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Pub. Id: A007 (1968)

First Page: 1085

Last Page: 1098

Book Title: M 9: Natural Gases of North America, Volume One

Article/Chapter: North Louisiana: Early Gas Development and History of Conservation Laws

Subject Group: Field Studies

Spec. Pub. Type: Memoir

Pub. Year: 1968

Author(s): A. A. Meyerhoff (2), James M. Forgotson, Sr. (3)

Abstract:

Although shallow gas production from the Upper Cretaceous began in North Louisiana before 1890, the first commercial exploitation began with the discovery of the Caddo field in 1905. The discovery of the Monroe field in 1916 made North Louisiana one of the major gas-producing areas of the world. As technology progressed and shallow reservoirs were depleted, deeper drilling found substantial reserves of gas in Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic formations.

Wasteful practices from the very beginning--blowouts, "wild" wells, cratering, fires, and formation damage--led to a series of progressive legislative acts and regulations. The concepts of common carriers, unitization, proration, and controlled well spacing were developed very early, beginning in 1906, and culminated in the Previous HitgeneralNext Hit Act 157 of 1940, one of the most progressive, all-purpose conservation laws in the country and the world.

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