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Exploratory drilling in 1946
Frederic H. Lahee
Exploratory drilling in 1946
Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1947) 31 (6): 917-930
Exploratory drilling in 1946
Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1947) 31 (6): 917-930
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Abstract
This is the second annual report on data gathered by the committee on statistics of exploratory drilling. During 1946, 5,752 exploratory holes were drilled in the United States. Of these, 3,125 were new-field wildcats, 1,270 were new-pool tests (including new-pool wildcats, deeper-pool tests, and shallower-pool tests), and 1,357 were outposts. Among the new-field wildcats, 333 were successful; among the new-pool tests, 380 were successful; and among the outposts, 424 were successful. The total exploratory footage drilled was 22,167,561 feet in the 5,752 holes, or 3,854 feet per hole. These figures are comparable with 23,030,266 feet drilled in 5,613 exploratory holes, with an average depth of 4,103 feet, in 1945.
ISSN: 0883-9247
Serial Title: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Serial Volume: 31
Serial Issue: 6
Title: Exploratory drilling in 1946
Author(s): Lahee, Frederic H.
Pages: 917-930
Published: 1947
Text Language: English
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
Accession Number: 2020-011931
Categories: Economic geology, geology of energy sources
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2020, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data supplied by Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Olympia, WA, United States
Update Code: 202009
