One new oil-producing area and four new gas-producing areas were discovered in East Texas during 1945. The LaRue area in Henderson County produces oil from the Bacon limestone member of the Rodessa section. The gas-producing areas include Stony Point in Freestone County and Marshall in Harrison County, both of which produce from the Pettit section; Fairfield in Freestone County which produces from the Woodbine and Travis Peak, and Whelan in Harrison County which produces from the Rodessa and Travis Peak.

Deeper drilling in old fields resulted in the discovery of new oil-producing zones in two fields and new gas-producing zones in two additional fields. Shallow oil was found and produced in two old fields.

Exploratory drilling in East Texas was again characterized by deeper tests having the Paluxy, lower Glen Rose, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley, and Smackover formations as their principal objectives. Woodbine exploration was extended into the southern part of the East Texas area.