In Tennessee during 1948, there were 67 wells completed as compared with 30 for the preceding year. Of these 67 completions, 12 were commercial producers at the end of the year. In addition to these, 2 short-lived producers had been abandoned and 2 others had not been thoroughly tested. Ten wells were drilling as the year closed; one has since been completed as an oil well and another is reliably reported to be a successful well. The total footage drilled during the year was almost 75,000, the greatest footage for any year in the history of the state.
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