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Volume: 37 (1953)

Issue: 6. (June)

First Page: 1301

Last Page: 1314

Title: Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1952

Author(s): Alfred H. Bell (2), Donald G. Sutton (3)

Abstract:

In Illinois and Indiana, 3,357 wells were drilled for oil and gas in 1952 as compared with 3,702 in 1951, a decrease of 9 per cent. Total oil production increased 1.6 per cent, from 70,841,000 barrels in 1951 to 72,008,000 barrels in 1952. Exploratory drilling decreased from 1,483 completions in 1951 to 1,181 in 1952. Forty-six new pools, 97 extensions, and 55 new producing zones were discovered in the two states in 1952.

As in previous years, most of the discoveries in 1952 were in Mississippian formations. Six new pools produced from Pennsylvanian sandstones, 7 from Devonian or Silurian limestones, and 1 from Ordovician limestone.

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