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Delhi field is located in northeastern Louisiana at the updip limit of the Tuscaloosa producing trend. The accumulation occurs in Cretaceous sandstones that subcrop near the southern edge of the Monroe uplift and locally form a trap by lateral pinchout. Recognition of substantial northward thinning in the Cretaceous section of the area led to a joint exploration venture by C. H. Murphy, Jr., and Sun Oil Company in 1943. This team drilled one dry hole about 12 mi (19 km) east of what is now the field area and then conducted a fairly extensive reflection seismic survey near the town of Delhi. The survey revealed a 700-acre structural closure on which Murphy-Sun drilled their second wildcat and discovered the 13,590-acre field. Discovery of the field is attributed primarily o pursuit of an idea based on broad-scale subsurface information.
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