	MisU	1,008	984	s	Por	24	I)	MisU	1,118
81	0	2		X	X	X	39.5	"Niagaran"	Dev	2,076	2,020	L	Por	30	N	St. Peter	2,991
82	0	13,592	31		0
83	0	0		y	0	V	y	Devonian	Dev	1,830	1,800	L	Por	V	D	Devonian	1,830
84	135	353	34	y	V	V	37	See below							A	Devonian	3,170
85	v	V		V	y	e500	y	Cypress	MisU	1,541	1,510	s	Por	29
SB	v	y		y	0	y	y	Stray	MisU	1,561	1,542	s	Por	15
87	y	y		V	0	e575	y	Bethel	MisU	1,566	1,542	s	Por	21
SS	0	24		y	V	y	37	Cypress	MisU	1,624	1,603	s	Por	19	A	MisU	1,636
89	0	104		X	X	X	39.5	Bethel	MisU	1,440	1,424	s	Por	16	A	MisL	1,675
90	127	349		y	V	y	39.5								A	MisL	2,192
91	y	y		V	V	y	V	Bethel	MisU	1,817	1,776	s	Por	38
92	y	y		V	y	y	y	Aux Vases	MisU	1,850	1,801	s	Por	34
93	y	V		y	y	V	y	McClosky	MisL	2,035	2,000	L	Por	19
94	0	526		y	y	( 10 (c250	36.1								A	MisL	1,646
95	0	12		y	V	y	V	Cypress	MisU	1,225	1,200	s	Por	19
96	0	514		V	V	y	V	Bethel	MisU	1,378	1,355	s	Por	23
97	0	35		y	y	e730	38	Bethel	MisU	1,965	1,950	s	Por	15	A	Devonian	3,874
98	0	2		V	V	y	y	Ste. Genevieve	MisL	2,271	2,192	S, L	Por	12	D?	MisL	2,263
99	0	1		V	y	y	y	McClosky	MisL	2,765	2,746	L	Por	11	D?	MisL	2,800
100	0	1		y	y	y	V	McClosky	MisL	2,751	2,718	L	Por	7	D?	MisL	2,958
101	0	1		y	y	y	y	St. Louis	MisL	3,007	3,002	L	Por	5	D	MisL	3,007
102	0	9		y	V	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	2,982	2,966	L	Por	7	y	MisL	3,100
103	28	194		y	V	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,035	2,984	L	Por	9	A	MisL	3,197
104	0	141		y	V	y	38.5								A	MisL	3,115
105	0	6		V	V	y	38.5	Cypress	MisU	2,602	2,569	S	Por	20
106	0	135		y	y	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,003	2,957	L	Por	10
107	0	4		V	y	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,068	3,012	L	Por	6	D	MisL	3,130
108	2	26		y	V	350	39.1	McClosky	MisL	3,073	3,052	L	Por	9	A	MisL	3,137
109	0	1		V	y	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,154	3,144	L	Por	5	I)	MisL	3,154
110	17	8		V	y	y	38.5								A	MisL	3,273
111	0	2		y	V	y	38.5	Aux Vases	MisU	3,026	2,982	S	Por	13
112	17	6		y	y	V	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,137	3,117	L	Por	10
113	0	1		y	y	V	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,269	3,253	L	Por	12	A?	MisL	3,269
114	0	4		y	y	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,337	3,287	L	Por	7	A	MisL	3,460
115	34	6		y	y	400	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,335	3,315	L	Por	13	A	MisL	3,440
lift	0	1		y	y	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,092	3,080	L	Por	V	D7	MisL	3,135
117	0	2		y	y	y	38.5	McClosky	MisL	3,461	3,446	L	Por	7	D?	MisL	3,438
118				V	y	380									A
119				y	y	V		Pen sand	Pen	622	619	S	Por	12		MisL	2,012
120				y	y	y		Buchanan	Pen	1,100	1,090	S	Por	10		Pen	1,158
121	343	1,793	34
122	343	15,385	35

31 Gas, 18; air-gas, 29; air, 171; water, 28. "Gas, 23; air-gas, 29; air, 171; water, 28.

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938

13

Table 2. — Summary of Drilling Operations in Illinois

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938*

20

County

21 Christian.

22 Christian.

23 Clark

24 Clark

Clark. Clark. Clark. Clark.

29 Clay.

30 Clay.

31 Clay.

32 Clay.

33 Clay.

34 Clay.

35 Clay. Clay. Clay. Clay.

Clinton . Clinton.

Clinton.

Clinton. Clinton.

Clinton. 45 Clinton.

46

4'..

Clinton.

Clinton. Clinton.

Clinton.

Bond

Brown

Bureau Bureau

Cass

Champaign

Champaign Christian . .

Christian . .

	Location
Sec. Sur- vey	Twp. Lat.	Rge. Long.
30	4N	2W
30 26 24	6N 6N 6N	3 W 2 W 4W
21 24	6N 4N	4 W 2 W
31 28 33	4N 4 N 4N	2 W 4 W 4 W
21 4 15 8 24	6N IS IS 17 N 15 N	4W 2 W 2 W 6E 9E
30 9	17 N 17 N	12 W 10 E
33	18 N	10 E
20 23	20 N 11 N	8E IE
23	UN	IE
32 29 17 21	12 N 12 N ION iin	1 W 2 W 11 W 12 W
30 19 29 17	12 N 12 N 12 N UN	13 W 14 W 13 W 12 W
19	3N	8E
12	2N	7E
23	3N	7E
19 13 24 14 35 9 32	3N 3N 4N 4N 3N 3N 3N	8E 6E 8E 5E 8E 7E 5E
18 4 13	3N 3N IN	2 W 2 W 1 W
13 22	IN 1 N	1 W 4 W
18 21 4	3N IN 2N	2 W 1 W 1 W
28 3	2N 2N	1 W 5 W
16	IN	2W

1,385

1,030 3,350 2,045

1,870 1,380

1,323 1,337 1,130

1,835 573 642

1,347 450

585 350

610

1,727

1,801

1,457 1,010 2,555 2,451

403

410

525

2,440

3,047

3,076

3,147

3,098 2,983 3,150 4,325 3,074 2,967 3,030

1,188 1,406 1,370

1,444 1,030

1,454 1,420 1,733

1,750 1,352

1,509

Deepest Horizon Tested

Ste. Genevieve

"Trenton"

Devonian

"Niagaran" Bethel

Ste. Genevieve St. Louis St. Louis

Mississippian "Niagaran" St. Peter Pennsylvanian

"Niagaran" Pennsylvanian

L. Mississippian

Devonian Ste. Genevieve

St. Louis

Ste. Genevieve L. Chester Devonian "Niagaran"

Pennsylvanian B. Pennsylvanian L. Pennsylvanian "Niagaran"

"McClosky"

Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve "Niagaran" Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

L. Mississippian

Bethel

Bethel L. Chester

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

L. Mississippian Salem

Ste. Genevieve

Drilled by

W. C. McBride,

Inc.

O. M. Nethery A. T. Whitehead Universal and

DeMayo File et al. Leavitt & Hol- land Lindsay Bros. John Farrelly Lindsey Bros. &

Brit. Am. DeMayo et al. Fell Oil Trust Fell Oil Trust Harrington Bros. John R. Lewis et

al.

Ed Duval Casey-Edwards

Oil Co. Nedra Oil & Gas

Co.

Barber & Siever Independent

Prod. & Ref. Swords &

McDougal Brown & Lacy Nokomis Oil Co. Pierson & Yeager Nat'l Consumers

Oil Co. Stipes et al. W.R. Miller etal. J. W. Stipes etal. Mid-American

Resource Co. Danville Oil

Drillers, Inc. Wiser Oil Co.

J. L. Tallman et al.

Nu Crude Oil Co.

Kingwood Oil Co.

Ohio Oil Co.

Carter Oil Co.

Eureka Oil Co.

Ohio Oil Co.

Gordin & Robin- son

Hawley & Willis

Phelps et al.

Adams Oil & Gas Co.

Paul Henshaw

Gross, Erling & Murphy

Hawley & Willis

Brookside Oil.Co,

Sigel & Schlos- berg

Penn.-Ill. Oil Co.

Kennedy & Plan- gle

F. L. Heldt

Initial Pro- duction per Day

Oil, U.S. Bbl.

124 273

.350

45'J

275

Gas, Mil- lions

Cu.

Ft.

1.5'

0.2501

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry

Dry Drv

Field Name of New Discoveries and Extensions

Sorento

Clay City exten- sion

Flora

Flora extension

Centralia (New) extension

* One mile or more from production.

1 Gas well for local use.

14

ALFRED H. BELL

Table 2. — (Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938
	«	Location	£			Initial Pro- duction per Day
			Deepest				Field Name of

	County				jS	Horizon	Drilled by		Gas,		New Discoveries
		Sec. Sur- vey	Twp. Lat.	Rge. Long.	Q "o	Tested		Oil, U.S. Bbl.	Mil- lions Cu. Ft.	1 OS S s P5	and Extensions
50	Clinton	35	2N	2 W	1,370	Bethel	R. A. Wilson et al. Trahan et al.			Dry
51	Clinton	14	2N	1 W	1,795	Ste. Genevieve			Dry
52	Clinton	23	2N	2 W	1,560	Ste. Genevieve	Hausman et al.			Dry
53	Clinton	5	3N	1 W	1,620	Ste. Genevieve	Taylor Drilling Co. M & K Oil Co.			Dry
54	Clinton	10	3N	2W	1,276	Bethel			Dry
55	Clinton	30	IN	4 W	1.403	L. Mississippian	Farrelly et al.			Dry
56	Clinton	35	IN	5 W	1,290	St. Louis	Martin et al.			Dry
57	Clinton	19	3N	2 W	1,183	Bethel	White et al.			Dry
58	Clinton	22	3N	2 W	1,150	Bethel	Sappington et al.			Dry
59	Clinton	7	IN	2W	1,498	St. Louis	Phillips Petro- leum Co.			Dry
60		24	IN	3 W	1.360	Bethel	Watkins & Wright			Dry
61	Clinton	21	2N	3 W	1,355	Ste. Genevieve	A. C. Thomas et al. Pass et al.			Dry
62	Clinton	35	2N	3W	1.370	Ste. Genevieve			Dry
63	Clinton	10	3N	1 W	1,529	Bethel	G. N. Moore			Dry
64	Clinton	28	3N	2W	1,389	Ste. Genevieve	Lou Huddleston et al.			Dry
65	Coles	31	14 N	14 W	1,203	Silurian	Gregory & Mech- ling			Dry
66	Coles	27	13 N	9 E	903	L. Mississippian "Trenton"	W. E. Hughes			Dry
67	Coles	21	11 N	10 E	3,532	Kingwood Oil Co.			Dry
68	Coles	21	11 N	7E	2,286	Ste. Genevieve	B. WafTord et al.			Dry
69	Coles	9	12 N	7E	2,277	St. Louis	Thompson Drill- ing Co. Mabee et al.			Dry
70	Coles	30	14 N	14 W	1,134	"Niagaran"			Dry
71	Coles	27	13 N	8E	2,105	Bethel	Ed Swearer & Crown Petr. Co.			Dry
72	Coles	36	14 N	10 E	1,300	Devonian- Silurian	East Oakland Syndicate			Dry
73	Crawford	34	8N	12 W	1,030	Basal Pennsyl- vanian	Darnell et al.			Dry
74	Crawford ....	18	5N	10W	955	Basal Pennsyl- vanian	Kentucky Natu- ral Gas Co.			Dry
75	Crawford ....	24	6N	12 W	1,027	Basal Pennsyl- vanian	Dill-Thalman et al.			Dry
76	Crawford	19	5N	10W	1,450	Ste. Genevieve	Kentucky Natu- ral Gas Corp. Mahutska Oil Co.			Dry
77	Crawford	6	6N	11 W	1.621	Ste. Genevieve			Dry
78	Crawford. ...	18	8N	12 W	2,952	Devonian	Warren Hastings			Dry
79	Cumberland. .	30	ION	9E	2,330	L. Chester	Stipes et al.			Dry
80	Cumberland. .	26	9N	9E	2.825	Fredonia	Stewart Oil Co.			Dry
81	Cumberland. .	27	iin	8E	2,411	St. Louis	Phillips Petro- leum Co.			Dry
82	Cumberland..	18	ION	7E	2301	Ste. Genevieve	Hanshaw Bros.			Dry
83	Cumberland. .	29	ION	9 E	2,680	Ste. Genevieve	Jefferies & Cobb		,	Dry
84	Edgar	22	13 N	12 W	2,314	"Niagaran"	Sun Oil Co.			Dry
85		18	12 N	13 W	1,000	L. Mississippian	J. W. Stipes et al.			Dry
86	Edgar	15	14 N	11 W	2,160	"Niagaran"	J. M. Huber Corp. Elmer Lapsley			Dry
87	Edgar	16	14 N	13 W	670	L. Mississippian			Dry
88	Edgar	24	14 N	14 W	544	L. Mississippian	Pearcy			Dry
89	Effingham.. . .	32	8N	6E	2,709	L. Mississippian	Hollis et al.			Dry
90	Effingham	18	6N	7E	2,900	St. Louis	Graham & Dun-			Dry
91	Effingham	15	6N	6E	5,823	Middle Ordovi-	can Kingwood Oil Co.			Dry
92	Effingham.. . .	24	8N	4E	2,700	cian L. Mississippian	Penn.-Ill. Oil & Gas Co.			Dry
93	Effingham	22	7N	4E	2,404	Ste. Genevieve	Kingwood & Baker			Dry
94	Effingham	20	9N	4E	2,012	Ste. Genevieve	Carter Oil Co.			Dry
95	Effingham.. . .	27	8N	4E	2,036 Basal Chester	W. D. Anderson			Dry
96	Effingham	31	9N	4E	1,656 Bethel	Carter Oil Co.			Dry
97	Fayette	24	9N	IE	1,850 Ste. Genevieve	Ryan & Red- graves			Dry

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938

15

Table 2. — {Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938
								Initial Pro-
			Location				duction
					£			per Day
					Deepest				Field Name of

	County				-a	Horizon	Drilled by		Gas,		New Discoveries
		Sec. Sur- vey	Twp. Lat.	Rge. Long.	V a O	Tested		Oil, U.S. Bbl.	Mil- lions Cu. ;Ft.	J4 9 \|	and Extensions
98	Fayette	16	8N	3E	1,573	Bethel	Farreliy et al.	35			Beecher City — Louden exten- sion
99	Fayette	36	9N	3E	1,672	Bethel	Whisenant & Henshaw			Dry
100	Fayette	27	8N	2E	1,574	Golconda	Crump, Ritchie & Payne			Dry
101	Fayette	34	9N	3E	1,662	Bethel	W. F. Lacy			Drv
102	Fayette	24	7N	2E	1,942	Ste. Genevieve	Sharp & Divers			Drv
103	Fayette	2	7N	2E	1,665	L. Chester	Sol Simon et al.			Drv
104	Fayette	24	8N	2E	1,500	L. Chester	Trares et al.			Drv
105	Fayette	34	5N	1 W	1,546	Bethel	Wheless & Whisenant			Dry
106	Fayette	19	8N	3E	1,757	Bethel	W. C. McBride, Inc. Wheeler &			Dry
107	Fayette	14	4N	1W	1,462	Bethel			Dry
							Whisenant
108		16	5N	2E	1,919	Bethel	Finley & Greer			Dry
109	Fayette	10	6N	3E	1,912	Bethel	Joe Sharp & J. Divers			Dry
110	Fayette	1	7N	2E	1,760	Bethel	Pat Hudson			Drv
111	Fayette	6	8N	3E	1,772	Bethel	Iroquois Oil & Gas Co.			Dry
112	Fayette	20	6N	3E	1,810	Bethel	Whisenant et al.			Dry
113	Fayette	30	6N	3E	1,622	Cypress	Rosenthal	188			St. James
114	Fayette	12	7N	2E	1,800	Bethel	Ruwaldt & John-			Dry
115	Fayette	3	8N	IE	1,822	St. Louis	Phillips Petro- leum Corp.			Dry
llii	Fayette	4	8N	3E	1,690	Cypress	Bell Oil & Gas Co.			Dry
117	Fayette	35	8N	3E	1,637	Bethel	DeKalb Syndi- cate Burroughs			Dry
lis	Fayette	8	5N	IE	1,602	Bethel			Dry
11!'	Fayette	1	5N	2E	1,802	Bethel	Longovia et al.			Dry
120		25	6N	2E	1,820	Bethel	W. B. Johnson			Dry
121	Fayette	5	6N	3E	1,753	Aux Vases	Jarvis Bros.			Dry
122	Fayette	12	6N	3E	2,201	"McClosky"	J. C. Cole et al.			Dry
123	Fayette	19	6N	3E	1,980	"McClosky"	F.H. Brown etal.			Dry
124	Fayette	16	7N	3E	1,593	Bethel	Cummings et al.			Dry
12.5	Fayette	34	9N	2E	1,850	Basal Chester	Bob Garland			Dry
126	Fayette	2	6N	2E	1,952	Bethel	Zephyr Drilling Co. Putman et al.			Dry
127	Fayette	35	6N	1 W	1,434	Bethel			Dry
125	Fayette	32	6N	3E	1,852	Bethel	Mammoth Prod. &Ref.			Dry
129	Fayette	30	5N	IE	1,580	Bethel	W. C. Stephenson et al.			Dry
130	Fayette	30	7N	3E	1,647	Bethel	Whisenant et al.			Dry
131	Fayette	33	7N	3E	1,910	Ste. Genevieve	Jarvis Bros.			Dry
132	Fayette	29	8N	IE	1,695	Ste. Genevieve	Producers Oil Co.			Dry
133	Fayette	33	8N	IE	1,640	Basal Chester	Doran & Haynes			Dry
134	Fayette	30	9N	IE	1,775	Ste. Genevieve	Continental Oil Co Lindsey et al.			Dry
135	Fayette	36	4N	1 W	1,702, Ste. Genevieve			Dry
136	Fayette	16	5N	IE	1,656	Bethel	American Seismo- graph Co.			Dry
137	Fayette	8	6N	3E	2,001	Ste. Genevieve	Mylius et al.			Dry
138	Fayette	15	6N	1 W	1,755	L. Mississippian	Hurricane Creek Oil Co.			Dry
13!)	Fayette	35	6N	1 W	1,434	Bethel	Putman et al.			Dry
140	Fayette	18	7N	2E	1,970	Ste. Genevieve	Papoose Oil Co.			Dry
141	Fayette	31	9N	3E	2,200	L. Mississippian	Ullrich & Pough			Dry
142	Fulton	11	7N	IE	657	"Niagaran"	Ketcherside & Fisher			Dry
143	Franklin	6	5S	4E	3,050	L. Mississippian	Washburn Petro- leum Co. Markham, Mason			Dry
144	Franklin	18	5S	3E	2,946	St. Louis			Dry
							& Redwine
145	Franklin	14	7S	IE	3,308	Ste. Genevieve	Amerada Petro- leum Co.			Dry

16

ALFRED H. BELL

Table 2. — (Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938

146

147

148 149

150 151 152 153 154

155 156 157

158 159 160 161

162

163

104

16S

166

167 168

169 170 171 172

173 174 175

176

177 178 179 180

181

182 183 184 185

186

187

188 189 190

191 192 193

194

195 196

County

Franklin. . . .

Franklin

Franklin. . . . Hamilton . . .

Hancock .... Hancock. . . .

Hardin

Iroquois .... Jackson

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson... . Jefferson

Jefferson

Jefferson. . . . Jefferson... . Jefferson .... Jefferson .... Jefferson .... Jefferson. . . .

Jefferson.. . . Jefferson... . Jefferson.. . .

Jefferson ....

Jefferson .... Jefferson .... Jefferson.. . . Jefferson.. . .

Jefferson

Jefferson.. . . Jefferson.. . . Jefferson .... Jefferson.. . .

Jefferson.. . .

Jefferson .... Jefferson. . . . Jefferson ....

Jefferson. . . . Lawrence . . . Lawrence . . .

Lawrence . . .

Lawrence. . . Lawrence. . .

	Location
Sec. Sur- vey	Twp.	Rge.
Lat.	Long.
19	5S	2E
4	5 3	1 E
36	6S	2E
32	3S	7E
1	3N	5 W
11	4N	5 W
30	US	8E
14	26 N	12 W
20	7S	4 W
12	7S	2 W
11	7S	2 W
33	6N	14 W
20	8N	10 E
7	6N	9E
3	6N	9E
33	7N	9E
30	8N	10 E
10	IS	2E
23	4S	3E
15	IS	1 E
6	2S	2E
16	2S	IE
7	IS	3E
6	IS	1 E
6	IS	IE
4	2S	2E
5	IS	2E
20	4S	3E
20	4S	3E
25	4S	2E
1	IS	IE
6	IS	IE
2	2S	IE
5	3S	4E
22	2S	IE
16	2S	IE
28	IS	2E
36	IS	2E
18	IS	4E
9	2S	IE
14	2S	IE
27	2S	1 E
28	2S	1 E
12	3 3	2E
22	3S	2E
20	4S	3E
20	4N	11 W
13	4N	11 W
22	3N	11 W
14	3N	11 W
23	4N	11 W

3,102

3,103 3,197 3,460

568

531

2,345

1,096

4,144

1,891 2,007 3,018

4,139 2,540 2,708 3,210

2,694 2,000 3,150

1,959 2,467

2,380 2,200 1,840 2,132 2,552 2,010

2,911 2,653 3,003

1,840

Deepest Horizon Tested

St. Louis

Salem

St. Louis

Ste. Genevieve

Hoing Hoing "Trenton" Maquoketa St. Peter

"McClosky" Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

Devonian Chester Lower Chester St. Louis

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

L. Mississippian

St. Louis

Lower Chesteru

Cypress

Ste. Genevieve

Cypress

Fredonia Chester St. Louis

Bethel

1,163 Pennsylvanian 2,413 St. Louis 3,167 "McClosky" 2,263 "McClosky"

2,958

2,238 2,579 2,808 2,272

2,401

2,868

2,264 2,822 2,765

3,150 1,215 1,061

2,044

2,000 1,750

"McClosky"

Ste. Genevieve St. Louis Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve

Salem

Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve "McClosky"

St. Louis

Bridgeport

B. Pennsylvanian

St. Louis

L. Mississippian L. Mississippian

Drilled by

Adams Oil & Gas Co.

Buell

Eason Oil Co.

H. H. Weinert, Inc.

Callihan et al.

Forrest Groves

Maretta Oil Co.

Whittet et al.

Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.

T. T. Eason

W. R. Hayes

Denver Prod. & Ref. Co.

Hoffman et al.

Richard Eke

Obermayer et al.

Continental Oil Co.

Borah et al.

Carter Oil Co.

Benedum-Trees Oil Co.

Dee & Jordan

Sturbois & Tom- berlin

Dee et al.

Hausman et al.

Crosby & Gill

J. O. Gill

Kingwood Oil Co.

Case, Hanna et al.

Dee & Foltz

Nollem Oil & Gas Co.

Sam Jennings et al.

V. O. Lewis

J. G. BueU

J. G. Buell

Magnolia Petro- leum Co.

Benedum-Trees Oil Co.

Milam et al.

A. S. Walker

Minerva Oil Co.

Transwestern Oil Co.

LuttreU & Holle- man

Magnolia Petro- leum Co.

Dr. Moore et al.

W. O. Allen et al.

Magnolia Petro- leum Co.

Parker-Price

Payne et al.

Joe Kesl et al.

Chester Harris et al.

Trio Oil Co. Joe Kesl et al.

Initial Pro- duction per Day

Oil, U.S. Bbl.

217 20

237

Gas,

Mil- lions

Cu.

Ft.

2.651

Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Drv Dry

Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry

Dry

Drv

Dry

Dry Dry

Drv Dry

Dry Dry

Dry- Dry Drv Drv

Dry Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry-

Field Name of New Discoveries and Extensions

Dix»

Ina

Roaches Elk Prairie

Marcoe

South Russell- ville

'Well drilled to Devonian but plugged back to Bethel sandstone.

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938 17

Table 2. — {Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938

								Initial Pro-
			Location				duction
								per Day
					£	Deepest				Field Name of

	County				Horizon	Drilled by		Gas,		New Discoveries
					jS	Tested				and Extensions
		Sec. Sur- vey	Twp. Lat.	Rge. Long.	V a			Oil, U.S. Bbl.	Mil- lions Cu. Ft.	1
IS 7	McDonough..	2	5N	4 W	820	"Trenton"	Ed Jones et al.			Dry
IDS	McDonough..	6	4N	4 W	483	Hoing	W. I. Cole			Dry
199	McDonough..	6	4N	4 W	510	Hoing	W. I. Cole			Dry
200	McDonough..	15	7N	3 W	815	"Trenton"	John Mehmken			Dry
201	McDonough..	6	4N	4 W	511	Hoing	W. I. Cole et al.			Dry
202	Macon	30	17 N	2E	2,992	St. Peter	Sun Oil Co.			Dry
203	Macon	3	15 N	2E	1,085	Chester	Werner Bros.			Dry
204	Macoupin	15	8N	8 W	425	Pennsylvanian	American Petro- leum Corp.		0.62'
205	Macoupin	8	9N	7 W	448	B. Pennsylvanian	Cross et al.			Dry
206	Macoupin	21	9N	8 W	500	L. Mississippian	Erie Drilling Co.			Dry
207	Macoupin	33	9N	6 W	617	B. Pennsylvanian	Erie Drilling Co.			Dry
208	Macoupin	24	8N	9W	1,755	"Trenton"	Spence Bros, et al. E. McCaUum et al. Phillips Petro-			Dry
209	Macoupin	23	9N	8 W	420	Pennsylvanian			Dry
210	Macoupin	15	11 N	8 W	1,828	Trenton			Dry
							leum Co.
211	Madison	12	4N	9 W	2,093	St. Peter	Penn-Illinois Oil Co. Marshall Spivey			Dry
212	Madison	15	6N	8W	1,980	"Trenton"			Dry
213 Madison	9	4N	8W	1,080	L. Mississippian	C & A Develop-			Dry
							ment Co.
214	Madison	18	4N	8 W	400	Mississippian	Penn-Ill. Devel- opment Co.			Dry
216	Marion	35	3N	4E	2,765	L. Mississippian	Helmrich and Payne			Dry
216	Marion	12	4N	IE	1,962	Ste. Genevieve	Schriver et al.			Dry
217	Marion	5	3N	1 E	1,494	B. Chester	Alexander et al.			Dry
218	Marion	29	2N	IE	2,001	St. Louis	W. C. McBride, Inc. Albachtin and Sims W. D. Sheddon et al. Hackman and			Dry
219	Marion	12	4N	4E	2,881	St. Louis			Dry
220	Marion	33	2N	IE	2,007	L. Mississippian			Dry
221	Marion	36	4N	IE	1,050	B. Pennsylvanian			Dry
							Harris
222	Marion	1	3N	IE	1,759	Bethel	Vaughn et al.			Dry
223	Marion	7	3N	IE	1,514	L. Chester	Adams			Dry
224	Marion	27	IN	IE	1,950	Bethel	Samuel and Dyke			Dry
225	Marion	5	IN	2E	1,916	"McClosky"	Texas Company	732			Lake Centralia- Salem field
229	Marion	5	3N	2E	2,000	Bethel	Max Conrey et al.			Dry
227	Marion	24	IN	IE	2,200	Ste. Genevieve	A.P.Potteretal.			Dry
22-	Marion	19	2N	IE	2,100	L. Mississippian	Morrison			Dry
229	Marion	22	4N	2E	2,265	Ste. Genevieve	Penn-Illinois Oil and Gas			Dry
230	Marion	18	3N	3E	2,230	Bethel	Marion Oil Co.			Dry
231	Marion	2	IN	IE	2,194	Ste. Genevieve	Harris and Brod- dus J. O. Gill			Dry
232	Marion	7	IN	IE	1,820	L. Mississippian			Dry
233	Marion	9	1 N	1 E	1,930	Ste. Genevieve	Parshall-Graham			Dry
234	Marion	1	IN	1 E	1,728	Golconda	Iroquois Oil & Gas Co.			Dry
235	Marion	5	IN	IE	1,823	Bethel	Ann Bell Oil Co.			Dry
239	Marion	8	IN	IE	2,045	Ste. Genevieve	Thompson Drill- ing Co.			Dry
237	Marion	25	2N	IE	2,018	Bethel	Carpenter & Goldberg			Dry
238	Marion	36	2N	IE	1,920	Bethel	Boyce & Welch			Dry
239	Marion	18	2N	4E	2,801	Ste. Genevieve	Bonnie Oil & Gas Co. Blalack & Gray			Dry
240	Marion	2	IN	IE	900	Pennsylvanian			Dry
241	Marion	3	IN	IE	1,632 1 Cypress	Ann Bell Oil Co.			Dry
242	Marion	5	1 N	IE	837 Pennsylvanian	Cole & Simmel			Dry

a Gas well for local use.

18

ALFRED H. BELL

Table 2. — (Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938

243 244 245

246 247

248 249 250

251 252 253

254 255

256 257 258 259

260 261 262

263

264

265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274

275 276

277 278 279 280

281

282

283 284 285

286 287

288 289

290

County

Marion

Menard

Monroe

Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery

Morgan

Moultrie

Perry

Piatt

Pope

Randolph. . . Randolph. . .

Randolph . . .

Location

Sec. Sur-	Twp. Lat.
vey
12	IN
10	IN
19	IN
10	2N
11	3N
23	3N
20	4N
22	4N
12	IN
30	IN
15	IN
1	2N
5	2N
5	2N
6	2N
24	3N
24	4N
26	4N
1	IN
16	IN
8	2N
20	2N
16	3N
24	19 N
10	3S
29	8N
4	8N
29	8N
3	8N
4	9N
10	ION
32	8N
8	15 N
33	14 N
25	15 N
25	15 N
18	13 N
22	15 N
10	6S
22	6S
17	6S
6	5S
27	5S
17	18 N
12	US
3	4S
28	6S
4	5S

Rge. Long.

IE 3E 3E

IE 2E

2E 2E 2E

IE 2E 4E

IE

2E

2E 4E 3E 2E

2E IE IE

2E

3E

2E 5 W 11 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W

4 W

1 W

5 W

9 W

8 W

9 W 9 W 6E 6E

3W

2 W

1 W 1 W 1 W

6E 5E

5 W 6W

6W

2.026 2,133 2,303

1,710 2,331

2,453 1,652 1,550

2,315 1,835 2,680

2,131 2,195

2,192 2,850 2,560 2,005

2,211

2,202 1,910

2,261

2,501

2,351

1,570

780

849

821

905

758

1,250

1,610

700

440 1,685

1.590

450

2,005

1,866

1,643

1,769

1,832 1,605 2,636

3,021 1,760

3,640 716

350

Deepest Horizon Tested

Paint Creek Chester L. Chester

L. Chester "McClosky"

Ste. Genevieve L. Chester L. Chester

Bethel Golconda B. Chester

Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

"McClosky" Ste. Genevieve St. Louis Bethel

"McClosky" Ste. Genevieve Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

"Niagaran"

St. Peter

St. Louis

L. Mississippian

Pennsylvanian

B. Pennsylvania!)

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

B. Pennsylvanian

Warsaw Trenton

Trenton

L. Mississippian

St. Louis

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

St. Louis Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

"Trenton" Chester

Joachim

L. Mississippian

Chester

Drilled by

J. L. Gardenhire

Cattani et al.

R. E. Dalton Oil Co.

Boyce et al.

Baldwin & Streetor

Max Pray

Newman et al.

Wigoso Oil & Gas Co.

Blair et al.

Tom Boyce

Dalton Oil De- velopment Co.

Richland Corp.

Mid Valley Steel Co.

W. S. Tatum

Garnier Bros.

Devonian Oil Co.

Transwestern Oil Co.

Conrey et al.

J. J. Broadus

Dr. Phillips & Ashby

Ed Hollmans et al.

Pyramid Petro- leum Corp.

Bob Garland

Scroggins et al.

Fernwald et al.

Bill Casseday

Baker et al.

Meyers et al.

Baker & Martin

Joe Kesl

Swords et al.

Meyers & Gra- ham

Judd & Sons

Waverly Oil Syn- dicate, Ltd.

Alexander Oil Co.

Ralph Neely et al.

Continental Oil Co.

Amerada Petrol. Co.

Eason Oil Co.

L. C. Simmel

Bert Fields & Rockhill Co.

Max Pray et al.

C. C. Whitlock et al.

Mabee et al.

Pioneer Oil and Gas Co.

S. B. Schlosburg

Initial Pro- duction per Day

Oil.

U.S. Bbl.

Gas, Mil- lions

Cu.

Ft.

0.08*

Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry- Dry Dry

Dry

Dry-

Field Name of New Discoveries and Extensions

* Gas well for local use.

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938 19

Table 2. — (Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938

291 292 293

294

295 296 297

298

299

300

301 302 303

304 305

306

307 308 309 310 311

312 313 314

315 316

317 318

319 320 321 322 323 324 325

326 327 328 329 330 331 332

County

333 Vermilion.

334 335

336

Randolph Randolph Richland. .

Richland.

Richland . Richland . Richland .

Richland .

Richland.

Richland .

Richland . Richland . Richland .

Richland . St. Clair.

St. Clair.

St. Clair.. St. Clair. . St. Clair. . St. Clair.. Saline

Saline

Sangamon..

Schuyler. . . Shelby

Shelby. Shelby.

Shelby. Shelby. Shelby. Shelby. Shelby. Shelby. Shelby.

Wabash. Wabash .

Wabash .

337 Wabash.

338 Wabash.

339 Wabash.

340 Warren. .

Location

Sec. Sur-	Twp. Lat.
vey
29	4S
12	5S
21	3N
28	3N
5	3N
2	4N
34	4N
29	4N
26	4N
23	3N
7	2N
26	4N
21	4N
35	4N
27	IN
27	IN
13	2S
20	2N
31	IS
28	3S
3	10 S
12	8S
13	9S
24	15 N
27	2N
19	ION
4	11 N
27	12 N
25	iin
17	12 N
16	12 N
30	12 N
9	9N
15	9N
4	9N
24	ION
26	ION
32	ION
1	9N
3	ION
8	12 N
34	12 N
13	18 N
25	IS
28	IN
9	IS
31	IN
12	IN
13	IS
35	12 N

Rge. Long.

7W 9 W 9E

9E

10 E

10 E 10 E

9E

10 E

9E

9E 9E

10 E

10 E 10W

10W

6W

6 W

7 W

6 W 6E

6E 7E

7 W

1 W 4E

3E 3E

2E 4E 4E 4E 3E 3E 3E

3E

4E 4E 4E 5E 2E 4E

14 W

13 W 12 W

12 W

13 W 13 W

1 W

508 1,910 3,121

3,064

3,124 3,158 3,099

3,180

3,036

3,080

2,984 2,929 3.208

3,141 472

523

1,012 1,023 1,234 895 1,502

360 2,601 2,257

850 2,012

1,951 1,804

1,886 2,072 1,921 1,865 2,008 1,716 1,677

1,702 1,900 1,920 2,129 2,175 2,094 2.012

1,430

2,635 1,501

1,515 2,408 1,753 3,500 495

Horizon Tested

L. Mississippian St. Peter "McClosky sand" Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve St. Louis Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve

"McClosky"

Cypress

Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve "Trenton"

"Trenton"

Ste. Genevieve St. Louis L. Mississippian L. Mississippian L. Chester

Pennsylvanian L. Mississippian St. Peter

"Niagaran" Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve

St. Louis

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

Cypress Basal Chester Ste. Genevieve St. Louis Ste. Genevieve L. Mississippian "McClosky"

"Niagaran"

Ste. Genevieve Biehl

Biehl

L. Mississippian B. Pennsylvanian L. Mississippian "Niagaran"

Drilled by

Dr. Seward et al. Ames Drilling Co. Max Pray et al.

Mammoth Prod. & Refiners

Papoose Oil Co.

Gulf Oil Co.

Morrison and German

American Ex- ploration Co.

Pyramid Petrol. Corp.

American Nat'l Drill. Co.

J. V. Wicklund

Pure Oil Co.

Wicklund De- velopment

Kingwood Oil Co.

Pioneer Oil & Gas Co.

Group Oil Corp.

Neil et al.

Mossbaugh

Group Oil Co.

W. J. Rodgers et al.

C. F. Bolton

Bolton et al.

Walter Wittlin- ger

O.D. Arnold etal.

Whisenant and Henshaw

Milan et al.

Cypress Oil & Gas Co.

Borah et al.

Kingwood Oil Co.

Simar Oil Co.

O. J. Connell

A. A. Baker

Paul Braner etal.

Roy T. Moore & Black

Dan Moore et al.

Ogg & Joly

Black et al.

Kingwood Oil Co.

Jackson & Fisher

W. S. Tatum

Prunty Produc- ing Co.

A. M. Meyers et al.

Hayes & Myer

Cecil Kneipp et al.

Myers et al.

Harry T. Martin

Charles Foreman

Guilde & Jones

W. C. & W. Co.

Initial Pro- duction per Day

Oil,

U.S. Bbl.

139

2,192

1,000 20

1,053 514

100 65

Gas, Mil- lions

Cu.

Ft.

Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Drv Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

\)n Drv Dry Dry Drj Dry Dry- Dry Dry Drv Dry Drv Dry Drj

Dry

Drv Dry Drv Dry- Dry

Field Name of New Discoveries and Extensions

Noble extension Noble extension

Olney

Noble extension

Schnell

Noble extension

Dupo extension Dupo extension

20

ALFRED H. BELL

Table 2. — (Continued)

Important Wildcats Drilled in 1938

341

342

343

344

345 346 347

348 349 350 351 352

353 354 355 356 357 358

359 360 361 362 363

364 365

366

367

368

369 370 371

County

Warren.

Washington.

Washington .

Washington . Washington . Washington .

Washington. Washington . Washington . Washington. Washington.

Washington . Washington. Washington. Washington. Washington. Washington.

Washington . Washington.

Wayne

Wayne . Wayne .

Wayne .

3721 Wayne.

373 White..

374 White..

375 White..

376 377

White

Williamson.

Location

Sec. Sur-	Twp. Lat.
vey
26	8N
28	IS
16	3S
22	IS
8	IS
4	2S
11	IS
6	3S
25	IN
31	IN
33	IS
19	IS
30	IS
16	3S
29	3S
12	IS
7	2S
19	3S
12	IS
10	3S
16	3S
14	IN
21	IN
30	IS
33	2S
16	3S
21	2S
8	2S
8	3S
33	IS
2	IS
4	2S
26	5S
3	5S
12	7S
12	4S
4	10 s

Long.

1 W 4W

2 W

1 W

3W 5W

1 W

2 W

1 W 2W 5 W 5W

5 W

2 W 5W 1 W

3 W 1 W

3 W 4W 7E 9E 5E

5E 7E

9E

7E

8E

9E

7E 8E 7E 9E 9E 8E

9E 2E

875

1,087

1,426

1,925

1,499 1,238 1,030

1,443 1,425 1,715 900 1,683

1,422

1,618

1,517

1,

1,475

3,537

1,551 1,373 3,287 3,273 3,200

3,250 3,325

3,438

3,443

3,394

3,500 3,336 3,100 3,269 3,210 3,408 3,065

3,919 2,100

Deepest Horizon Tested

"Trenton"

Bethel

B. Chester

L. Mississippian

L. Mississippian L. Mississippian B. Pennsylvanian

Bethel

L. Chester

L. Mississippian

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

L. Mississippian

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve

Bethel

Ste. Genevieve St. Louis "McClosky" Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

L. Mississippian "McClosky"

"McClosky"

Ste. Genevieve

"McClosky"

Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve

Salem

Ste. Genevieve

Drilled by

L. E. Ketcherside

et al. Frost, Vickers &

Patton

B. D. Bitterman et al.

Parshall-Graham

Oil Co. Cox et al. Morris et al. Salvage Oil &

Fuel Co. S. Townsend et al.

C. E. Phelps Schlafly et al. G. A. Morris Thompson Drill- ing Co.

Venture Oil Co.

Bitterman et al.

E. C. Lang

Morris et al.

HaU et al

Thompson Drill- ing Co.

L. J. Gordon

J. B. Oberholtzer

Texas Oil Co.

B. C. Morrison

Tarpon (Ken- nova) Oil Co.

Gulf Refining Co.

H. H. Weinert, Inc.

Iroquois Oil & Gas Co.

H. H. Weinert, Inc.

Ed Martin & Stokes

Al Stengle et al.

Roche & Voyles

A. P. Muhlbach

Roche & Voyles

Mazda Oil Corp.

Palmer Corp.

Arab Petroleum Co.

Sun Oil Co.

Ge-Lo Oil Syndi- cate

Initial Pro- duction per Day

Oil,

U.S. Bbl.

400

400 150

48 401

Gas, Mil- lions

Cu.

Ft.

Dry Dry

Dry

Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry

Drj

Dry- Dry Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry

Dry

Drj

Dry Dry Dry

Dry Dry

Field Name of New Discoveries and Extensions

Aden

North Aden Leech Twp.

Mt. Erie Boyleston

One-fourth mile or more from production.

Wildcats*

Number of wells drilling Dec. 31, 1938

Number of oil wells completed during 1938. Number of gas wells completed during 1938 . Number of dry holes completed during 1938

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938

21

Table 3. — Summary of Drilling and Initial Production in Illinois for 1938

County

Bond

Brown

Bureau

Cass

Champaign . . .

Christian

Clark

Clay

Clinton

Coles

Crawford

Cumberland. .

Edgar

Effingham. . . .

Fayette

Franklin

Fulton

Hamilton

Hancock

Hardin

Iroquois

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Lawrence

McDonough.

Macon

Macoupin. . .

Madison

Marion

Menard

Monroe

Montgomery.

Morgan

Moultrie. . . .

Perry

Piatt

Pope

Randolph. . . . Richland ....

St. Clair

Saline

Sangamon . . .

Schuyler

Shelby

Vermilion. . . .

Wabash

Warren

Washington .

Wayne

White

Williamson .

Total 2,539

Number of Wells Drilled in 1938	Total Initial Production	Footage Drilled in 1938
Total Com- pleted	Total Producing	Oil, Bbl.	Gas, Millions Cu. Ft.	Total	Producing Wells
Oil	Gas
12	1	1	15	0.1	20,292	2,779
2	0	0	0	0.0	1,215	0
2	0	0	0	0.0	1,797	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	585	0
5	0	22	0	1.6	3,305	0
4	0	0	0	0.0	5,595	0
24	7	32	111	0.9	17,585	4,607
153	141	0	65,970	0.0	469,074	430,398
444	398	0	54.228	0.0	610,632	542,219
7	0	0	0	0.0	14,740	0
191	7	1»	32	0.3	23,717	9,801
5	0	0	0	0.0	12,547	0
5	0	0	0	0.0	6,688	0
8	0	0	0	0.0	22,240	0
575	509	V	117,094	4.0*	910,818	804,573
6	0	0	0	0.0	657	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	18,706	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	3,460	0
2	0	0	0	0.0	1,099	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	2,345	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	1,096	0
3	0	0	0	0.0	8,042	0
6	0	0	0	0.0	15,609	0
68	40	0	9,031		148,432	82,099
36	10	15'	342	151.0	48,666	33,543
7	2	0	3	0.0	4,008	869
2	0	0	0	0.0	4,077	0
9	0	2»	0	1.4	6,983	865
4	0	0	0	0.0	5,553	0
729	643	0	191,766	0.8<	1,258,330	1,096,453
1	0	0	0	0.0	1,570	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	780	0
7	0	1J	0	0.1	6,893	905
4	0	0	0	0.0	4,165	0
2	0	0	0	0.0	3,871	0
5	0	0	0	0.0	9,485	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	3,021	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	1,760	0
5	0	0	0	0.0	7,124	0
180	135	0	68,825	0.0	560,371	412,661
11	5	0	745	0.0	7,787	3,623
4	0	0	0	0.0	4,463	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	2,257	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	850	0
17	0	0	0	0.0	32,844	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	1,430	0
23	6	0	225	0.0	38,627	9,328
2	0	0	0	0.0	1,370	0
19	0	0	0	0.0	29,544	0
107	80	0	35,571	0.0	334,740	246,673
4	0	0	0	0.0	13,602	0
1	0	0	0	0.0	2,100	0
2,539	1,984	26	543,958	160.2	\| 4,766,047	3,677,373

1 Includes two pressure wells.

* Gas used on the lease and for local heating and lighting.

* Two wells producing gas, which is used on the lease.

* Gas produced with the oil.

22 ALFRED H. BELL

Table 4. — Total Initial Production of Wells Drilled in New Fields for 1938

Field	Barrels	Field	Barrels	Field	Barrels
Patoka l	980 70,786 0 51,996 12,013 78,157 113,456 14,166	Dix	8,143 1,165 2,101 2,663 165,588 200 19,435 459	St. James Roaches Elk Prairie Sorento Boyleston Marcoe	3,638 464
Clay City	Aden
Rinard	Flora	20
Noble	Schnell	15
Cisne	Lake Centralia- Salem Ina North Aden Leech Township. . .	1,203
Centralia (New) . . .	204
Beecher City-Lou-	Mt. Erie	48
	Total.. .
Olney	546,900

Table 5. — Wells in the New Fields, December 31, 1938

Field, County

Patoka, Marion

Clay City, Clay, Wayne

Rinard, Wayne

Noble, Richland

Cisne, Wayne

Centralia (New), Clinton, Marion Beecher City-Louden, Fayette . . .

Olney, Richland

Dix, Jefferson

Aden, Wayne

Flora, Clay

Schnell, Richland

Lake Centralia-Salem, Marion. .

Ina, Jefferson

North Aden, Wayne

Leech Township., [Wayne

St. James, Fayette

Roaches, Jefferson

Elk Prairie, Jefferson

Sorento, Bond

Boyleston, Wayne

Marcoe, Jefferson

Mt. Erie, Wayne

Russellville (gas), Lawrence

Produc- ing Wells

1042

222

1

1453

25

526

488

30

35

4

9

4

480

1

40

2

24

2

1

15

2,157

Dry

Holes1

20

16

2

29

6

36

25

11

0

2

5

17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

182

Drilling Wells	Rigs Stand- ing	Rigging Up	Loca- tions
0	0	0	0
3	7	1	3
0	3	0	1
0	2	1	0
3	0	1	1
3	15	1	1
17	67	12	2
2	1	0	0
1	1	0	0
0	0	0	0
2	3	0	0
0	0	0	0
24	97	11	23
0	0	0	0
1	3	1	2
0	0	3	0
4	3	0	3
1	2	0	1
0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0
0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0
0	2	0	1
63	206	31	38

Acres

465

4,750

10

3,150

575

2,000

15,860

380

615

160

140

40

7,520

10

690

20

270

20

10

500

37,225

1 Within y± mile of production.

2 Eleven producing wells were abandoned during 1938.

3 Eight producing wells were abandoned during 1938.

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23

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Table 7. — Completions and Production in Illinois from January 1, 1937 to December 31, 1938

Date

1937

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September. . . .

October

November. . . . December

1938

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September ....

October

November. . . . December

Completions

5

6 9 15 14 22 27 49 92 76 73 61

449

57 59 107 89 122 192 176 207 255 431 394 452

2,541

Number of Producing

Wells

1

6 5 8 10 16 18 31 63 56 41 37

292

40

35

82

71

107

147

136

149

199

345

330

369

2,010

Production, Thousands of Barrels

New Fields Old Fields1

53

120 266 452 520 592 755

2,8843

809 778 918 1,061 1,076 1,093 1,284 1,691 2,194 2,431 2,722 3,608

19,665

368 343 410 386 416 410 410 408 397 392 398 330

4,542

319 330 412 327 364 369 358 371 359 337 345 373

4,264

Total2

368 343 410 386 416 463 530 674 849 912 990 1,085

7,426

1,128 1,108 1,330 1,388 1,440 1,462 1,642 2,062 2,553 2,768 3,067 3,981

23,929

1 Difference between total production for the new fields and the U. S. Bureau of Mines total.

2 The figures in the total production are from the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Other figures are from various sources.

3 This figure is greater than the total by months because monthly production figures from the new fields were not available until June 1937.

Gas was first discovered in the vicinity of Russellville, 111., in north- eastern Lawrence County, on March 17, 1937. The Warren Hastings et al., Lagow No. 1A, drilled in sec. 30, T. 5 N., R. 10 W., obtained production in a Pennsylvanian sandstone at a depth of 619 ft. The initial production was 824,000 cu. ft. Another producing well was drilled in the same section a short time later and four dry holes were drilled offsetting the two producers. The Kentucky Natural Gas Corporation

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1938 25

of Owensboro, Ky., constructed a 3-in. line from the Oaktown, Ind., gas field to take the gas from these wells.

In July 1938, the Joe Kesl et al., Scott Gray No. 1, drilled in sec. 13, T. 4 N., R. 11 W., obtained production in the Buchanan sandstone at a depth of 1061 ft. The initial production was 2,651,000 cu. ft. The well was deepened a few feet in the sand and the production was increased to 16,000,000 cu. ft. Thirteen producing wells were drilled in the field during 1938, and drilling activity is still continuing. The highest initial productions were from 20 to 30 million cubic feet and the average for all of the wells was 14 million. The present field includes the N)^ of sec. 13, the SM of sec. 12, T. 4 N., R. 11 W., and the SWM of sec. 7, T. 4 X., R. 10 W. Deeper potential oil-producing and gas-producing formations have not been tested in the field. The northwest edge of the field has been fairly well defined by three dry holes. The proven acreage in both fields at the end of the year totaled 500.

The Kentucky Natural Gas Corporation during 1938 replaced the 3-in. line from Oaktown to sec. 30, T. 5 N., R. 10 W., with a 6-in. line, and constructed two 4-in. lines to the Buchanan sand field.

An analysis of the gas from the north field shows that the gas is composed mainly of methane with only a trace of ethane, less than 1 per cent carbon dioxide and a small percentage of nitrogen. The gas from the south field is also composed largely of methane with a small percentage of ethane, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The B.t.u. value of both gases is approximately 950 per cubic foot.

Improved Recovery Methods .

Repressuring. — Little new work was undertaken by the oil companies during 1938 to increase recovery of oil in the old fields of Illinois. Prac- tically all of the previous repressuring plants were continued in operation.

In the Carlyle pool, Clinton County, a water-flooding operation was discontinued in October 1937, and air repressuring started, using the same input wells previously used for water in December 1937. Continuous operation of the pressure plant began in February 1938.

In the Louden (Beecher City) field the Carter Oil Co. has undertaken pressure maintenance with gas produced from their leases in sec. 15, T. 8 N., R. 3 E. Five input wells were drilled in the section (five-spot). Both the Cypress and Bethel sands are repressured in each well. A packer is set below the Cypress sand and the gas to the Bethel sand passes through tubing, whereas that to the Cypress is from the casing. The casing is perforated for both sands. The project is just getting started and no results have been noticed, as the adjacent producing wells are prorated. An average of about 15,000 cu. ft. of gas is injected into each sand per day. Two 300-hp. compressors are being used.

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It is reported that a similar pressure-maintenance project is planned by some of the operators in the Salem pool.

Acidization. — Ten acidizations were reported in the old southeastern field, of which seven yielded substantial increases in production and three yielded no increase. Acidizing is standard practice in completing wells in the central basin fields producing from the McClosky.

Petroleum Conference

The sixth annual conference of the Illinois-Indiana Petroleum Association was held at Robinson, June 4, 1938, and was attended by more than 400 persons. The technical sessions included papers on geology and field operating problems.

Outlook

Drilling development exceeding that of 1938 may be expected in 1939. Multiple sand production is proved in the Salem and Louden fields, which will require the drilling of many additional wells. The large amount of wildcat drilling will doubtless result in numerous discoveries of new fields in 1939.

Acknowledgments

The writer is indebted to many companies and individuals for fur- nishing data used in this report. The principal work of compiling the statistical data presented herein was done by Dr. George V. Cohee, assisted by Dr. Charles W. Carter and Mr. James L. Carlton, all of the

Survey staff.

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Footnotes to Column Headings — Table 1

* Areas where both oil and gas are produced are included under heading "Oil."

* Wells producing both oil and gas are classified as "Producing Oil."

c Gas wells are those producing gas, but include those producing wet gas, from which casinghead gasoline may be produced.

d Bottom-hole pressures are preceded by "e." All other figures represent pressures at casinghead with well closed.

•Cam, Cambrian; Ord, Ordovician; Sil, Silurian; Dev, Devonian; Mis, Mississippian; MisL, Lower Mississippian; MisU, Upper Mississippian; Pen, Pennsylvanian; Per, Permian; Tri, Triassic; Jur, Jurassic; CreL, Lower Cretaceous; CreU, Upper Cretaceous; Eoc, Eocene; Olig, Oligocene; Mio, Miocene; Pli, Pliocene.

I S, sandstone; SH, sandstone, shaly; Ss, soft sand; H, shale; L, limestone; LS, limestone, sandy; C, chalk; A, anhydrite; D, dolomite; Da, arkosic dolomite; GW, granite wash; P, serpentine; O, oolite; Sit, siltstone.

' Figures are entered only for fields where the reservoir rock is of pore type. Figures represent ratio of pore space to total volume of net reservoir rock expressed in per cent. "Por" indicates that the reservoir rock is of pore type but said ratio is not known by the author. "Cav" indicates that the reservoir rock is of cavernous type; "Fis," fissure type.

* A, anticline; AF, anticline with faulting as important feature; Af, anticline with faulting as minor feature; AM, accumulation due to both anticlinal and monoclinal structure; H, strata are horizontal or near horizontal; MF, monocline-fault; MU, monocline-unconformity; ML, monocline-lens; MC, mono- cline with accumulation due to change in character of stratum; Ml, monocline with accumulation against igneous barrier; MUP, monocline with accumulation due to sealing at outcrop by asphalt; D, dome; Ds, salt dome; T, terrace; TF, terrace with faulting as important feature; N, nose; S, syncline.

* Information will be found in text as indicated by symbols; A, name of author, other than above, who has compiled the data on the particular field; C, chemical treatment of wells; G, gas-oil ratios; P, proration; U, unit operation; R, references; W, water; O, other information.

Explanation

Generally in Table 1 the unit for presentation of data is a field. For our purposes a field is defined as the whole of a surface area wherein productive locations are con- tinuous. Such unit commonly includes and surrounds nonproductive areas. Such unit commonly includes a great variety of geologic conditions — several units of con- tinuous productive reservoirs of distinctly different structure and of distinctly different stratigraphy. Therefore it is hoped that our authors will subdivide "field" so as to enable students to make analyses that may have scientific and/or commercial value.

As to each space in the tabulation, it is either (1) not applicable, (2) the proper entry is not determinable, (3) the proper entry is determinable, but not determinable from data available to the author, (4) the proper entry is determinable by the author. In spaces not applicable, the author will please draw horizontal lines; in spaces where the proper entries are not determinable, the author will please insert x; in spaces where the proper entries are determinable but not determinable from data available to the author, the author will please insert y; in spaces where the proper entries are deter- minable by the author he will, of course, make such entries. Generally, y implies a hope that in some future year a definite figure will be available.

Inability to determine precisely the correct entry for a particular space should not lead the author to insert merely y. Contributions of great value may be made by the author in many cases where entries are not subject to precise determination. In such cases the author should use his good judgment and make the best entry possible under the circumstances. For many spaces, the correct entries represent the opinion of the author (for example, "Area Proved") and in such cases the entries need not be hedged to such extent as in cases where the quantities are definite yet can be ascer- tained only approximately by the author.

In cases under definite headings but where figures are only approximate, the author may use x. For example, if the total production of a field is known to be between 1,800,000 and 1,850,000, the author may report l,8xx,xxx; or if the produc- tion is between 1,850,000 and 1,900,000, the author may report l,9xx,xxx.

Where a numeral is immediately to the left of x or y, such numeral represents the nearest known number in that position.

As to quantity of gas produced from many fields the question will arise as to whether the figures should include merely the gas marketed or should include also estimates of gas used in operations and gas wasted. Although rough approximations

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may be involved, our figures should represent as nearly as possible the total quantity of gas removed from the reservoir.

While we have not provided a column for showing the thickness of the productive zone, generally the difference between average depth to bottoms of productive wells and average depth to top of productive zone will represent approximately the average thickness of the productive zone. For fields where this is not true because of unusually high dips, or for other reasons, it is suggested that the authors indicate in their texts the approximate average thickness of the productive zone.

The figure representing net thickness of producing rock should correspond to the total of the net portions of the producing zone which actually yield oil into the drill hole. It is recognized that for some fields the authors can make only rough guesses— so rough that figures would be of no value. In such cases the authors should enter either x or y, whichever is more appropriate.

We are particularly anxious to have every author give due consideration to the determination of structural conditions of each oil and/or gas body. Please consider each oil and /or gas reservoir and indicate its structure. The mere fact that a reservoir is on an anticline is not proof that the structural condition affecting the accumulation is anticlinal; for example, an oil and/or gas body limited by the upper margin of a lens on the limb of an anticline is "ML" as to structure. By all means, if the oil body occupies any position in the lens other than its upper limit, please so indicate clearly by footnote, for "ML" means, unless modified, that the accumulation is at the upper part of the lens. In every case where the oil and/or gas body terminates short of the up-dip continuity of the reservoir, please carefully check your evidence and then appropriately record your conclusion. "Terrace," "Nose" and "Syncline" are the only terms in our legend which presume such continuity.

In Table 2 are listed the important wildcat wells completed during the year. By the term "important" is meant: wells discovering new fields; wells resulting in the discovery of important extensions to old fields; wells discovering new zones in old fields; wells condemning important areas or resulting in significant stratigraphic information, even if the wells are dry; and exceptionally deep wells. At the foot of this table the total number of wells drilled in each district is given, segregated as to oil wells, gas wells and dry holes. The number of wells drilling on Dec. 31, 1938 are in two divisions, designated as wildcat wells and wells in proven fields.