During the year, 25 tests were drilled in Tennessee. Two new-field wildcats were successful, oil being found in Mississippian sandstone in one and Knox dolomite in the other. The drilling of 25 tests in 1947 represents a sharp increase over the 1946 completions.
By all odds the most important exploratory test in Tennessee during 1947 was the California Company’s E. W. Beeler No. 1, Coordinate NE. NE., Sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 29 E., Giles County. Formational tops and generalized lithologic character of the test as released by the California Company are as follows.
Several showings of oil were...
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