... samples from all three formations—Arumbera Sandstone, Hugh River Shale, and Jay Creek Limestone—shared two broadly similar magnetic components: a low-stability component coincident with the present local geocentric axial dipole field, and a high-stability component of varying orientations. Alternating...

... with little Escambia Creek field in Escambia County, Alabama, is being developed on 160-acre producing units and had 57 new oil completions in 1972. The field produces primarily from the Smackover limestone, but also contains a pay zone in the Norphlet Formation in part of the field. Production figures were...

... development drilling include Pachuta Creek, West Nancy, and Goodwater fields in Clarke County, Mississippi, Flomaton field in Escambia County, Alabama, and Jay field in Santa Rosa County, Florida. At Pachuta Creek field, 17 successful oil wells were completed during 1970 making it the largest Jurassic oil...

..., a 1971 discovery, has resulted in 5 gas wells and 3 oil wells, all from the Carter sandstone of Late Mississippian age. In addition to the drilling at Jay field, the Jurassic trend experienced active development in several other fields. These include Pachuta Creek field with 7 new oil wells, Womack...

... the Madison at a total depth of 6,775 feet. Billy Creek .—The Billy Creek gas field, T. 48 N., R. 82 W., Johnson County, was tested by The Carter Oil Company during 1937, to a total depth of 7,775 feet, into the top of the Ordovician-Big Horn limestone. No production was found below the gas-bearing...

... in the Smackover Formation. In addition to Jay, active development occurred in several other Smackover fields; Blackjack Creek in Santa Rosa County, Florida, with 6 shut-in oil wells; Big Escambia Creek in Escambia County, Alabama, with 5 shut-in gascondensate wells; Womack Hill in Choctaw and Clarke Counties...

... in the northeastern Gulf Coast basin. The majority of these hydrocarbons are found in a few large fields such as Jay, Big Escambia Creek, Blackjack Creek, Chunchula, and Hatter’s Pond, and the fields in the Mobile Bay complex ( Benson, 1985 ). Except for the fields in the Mobile Bay complex, which have Norphlet...