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Volume: 30 (1946)

Issue: 11. (November)

First Page: 1965

Last Page: 1965

Title: General Geology and Occurrence of Oil in Florida: ABSTRACT

Author(s): E. D. Pressler

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

The eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico Basin is divided into provinces on the basis of stratigraphy and subdivided further on the basis of its major structural features. The general area is considered to be a part of the Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin. The Apalachicola Embayment of south Georgia and west Florida has a maximum sedimentary fill of approximately 15,000 feet of clastic sediments, the South Florida Embayment has a maximum fill of non-clastic sediments approaching 20,000 feet, and the area of the Great Bahama Bank is considered to be underlain by a section in excess of 10,000 feet. Anticlines may be the most prevalent type of structure of both embayments, though faulting is probably present, and conditions are favorable for the formation of stratigraphic t aps. Oil production has recently been developed from the Lower Cretaceous on the Florida segment of the South Florida Embayment, and additional drilling development is under way. Gravity and core drill are the most widely used methods of prospecting, and it is indicated that additional experimental work is necessary to develop proper seismograph technique. The Sunniland field, Collier County, Florida, has three producing wells that have produced a total of 80,000 barrels of 20 to 24 degree gravity asphalt-base oil. One rig is working in the field, and eight wildcat operations are active in Florida.

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