Since the discovery of oil in the “Corniferous” of eastern Kentucky, attempts have been made to explain the distribution and spotted nature of producing areas. Some have explained it by areas of greater and lower porosity and permeability. Others have shown that structures, some of them pre-Ohio shale structures,3 are the cause of accumulation.
Although these factors are important and, in most producing areas solve the problem, they do not represent the complete picture. In considerable areas wells have been drilled to the “Corniferous” that find both porosity and suitable trap, yet do not produce oil in commercial quantities....
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