The Pickens pool was discovered by continuous profiling seismic work which showed an increase of closure with depth. This increase, causing four times as much reversal on the Eutaw as on the Midway, has been substantiated by drilling.

The "pool" consists of four wells producing 4-8 feet of saturated Wilburn sand in the Eutaw over approximately 160 acres. The producing area is practically defined by dry holes. Wells come in for 400 barrels, settle to a steady 200 barrels on pump. Production to date is 300,000 barrels.

The limited producing area suggests a small structure but an isopach of the Wilcox formation shows it to be in the center of an area of structural thinning extending 30 or 40 miles parallel to the Yazoo basin.

The break in seismic reflections near the field is interpreted as a fault extending into the Lower Cretaceous. It is suggested that the original reservoir was in those lower beds and that some oil migrated up the fault plane to impregnate this small area of the Wilburn sand. This condition is compared with the faulted Tinsley field and Upper Cretaceous fields of northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

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