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 Press Bulletin Series For The Oil and Gas Industry 
 
 STATE OF ILLINOIS 
 
 HENRY HORNER, Governor 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION 
 
 JOHN J. HALLIHAN, Director 
 
 DIVISION OF THE 
 
 . STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 M. M. LEIGHTON, Chief, Urbana SU" **- -, 4QQ| 
 
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 no. 29 ILLINOIS PETROLEUM July si, 1937 
 
 Oil and Gas Development in Illinois in 1936 
 
 By Alfred H. Bell 
 
 (Presented before the American Institute cf Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York Meeting, 
 
 February, 1937) 
 
 The year 1936 in Illinois was marked by considerably increased 
 activity in drilling, both wildcat and proved territory, in leasing, and in 
 seismic and geologic exploration. Of the 92 oil and gas wells completed 
 during 1936 in Illinois, 49 were oil wells, 3 were gas wells and 40 were dry 
 holes. This compares with but 34 completions in 1935. The total of 
 the daily initial productions of the new oil wells was 1755 bbl., or an 
 average of 36 bbl. per well. 
 
 One new field was discovered, the Rartelso field in Clinton County. 
 
 The leasing of some large blocks of acreage in Clay, Marion, and other 
 counties by the Carter Oil Co. in the late fall of 1935 was followed in 1936 
 by extensive leasing in southern Illinois by 10 major companies and many 
 smaller companies and individuals. It is estimated that 2% million 
 acres were under lease by the end of 1936. Seismograph surveying has 
 been carried on by about seven companies, and the number of seismo- 
 graph parties operating in Illinois has varied from six to eight throughout 
 most of 1936. It is estimated that approximately two million dollars 
 has been spent in the state in seismic and geologic exploration and in 
 leasing during the last quarter of 1935 and all of 1936. 
 
 Production of crude oil in Illinois in 1936, according to the Bureau of 
 Mines, was as follows: 
 
 Barrels Barrels 
 
 January 325,000 July 402,000 
 
 February 294,000 August 380,000 
 
 March 396,000 September 386,000 
 
 April 347,000 October 393,000 
 
 May 389,000 November 363,000 
 
 June 383,000 December 387,000 
 
 4,445,000 
 
 This 4,445,000 bbl. was an increase of 3 per cent over 1935. Although 
 this increase was due largely to the fact that production was not arti- 
 ficially curtailed, it also reflects some new production and some increases 
 in production from repressuring and water-flooding, which offset the 
 
 Reprinted from Trans. A.I.M.E. (1937) 123, 321-333. 
 
 1 
 
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1936 
 
 Table 1. — Oil and Gas Production in Illinois 
 
 Field, County 
 
 Age, 
 Years 
 
 to 
 End of 
 
 1936 
 
 Area Proved, Acres 
 
 Oil 
 
 Total 
 
 Total Oil Production, Bbl. 
 
 To End of 1936 
 
 During 1935 
 
 Warrenton-Borton, Edgar 
 
 WestBeld (Parker Twp.), Clark, Coles. 
 
 Siggins (Union Twp.), Cumberland, Clark. 
 
 York, Cumberland. 
 Casey, Clark 
 
 Martinsville, Clark 
 
 North Johnson, Clark. 
 
 South Johnson, Clark. 
 
 Bellair, Crawford, Jasper 
 
 Clark County Division 1 
 
 Main 2 , Crawford 
 
 New Hebron, Crawford 
 
 Chapman, Crawford 
 
 Parker, Crawford 
 
 Allison-Weger, Crawford 
 
 Flat Rock 3 , Crawford 
 
 Birds, Crawford, Lawrence 
 
 Crawford County Division 4 
 Lawrence, Lawrence, Crawford. . 
 
 St. Francisville, Lawrence. . ._ 
 
 Lawrence County Division 5 . 
 
 30 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 100 
 9,000 
 
 850 
 9,000 
 1,500 
 
 3,580 
 
 3,135 
 
 435 
 
 855 
 
 310 
 
 1,925 
 
 190 
 
 400 
 
 1,525 
 
 710 
 
 15 
 
 275 
 
 105 
 
 170 
 
 195 
 
 5 
 
 1.320 
 
 1,115 
 
 160 
 
 820 
 
 215 
 
 1,715 
 
 185 
 
 295 
 
 1,675 
 
 845 
 
 1,300 
 
 1,165 
 
 315 
 
 910 
 
 19,960 
 
 35,135 
 
 340 
 
 33,795 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,350 
 
 1,045 
 
 1,310 
 
 1,075 
 
 1,375 
 
 4,370 
 
 45,655 
 
 24,150 
 
 5,015 
 
 2,240 
 
 345 
 
 15,960 
 
 4,020 
 
 6,950 
 
 420 
 
 24,570 
 
 
 55 
 75 
 
 
 
 75 
 55 
 15 
 
 105 
 
 40 
 
 55 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 155 
 
 20 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 65 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 475 
 
 515 
 
 
 
 510 
 
 
 
 210 
 
 515 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 545 
 
 115 
 
 1,945 
 
 1,550 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 1,095 
 
 220 
 
 200 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,550 
 
 100 
 9,055 
 
 925 
 9,000 
 1,500 
 
 3,655 
 
 3,190 
 
 450 
 
 960 
 
 350 
 
 1,! 
 
 205 
 
 400 
 
 1,540 
 
 865 
 
 35 
 
 310 
 
 105 
 
 170 
 
 195 
 
 5 
 
 1,340 
 
 1,115 
 
 160 
 
 825 
 
 215 
 
 1,780 
 
 190 
 
 295 
 
 1,710 
 
 850 
 
 1,305 
 
 1,165 
 
 315 
 
 910 
 
 20,435 
 
 35,650 
 
 340 
 
 34,305 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,560 
 
 1,560 
 
 1,340 
 
 1,095 
 
 1,820 
 
 4,485 
 
 47,600 
 
 25,700 
 
 5,050 
 
 2,240 
 
 1,440 
 
 16,180 
 
 4,220 
 
 6,950 
 
 420 
 
 26,120 
 
 27,600 + 
 
 550 ± 
 
 51,450,000 ± 
 
 140,390,000 
 
 219,343,000± 
 
 479,000 
 
 1,532,000 
 
 1,785,000 + 
 
 i Total of lines 1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 27, 32. 
 
 2 Includes Kibbie, Oblong, Robinson and Hardinsville. 
 
 3 Includes Swearingen gas. 
 
 * Total of lines 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46. 
 
 * Total of lines 48 and 55. 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 3 3051 00005 1031 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 
 
 natural decline in other areas. The price of Illinois crude oil was $1.23 
 per barrel from Jan. 5, 1936, until the end of the year, an increase of 
 10c per barrel over that of 1935. This price rise has tended to check 
 
 Table 1. — {Continued) 
 
 
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 Total Gas Production, 
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 Number of Oil and/or Gas Wells 
 
 
 
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 152 
 
 
 
 
 
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OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1936 
 
 Table 1. — (Continued) 
 
 
 Depth, 
 Average in Feet 
 
 Oil Production 
 
 Methods at End of 
 
 1936 
 
 Pressure, Lb 
 Sq. In. 
 
 . per 
 
 Character of Oil, Approx. 
 Average during 1936 
 
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 Gas, Approx. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Number of 
 
 
 
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 1936 
 
 
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 32.5 
 
 y 
 
 M 
 
 960 
 
 2.5 
 
 48 
 
 
 
 
 3,304 
 
 Al 
 
 650± 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 39.3 
 
 26.7 
 
 32.9 
 
 y 
 
 M 
 
 y 
 
 2.4 
 
 49 
 
 1,000 
 
 800 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 50 
 
 1,265 
 
 1,250 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 51 
 
 1,345 
 
 i oiO 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 52 
 
 1,430 
 
 1 1C0 
 
 
 V 
 
 
 600+ 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 53 
 
 1,580 
 
 1.5LC 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 650 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 55 
 
 1,710 
 
 1 7"() 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 55 
 
 1,865 
 
 1 M3 
 
 
 45 
 
 
 600 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 37.3 
 
 37.3 
 
 37.3 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 56 
 
 
 
 
 3,349 
 
 Al 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 8 Numbers in this column indicate numbers of injection wells. 
 2i Gl, A14. 
 
 22 Gl, AG13, A8. 24 G17, AG20, A42. 
 
 23 G17, AG20, A42. 25G26, AG21, A42, W3. 
 
 26 All gravities given (except those in parentheses) were from data for the year 1925 furnished by the Illinois Pipe Line Co. 
 Gravities in parentheses are for particular samples; see Illinois State Geol. Survey Bull. 54, Table 3. The values have been 
 oonverted from Baumg to A.P.I, gravities. 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 
 
 the abandonment of old wells, which had been increasing during the 
 years of low prices (1931-1933). A preliminary estimate of the total 
 value of the crude oil produced in Illinois is $5,500,000. 
 
 
 
 Table 1.— ( 
 
 Continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 Producing Rock 
 
 
 Deepest Zone Tested 
 to End of 1936 
 
 
 Name 
 
 Age/ 
 
 
 
 ■go 
 
 
 §! 
 
 "ST* 2 
 
 Name 
 
 Depth of 
 Hole, Ft. 
 
 z 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 o 
 
 3 3> 
 
 E- fe 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 
 
 Pen 
 
 715 
 
 2 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 D 
 
 101 
 
 Trenton 
 
 2,918 
 
 3 
 
 Shallow gas sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 36 
 
 D 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Westfield lime 
 
 MisL 
 
 L 
 
 Cav 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Trenton (Ordo) 
 
 Ordo 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 D 
 
 28 
 
 Dev. limestone 
 
 2,010 
 
 7 
 
 First Siggins sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Second and third Sig- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 gins sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 Lower Siggins sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 York sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 2 
 
 
 960 
 
 11 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 AM 
 
 20 
 
 MisL 
 
 808 
 
 12 
 
 Upper gas sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Lower gas sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 Casey sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 D 
 
 5 
 
 St. Peter 
 
 3,411 
 
 16 
 
 Shallow sands 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 Casey sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 Martinsville sand 
 
 MisL 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Carper 
 
 MisL 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 "Niagaran" 
 
 Der 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Ordo 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 AM 
 
 16 
 
 Mis 
 
 965 
 
 23 
 
 Claypool sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 Shallow sands 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 Casey sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 Upper Partlow 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 AM 
 
 29 
 
 Mis 
 
 1,160 
 
 28 
 
 Claypool sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 29 
 
 Casey sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 Upper Partlow 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 29 
 
 
 
 31 
 
 Lower Partlow 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 AM 
 
 14 
 
 MisL 
 
 1,471 
 
 33 
 
 "500 Ft." sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 34 
 
 "800 Ft." sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 "900 Ft." sand 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 AM 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 
 
 
 
 33± 
 
 
 213 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 202 
 
 Trenton (Ordo) 
 
 4,620 
 
 38 
 
 Shallow sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 39 
 
 Robinson sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 25+ 
 
 ML 
 
 167 
 
 Trenton (Ordo) 
 
 4,620 
 
 40 
 
 Oblong 
 
 Mis 
 
 S or L 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 A, ML 
 
 23 
 
 Mb 
 
 1,479 
 
 41 
 
 Robinson sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 5 
 
 MisL 
 
 2,056 
 
 42 
 
 Robinson sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 10 
 
 Mis 
 
 2,279 
 
 43 
 
 Robinson sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 10 
 
 Pen? 
 
 1,127 
 
 44 
 
 Robinson sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 6 
 
 Pen 
 
 1,041 
 
 45 
 
 Robinson (Flat Rock) 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 8 
 
 Pen 
 
 1,032 
 
 41, 
 
 Robinson sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 ML 
 
 12 
 
 MisL 
 
 1,731 
 
 47 
 
 
 Pen, Mis 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 
 ML 
 
 251 
 
 Trenton (Ordo) 
 
 4,620 
 
 4N 
 
 See below 
 
 
 
 
 
 A 
 
 84 
 
 St. Peter 
 
 5,190 
 
 49 
 
 Bridgeport sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 40 
 
 A 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 Buchanan 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 15 
 
 A 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 "Gas" sand 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 15 
 
 A 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 52 
 
 Kirkwood 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 30 
 
 A 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 53 
 
 Tracy 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 20 
 
 A 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 McClosky 
 
 MisL 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 10 
 
 A 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 Kirkwood 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 22 
 
 ML 
 
 
 
 Mis 
 
 1,900 
 
 56 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 84 
 
 St. Peter 
 
 5,190 
 
6 OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1936 
 
 In most Illinois fields the 1936 oil production differed only slightly 
 from that of 1935. Slight increases took place in Crawford and Lawrence 
 Counties and slight decreases in Clark and St. Clair Counties, no change 
 in these counties being greater than 3 per cent. Production from the 
 Colmar-Plymouth oil field, McDonough and Hancock Counties, nearly 
 doubled, because of air repressuring. The Marion County district of the 
 Illinois Pipe Line Co., which includes the old Carlyle, Sandoval, Wamac 
 
 Table 1. — (Continued) 
 
 Field, County 
 
 Allendale. Wabash 
 
 Total Southeastern Illinois Field 6 
 
 Colmar-Plymouth, Hancock, McDonough 
 
 Pike County Gas, Pike 
 
 Jacksonville, Gas, Morgan 
 
 Carlinville, Macoupin 
 
 Spanish Needle Creek, Macoupin 
 
 Gillespie- Wyen, Macoupin 
 
 Gillespie-Benld Gas, Macoupin 
 
 Staunton Gas, Macoupin 
 
 Litchfield, Montgomery 
 
 Collinsville, Madison 
 
 Ayers Gas, Bond 
 
 Greenville Gas, Bond 
 
 Carlyle, Clinton 
 
 Frogtown, Clinton 
 
 Sandoval, Marion 
 
 Centralia, Marion 
 
 Wamac, Clinton, Marion, Washington 
 
 Dupo, St. Clair 
 
 Waterloo, Monroe 
 
 Sparta Gas, Randolph 
 
 Ava-Campbell Hill, Jackson 
 
 Bartelso, Clinton 
 
 Total Illinois" 
 
 Age, 
 Years 
 
 to 
 End of 
 
 1936 
 
 24 
 
 23 
 31' 
 26 
 
 2710 
 
 2iu 
 
 21 
 
 13' 2 
 
 20 13 
 
 57" 
 
 27'5 
 
 14 
 
 26 16 
 
 25 
 
 18" 
 
 27 
 
 26 
 
 15 
 
 16' 
 
 19" 
 1 
 
 Area Proved, Acres 
 
 Oil 
 
 1,670 
 91,845 
 
 2,450 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 915 
 
 300 
 
 770 
 
 175 
 
 250 
 670 
 
 125 
 65 
 70 
 
 200 
 98,085 
 
 Gas 
 
 
 3,970 
 
 
 
 8,960 
 
 1,290 
 
 50 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 400 
 
 
 
 
 
 320 
 
 160 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 370 
 
 
 
 15,770 
 
 Total 
 
 1,670 
 95,815 
 
 2,450 
 
 8,960 
 
 1,320 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 400 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 
 320 
 
 160 
 
 915 
 
 300 
 
 770 
 
 175 
 
 250 
 670 
 
 125 
 165 
 440 
 200 
 113.855 
 
 Total Oil Production, Bbl. 
 
 To End of 1936 
 
 4,220,000 + 
 415,403.000 
 
 2,140,000 
 
 
 
 2,100 
 
 
 
 
 
 22,000 
 
 715 
 
 
 
 
 
 3,289,000 ± 
 
 x 
 2,607,000 ± 
 
 353,000 ± 
 877,600 
 
 166,000 
 x 
 25,000 
 40,700 ± 
 425,495,000 !0 
 
 During 1935 
 
 280,000 ± 
 4,076,000 
 
 86,800 
 
 
 
 
 1,925 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 39,500 
 
 
 27,000 ± 
 
 35,000 ± 
 51,500 
 
 
 
 
 
 4,322,000a 1 
 
 « Total of lines 36, 47, 56, 57. 
 ' Abandoned 1930. 
 i° Abandoned 1925 ±. 
 ii Abandoned 1934. 
 ■ 2 Abandoned 1935. 
 1 3 Abandoned 1919. 
 ■ 4 Abandoned 1904. 
 ' s Abandoned 1921. 
 > 6 Abandoned 1923. 
 i' Abandoned 1933. 
 18 Abandoned. 
 
 " Total of lines 58 to 79 inclusive. 
 
 20 The total oil production is the figure furnished by the U. S. Bureau of Mines and is not the exact total of the figures 
 given in the table, which were obtained from other sources. 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 
 
 and Macoupin County fields and the new Bartelso field, had an increased 
 production of approximately 30,000 bbl., or 31 per cent over 1935. The 
 Bartelso field itself produced approximately 40,700 bbl. of oil. A 
 decline in the production of the Carlyle field from 39,500 bbl. in 1935 to 
 28,200 in 1936 was owing to the fact that about 13 former producers were 
 made input wells for water-flooding, and up to the end of 1936 no increased 
 production from the adjacent wells had been effected by the water. 
 Lack of sufficient gas reduced the amount of pumping in the whole field. 
 
 The well that discovered the new Bartelso oil field was located on the 
 crest of a dome that was mapped, described, and recommended in 
 Bulletin 20A of the Illinois State Geological Survey, published in 1912. 
 Subsequent test wells on the west flank of the dome had obtained show- 
 ings of oil but until 1936 there was no drilling on the high part 
 of the structure. 
 
 The discovery well of the Bartelso oil field was the Bartelso Oil and 
 Gas Company's C. Trame No. 1 well, SE. }i NW. K sec. 8, T.1N., 
 
 Table 1. — {Continued) 
 
 
 Total Oil Production, 
 Bbl. 
 
 Total Gas Production, 
 Millions Cu. Ft. 
 
 Number of Oil and/or Gas Wells 
 
 
 
 Daily 
 
 
 
 
 >, 
 
 -o 
 a 
 
 During 1936 
 
 At End of 1936 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 During 1936 
 
 Average 
 during 
 
 To End of 
 1936 
 
 tfs 
 
 <£> 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 >>E 
 
 
 O 
 
 
 
 
 Nov. 1936 
 
 
 CO 
 
 u 
 2 
 
 CO 
 
 a2 
 .1.1 
 
 -o 
 2 a, 
 
 a® 
 
 T3 
 
 "S. 
 
 T3 
 
 a 
 o 
 -a 
 
 
 So 
 
 'go 
 
 .S"S 
 
 go 
 
 bu 
 
 *s 
 
 a 
 .2 
 
 
 
 
 °E 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Q 
 
 S" 3 
 
 a- 
 
 a 
 
 o 
 O 
 
 < 
 
 si 
 
 
 
 el 
 
 rt o 
 
 57 
 
 220,000± 
 
 365± 
 
 i 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 411 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 y 
 
 319 
 
 y 
 
 
 
 319 
 
 58 
 
 4,137,600 
 
 10,557 
 
 x 
 
 v 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 19,005 
 
 26 
 
 258 
 
 48 
 
 13,553 
 
 V 
 
 1 
 
 13,554 
 
 59 
 
 153,000 
 
 430 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 463 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 69 
 
 196 
 
 
 
 
 
 196 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 68 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 61 
 
 
 
 
 
 x 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 53 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 62 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 63 
 
 
 
 
 
 14 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 64 
 
 4,758 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 
 135.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 66 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,050 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 67 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 68 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 69 
 
 
 
 
 
 117,447 
 
 13,420 
 
 37,047 
 
 V 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 70 
 
 
 
 
 
 990 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 71 
 
 28,200+ 
 
 77+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 164 
 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 88 
 
 
 
 
 
 88 
 
 72 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 73 
 
 30,160± 
 
 82± 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 122 
 
 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 45 
 
 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 74 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 y 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 75 
 
 23,200^- 
 
 65+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 103 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 V 
 
 46 
 
 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 76 
 
 53,100 
 
 138 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 237 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 77 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 78 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 79 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 40,700± 
 
 230+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 81 
 
 4,445,000™ 
 
 12,100 M 
 
 X 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 20,433 
 
 52 
 
 262 
 
 150 
 
 13,985 
 
 V 
 
 11 
 
 13,996 
 
8 
 
 OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1936 
 
 R.3W., Clinton County, total depth 1037 ft., initial production 115 bbl. 
 from the Carlyle sand (Cypress formation, Chester series). Up to the 
 end of 1936, nine producing wells had been drilled, having total initial 
 daily productions of 1016 bbl., or an average of 112 bbl. per well. The 
 boundary of the field to the west and south is fairly well defined by three 
 dry holes, but to the east and north the nearest dry holes are one mile or 
 more from the nearest producing wells. Approximately 200 acres have 
 been proved for production to the end of 1936; future drilling may 
 possibly extend the producing area to as much as 600 acres. 
 
 The 13 wells drilled in McDonough County were all in or near the 
 Colmar-Plymouth field. All of the nine producing wells were small, the 
 initial daily production averaging 4 bbl. per well. 
 
 In the southeastern Illinois field, which includes Clark, Crawford, 
 Lawrence and Wabash Counties, 31 wells were drilled, resulting in 23 oil 
 producers having average initial daily productions of 15 bbl., and two gas 
 wells from which the gas is not being used outside of the producing leases. 
 
 Table 1. — (Continued) 
 
 
 Depth, 
 
 Oil Production 
 
 Mot r"i("irJa ot T7"rn-1 i-if 
 
 Pressure, Lb 
 
 . per 
 
 Character of Oil, Approx. 
 
 
 
 Average 
 
 in Feet 
 
 ivieiuuua d.i 
 
 1936 
 
 
 
 Sq. In. 
 
 
 Average during 1936 
 
 
 Character of 
 Gas, Approx. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Average during 
 
 
 
 
 Number of 
 
 
 
 Average at 
 
 Gravity A.P.I, at 
 
 
 
 1936 
 
 
 Bottoms 
 
 To Top 
 
 Wells 
 
 
 
 End of 
 
 60° r. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of Pro- 
 
 of Pro- 
 
 
 
 
 In- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 «.(£ 
 
 55 
 
 ductive 
 
 ductive 
 
 
 
 c *S 
 
 itial 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a ^ 
 
 Wells 
 
 Zone 
 
 - 
 
 '5. 
 
 .2 £ 
 
 
 1935 
 
 1936 
 
 1 
 
 B 
 
 3 
 
 t3 V 
 0> bo 
 
 — i- 
 
 "a 
 
 2 U 
 
 
 0> • 
 
 Is 
 
 a 
 3 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 S 
 
 | 
 ft 
 
 
 
 
 
 •3 
 
 s 
 
 s 
 
 
 as 
 
 3t^ 
 
 
 3 = 
 
 
 57 
 
 1,460 
 
 1,425 
 
 
 319 
 
 W6 
 Al 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 35.9 
 
 24.1 
 
 35.1 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 58 
 
 
 
 
 13,553 
 
 G27 
 A53 
 AG34 
 W9 
 
 
 
 
 39.3 
 
 18.5 
 
 33.1 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 2.4 
 
 59 
 
 468 
 
 447 
 
 
 196 
 
 A68 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 275 
 
 265 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 61 
 
 335 
 
 330 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 850 
 
 y 
 
 62 
 
 398 
 
 380 
 
 
 
 
 
 135 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 27.7 
 
 X 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 63 
 
 405 
 
 305 
 
 
 
 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 64 
 
 670 
 
 650 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 30 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 
 
 65 
 
 555 
 
 542 
 
 
 
 
 
 155 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 788 
 
 y 
 
 66 
 
 491 
 
 461 
 
 
 
 
 
 145 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 67 
 
 674 
 
 664 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 21.7 
 
 X 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 68 
 
 1,400 
 
 1,305 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 69 
 
 945 
 
 940 
 
 
 
 
 
 335 
 
 
 310 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,050 
 
 
 
 70 
 
 993 
 
 927 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 71 
 
 1,055 
 
 1,035 
 
 
 88 
 
 W20 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 37.0 
 
 34.2 
 
 35.2 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 72 
 
 957 
 
 950 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 31.9 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 73 
 
 1,560 
 
 1,540 
 
 
 45 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 35.1 
 
 32.7 
 
 34.5 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 
 
 74 
 
 1,150 
 
 1,130 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 35.0 
 
 31.0 
 
 32.0 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 760 
 
 720 
 
 
 46 
 
 W20 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 30.8 
 
 29.3 
 
 30.2 
 
 y 
 
 P 
 
 
 
 76 
 
 651 
 
 601 
 
 
 45 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 32.7 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 77 
 
 460 
 
 410 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 30.1 
 
 29.5 
 
 30.0 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 78 
 
 857 
 
 850 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 79 
 
 798 
 
 780 
 
 
 
 
 
 115 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 80 
 
 1,032 
 
 1,011 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 y 
 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 (32.0) 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
 81 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 13,984 
 
 G27 
 
 A121 
 AG34 
 W49 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 
 
 9 
 
 In the Dupo field, St. Clair County, seven oil wells were drilled, 
 having average initial daily productions of 33 bbl. per well. Three 
 wildcat wells were drilled in the remainder of the county, all dry holes. 
 Only one of the three was located on known favorable structure — the 
 W. O. Shock et al. Evans-Fritz No. 1, total depth 630 ft., SE. K SW. K 
 SW. Y± sec. 32, T.3S., R.6W., on a dome mapped and described in 
 Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois Petroleum No. 18. The well 
 ended near the base of the Chester series and therefore did not test the 
 lower Mississippian and other underlying formations. 
 
 An extension of the producing area of the Ayers gas field was made 
 when the Ray, Evans et al. John Merry No. 1, NW. \i SE. >£ sec. 30, 
 T.6N., R.3W., Bond County, total depth 942 ft., was completed on 
 Feb. 3, 1936, with an estimated initial open-flow capacity of \}/l million 
 cubic feet per day. This well is approximately 34 mile south of the 
 nearest producing well and extends the proved area. The Ayers gas 
 field furnishes gas for municipal and industrial use in Greenville. 
 
 Table 1.- — (Continued) 
 
 
 Producing Rock 
 
 
 Deepest Zone Tested 
 to End of 1936 
 
 1 
 
 Name 
 
 Age/ 
 
 
 
 OIHH 
 
 C3 4> 
 
 
 o 
 \*" 
 
 -a <d 
 
 a v 
 
 &w 
 
 *S^2 
 
 Name 
 
 Depth o 
 Hole, Ft. 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 >> 
 
 .— bD 
 
 
 
 
 
 Z 
 
 
 
 c3 
 
 
 h2 
 
 a 
 
 |ll 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 -** > 
 
 3 
 
 9 . o 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 Oh 
 
 z< 
 
 QQ 
 
 |s« 
 
 
 
 57 
 
 Biehl sand 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 20 
 
 AM 
 
 43 
 
 MisL 
 
 2,228 
 
 58 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 595 
 
 
 
 59 
 
 Hoing sand 
 
 Dev 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 21 
 
 A 
 
 3 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 805 
 
 60 
 
 Niagaran 
 
 Sil 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 10 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 St. Peter 
 
 893 
 
 61 
 
 Gas sand 
 
 Pen, Mis 
 
 S, SL 
 
 Por 
 
 5 
 
 ML 
 
 8 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 1,390 
 
 62 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Pen 
 
 410 
 
 63 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 1 
 
 Pen 
 
 495 
 
 64 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 T 
 
 14 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 2,560 
 
 65 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Pen 
 
 575 
 
 66 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 2,371 
 
 67 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 D 
 
 
 
 Pen 
 
 681 
 
 68 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Ord 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 20 
 
 ML 
 
 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 1,500 
 
 69 
 
 Lindley (2d) 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 5 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 MisL 
 
 1,150 
 
 70 
 
 Lindley (1st, 2d) 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 X 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Mis 
 
 1,065 
 
 71 
 
 Carlyle 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 20 
 
 A 
 
 17 
 
 Sil 
 
 2,620 
 
 72 
 
 Carlyle 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 7 
 
 D 
 
 
 
 Carlyle y 
 
 962 + 
 
 73 
 
 Benoist 
 
 MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 20+ 
 
 D 
 
 7 
 
 Mis 
 
 1,732 
 
 74 
 
 Dykstra, Wilson, Be- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 noist 
 
 Pen, MisU 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 20 
 
 D, ML 
 
 6 
 
 MisL 
 
 1,779 
 
 75 
 
 Petro 
 
 Pen 
 
 s 
 
 Por 
 
 20 
 
 D 
 
 
 
 Benoist 
 
 1,484 
 
 76 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Ord 
 
 L 
 
 Cav 
 Por 
 
 50 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 819 
 
 77 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Ord 
 
 L 
 
 Por 
 
 50 
 
 A 
 
 19 
 
 Trenton (Ord) 
 
 845 
 
 78 
 
 Sparta gas sand 
 
 MisU 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 7 
 
 D 
 
 5 
 
 MisU 
 
 985 
 
 79 
 
 Unnamed 
 
 MisU 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 18 
 
 A 
 
 V 
 
 Dev 
 
 2,530 
 
 80 
 
 Carlyle 
 
 MisU 
 
 S 
 
 Por 
 
 21 
 
 D 
 
 
 
 Carlyle 
 
 1,065 
 
 81 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 671 ± 
 
 
 
10 
 
 OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1936 
 
 Of the 30 wells drilling or temporarily shut down at the end of 1936, 
 three are of special interest because of their location in the deep basin 
 area. Two, of these, the Pure Oil Company's Bradley No. 1, SW. 34 SW. 
 34 NW. M sec. 26, T.1N., R.7E., Wayne County, and Weiler No. 1, 
 SE. 34 SW. 34 SE. 34 sec. 33, T.3N., R.8E., Clay County, were located 
 on the basis of seismograph surveys. These had reached depths of 
 approximately 2050 and 1425 ft., respectively, at the end of the year. 
 The third, the T. E. Baldwin et al. H. Nichols' No. 1, SW. 34 SE. 34 sec. 
 12, T.4N., R.4E., Marion County, is on the basis of a surface structure 
 
 Table 2. — Summary of Drilling Operations in Illinois 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wildcats Drilled in 1936 
 
 
 
 
 
 County 
 
 Location 
 
 Total 
 
 Depth, 
 
 Ft. 
 
 Surface 
 Formation 
 
 Deepest 
 Horizon 
 Tested 
 
 Drilled by 
 
 Ini- 
 tial 
 Pro- 
 duc- 
 tion 
 per 
 Day 
 
 
 
 Sec. 
 
 Twp. 
 
 Rge. 
 
 Re- 
 marks 
 
 
 Sur- 
 vey 
 
 Lat. 
 
 Long. 
 
 Oil, 
 U.S. 
 Bbl. 
 
 
 1 
 
 Bond 
 
 31 
 
 7 
 11 
 10 
 5 
 25 
 8 
 4 
 7 
 7 
 4 
 3 
 8 
 8 
 6 
 15 
 15 
 5 
 22 
 15 
 36 
 
 8 
 19 
 18 
 
 5 
 31 
 
 2 
 32 
 
 2 
 31 
 33 
 34 
 10 
 
 6N. 
 
 2S. 
 18 N. 
 
 3N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 2N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 1 N. 
 
 IN. 
 
 1 N. 
 14 N. 
 
 8N. 
 
 8N. 
 
 4N. 
 18 N. 
 
 8N. 
 11 N. 
 
 2N. 
 5S. 
 13 S. 
 
 us. 
 
 4S. 
 2N. 
 3S. 
 2N. 
 20 N. 
 3S. 
 IS. 
 IS. 
 
 3 W. 
 
 3 W. 
 9E. 
 
 2 W. 
 
 4 W. 
 
 4 W. 
 
 3 W. 
 3 W. 
 3 W. 
 3 W. 
 3 W. 
 3 W. 
 3 W. 
 
 3 W. 
 7E. 
 
 14 W. 
 14 W. 
 
 11 W. 
 2 W. 
 8 W. 
 9W. 
 
 4E. 
 
 2 W. 
 6E. 
 
 7E. 
 
 5 W. 
 6W 
 6W 
 6W. 
 
 12 W. 
 
 4 W. 
 
 5 W. 
 
 3 W. 
 
 1118 
 
 780 
 1725 
 1283 
 1090 
 1097 
 1118 
 1090 
 1039 
 1026 
 1058 
 1089 
 1037 
 1030 
 260 
 721 
 681 
 1460 
 575 
 465 
 1076 
 
 587 
 412 
 1000 
 
 455 
 
 904 
 1085 
 
 630 
 1000 
 
 230 
 1100 
 1068 
 1320 
 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Plebtocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistooene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 Pleistocene 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Pleistocene 
 
 Chester 
 
 Maquoketa 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 
 Ste. Genevieve 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 
 Devonian 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 Devonian 
 Ste. Genevieve 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chester 
 
 Ste. Genevieve 
 
 Chester 
 
 Ste. Genevieve 
 
 Pennsylvanian 
 
 Ste. Genevieve 
 
 Chester 
 
 Ste. Genevieve 
 
 F. S. Ray et al. 
 
 Super Oil Co. 
 
 Meyers et al. 
 
 Hempen et al. 
 
 Goldschmidt et al. 
 
 J. Young et al. 
 
 Ohio Oil Co. 
 
 Meyers and Hawley 
 
 Nollem Oil and Gas Co. 
 
 Cooksey et al. 
 
 Jonas et al. 
 
 Hempen and Burgess 
 
 Bartelso Oil and Gas Co. 
 
 Nollem Oil and Gas Co. 
 
 Meyers et al. 
 
 National Cons. Oil Co. 
 
 National Cons. Oil Co. 
 
 Yaw, Pierson, Sage 
 
 Ed. Hood et al. 
 
 Boone Oil Co. 
 
 Hettick Oil Dev. Asso- 
 ciation 
 
 Iuka Oil and Gas Co. 
 
 Super Oil Co. 
 
 Rodgers, Rumsey, Bar- 
 ger, et al. 
 
 O. B. Clark et al. 
 
 Cain and Beattie 
 
 Eisenmayer et al. 
 
 W. O. Schock 
 
 Eisenmayer et al. 
 
 Central Assoc. 
 
 Hunlith et al. 
 
 J. E. Yock 
 
 Fricke et al. 
 
 115 
 10 
 
 225 
 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 
 ? 
 
 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 
 Champaign 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Douglas 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 18 
 11 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 Dry 
 
 Dry 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 22 
 23 
 
 Macoupin 
 
 Macoupin 
 
 Marion 
 
 Pike 
 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 
 ?4 
 
 
 Dry 
 
 ?f> 
 
 
 Dry 
 
 26 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 32 
 33 
 
 Randolph 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 Vermilion 
 
 Washington. .. . 
 
 Washington. . . . 
 
 Washington. . . . 
 
 Total 
 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 Dry 
 
 Number of wells drilling Dec. 31, 1936 
 
 Number of oil wells completed during 1936. 
 Number of gas wells completed during 1936 
 Number of dry holes completed during 1936 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 
 
 11 
 
 (the Iola dome) described in a publication of the Illinois State Geological 
 Survey 1 . It had reached a depth of 760 ft. at the end of the year. 
 
 Of the 33 wildcat wells listed in Table 2, the great majority were not 
 located in areas of known favorable structure. 
 
 It has long been recognized that there should be a systematic program 
 of coring oil sands and making laboratory tests on the cores for the 
 purpose of making reliable estimates of oil reserves in the producing 
 fields of the state and to aid in applying improved methods of recovery. 
 During previous years this program has been held back by lack of drilling 
 but during 1936 for the first time substantial progress has been made. 
 During 1936, cores of six sands have been taken in eight wells as follows: 
 three from the Robinson sand (Pennsylvanian) in Crawford County; one 
 from the Bridgeport sand (Pennsylvanian) in western Lawrence County; 
 one from the Kirkwood (Cypress formation, Chester series) in eastern 
 Lawrence County; one from the Hoing sand (Devonian) in the Plymouth 
 
 Table 3. — Wells Drilled in Illinois in 1936 
 
 
 Total 
 Comple- 
 tions 
 
 Oil 
 
 Gas 
 
 Dry 
 
 Initial Production 
 
 County 
 
 Oil, 
 Bbl. 
 
 Gas. 
 M. Cu. Ft. 
 
 Bond 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 1 
 9 
 
 19 
 
 11 
 1 
 2 
 6 
 1 
 
 13 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 
 10 
 1 
 5 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 9 
 9 
 
 1 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 10 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 
 16 
 1016 
 
 49 
 
 10 
 41 
 
 38 
 
 352 
 233 
 
 1.5 
 
 Brown 
 
 
 Champaign 
 
 
 Clark 
 
 a 
 
 Clinton 
 
 
 Crawford 
 
 
 Douglas . 
 
 
 Jasper . . 
 
 
 Lawrence . 
 
 
 Logan 
 
 
 McDonough 
 
 
 Macoupin 
 
 
 Marion 
 
 
 Pike 
 
 
 Pope 
 
 
 Randolph 
 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 
 Vermilion 
 
 
 Wabash . . 
 
 1 
 
 Washington 
 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 92 
 
 49 
 
 3 
 
 40 
 
 1755 
 
 2.5 
 
 
 
 100 lb. per sq. in. closed pressure. 
 
 1 J. M. Weller and A. H. Bell: Geology and Oil and Gas Possibilities of Parts of 
 Marion and Clay Counties, Illinois, with Discussion of the Central Portion of the 
 Illinois Basin, Illinois State Geol. Survey R. I. 40 (1936). 
 
12 OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS IN 1936 
 
 field, McDonough County; one from the Carlyle sand (Cypress formation, 
 Chester series) in the Bartelso field, Clinton County; and one from the 
 Biehl sand: (Pennsylvanian), Allendale field, Wabash County. The 
 Illinois Geological Survey plans to publish the results of tests on the cores. 
 
 Three new repressuring plants, two using natural gas and one using 
 air, were installed in Illinois oil fields in 1936. These were all in Craw- 
 ford County and are using one, three, and six input wells, respectively. 
 In the last-mentioned operation an increase in production has already 
 been noted. In general other repressuring plants continued in operation 
 with few changes in number of key wells (Table 1). 
 
 No new water-flooding projects were undertaken in Illinois fields in 
 1936. In some of the previous projects, as for example in the Carlyle 
 field, Clinton County and Wamac field, Marion County, the number of 
 input wells was increased. Neither of these fields had increased pro- 
 duction in 1936. 
 
 Acid treatment of "lime pays" was used in 12 wells in Illinois fields 
 in 1936. One of the wells treated was a new producer, so that no com- 
 parison is possible between oil production before and after treatment. 
 The particular well referred to was a McClosky "sand" (Ste. Genevieve 
 limestone) well in eastern Lawrence County. It had an initial production 
 (after acid treatment) of 25 bbl. per day. Of the 11 old producing wells 
 treated with acid, 6 had reported increases in production. Total daily 
 production of the 6 wells before treatment was approximately 15 bbl. 
 and after treatment approximately 170 bbl., an eleven-fold increase. 
 
 The fourth annual petroleum conference of Illinois-Indiana was held 
 at Robinson, 111., June 1, 1936 and was attended by about 150 oil oper- 
 ators, geologists, and geophysicists. The program was devoted to 
 discussion of seismograph exploration, the geology and oil possibilities 
 of the Illinois basin 2 and field problems in the recovery of oil. 
 
 The Fourth Annual Mineral Industries Conference of Illinois, held 
 at Urbana April 24 and 25, included two half-day programs on oil and 
 gas, one on Researches in Progress, the other on Needed Researches. 
 Five of the ten papers presented have been published 3 . 
 
 2 J. M. Weller: Geology and Oil Possibilities of the Illinois Basin. Illinois State 
 Geol. Survey 111. Pet. No. 27. 
 
 3 M. H. Flood: Problems in Oil Recovery. Oil Weekly (June 8, 1936) 81, No. 13, 
 37-38. 
 
 W. S. Corwin: The Permeability of Oil Sands in Relation to Increased Recovery. 
 Oil Weekly (June 15, 1936) 82, No. 1, 58-62. 
 
 W. Bell: A Comprehensive Survey of Reserves and Underground Conditions in 
 Illinois Oil Fields. Oil Weekly (Aug. 24, 1936) 82, No. 11, 38-40. 
 
 A. H. Bell: Studies of Repressuring and Water-flooding. Petr. Engr., 7, No. 12, 
 60-62. 
 
 F. Squires: Present Status and Future Possibilities of Acid Treatment in Illinois 
 Oil Fields. Petr. Engr., 7, No. 12, 40-42. 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 
 
 13 
 
 At a meeting of the Kansas Geological Society at Topeka, Kansas, 
 Sept. 5, 1936, during the annual field conference, a paper was presented 
 on Recent Oil Activity in the Illinois Basin 4 . 
 
 Data on the production of natural gas and natural gasoline in 1936 
 are not yet available. According to the U. S. Bureau of Mines (Mineral 
 Market Reports No. M.M.S. 530, Feb. 12, 1937) the production of 
 natural gas in Illinois in 1935 was 1448 million cubic feet (compared with 
 1838 million cubic feet in 1934). The average value in cents per thousand 
 cubic feet at the wells in 1935 was 8.4 £ and the total value at the wells 
 was $122,000. Data concerning natural gasoline from 1931 to 1935 
 inclusive are given in Table 4. 
 
 Table 4. — Natural Gasoline Produced in Illinois 
 
 
 Production, 
 Thousands 
 of Gallons 
 
 Value 
 
 Natural Gas 
 
 Treated, 
 
 Millions Cu. Ft. 
 
 
 Year 
 
 Total 
 Thousands 
 of Dollars 
 
 Unit Cents 
 
 Yield, Gal. per 
 M. Cu. F. 
 
 1931 
 1932 
 1933 
 1934 
 1935 
 
 5024 
 4558 
 3673 
 3810 
 2642 
 
 204 
 139 
 194 
 183 
 
 141 
 
 4.6 
 3.2 
 5.3 
 4.8 
 5.3 
 
 2106 
 1924 
 
 1701 
 1512 
 1076 
 
 2.39 
 2.37 
 2.14 
 2.52 
 2.64 
 
 Produced by Counties in 1935 
 
 Counties 
 
 Production, 
 Thousands 
 of Gallons 
 
 Total 
 
 Value, 
 
 Thousands 
 
 of Dollars 
 
 Natural Gas 
 Treated 
 Millions 
 Cu. Ft. 
 
 Yield, Gal. 
 per M. 
 Cu. Ft. 
 
 Clark and Cumberland 
 
 352 
 
 1583 
 707 
 
 20 
 86 
 43 
 
 96 
 632 
 348 
 
 3.65 
 
 Crawford 
 
 2.50 
 
 Lawrence and Wabash 
 
 2.03 
 
 
 
 State total 
 
 2642 
 
 140 
 
 1076 
 
 2.46 
 
 
 
 Acknowledgments 
 
 Production data for oil and gas were furnished by the U. S. Bureau of 
 Mines; the Illinois Pipe Line Co., Findlay, Ohio; the Ohio Oil Co., 
 Marshall, 111.; Petro Oil and Gas Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Bond County 
 Gas Co., Greenville, 111.; and Southwestern Oil and Gas Co., Sandoval, 
 111. Mr. George V. Cohee, of the Survey Staff, assisted the writer in 
 assembling the statistical data for this report. 
 
 * A. H. Bell: Recent Oil Activity in the Illinois Basin. 
 Soc. (Sept. 1936). 
 
 Abstract, Kansas Geol. 
 
14 oil and gas development in illinois in 1936 
 
 Footnotes to Column Headings — Table 1 
 
 " In areas where both oil and gas are produced, unless gas is marketed outside the field, such areas 
 are included in column headed "Oil." Manufacture of casinghead gasoline and carbon black is 
 interpreted as outside marketing of gas. 
 
 6 WellB producing both oil and gas are classified as "Producing Oil Only" unless gas from them is 
 marketed off the lease. 
 
 ' W, water; G, gas; A, air; AG, air-gas mixture. Numbers following letters indicate numbers of 
 injection wells. 
 
 "* Bottom-hole pressures are preceded by "e." All other figures represent pressures at casinghead 
 with well closed. 
 
 • P, paraffin; A, asphalt; M, mixed. 
 
 I Cam, Cambrian; Ord, Ordovician; Sil, Silurian; Dev, Devonian; Mis, Mississippian; MisL, Lower 
 Mississippian; MisU, Upper Mississippian; Pen, Pennsylvanian; Per, Permian; Tri, Triassic; Jur, 
 Jurassic; CreL, Lower Cretaceous; CreU, Upper Cretaceous; Eoc, Eocene; Olig, Oligocene; Mio, 
 Miocene; Pli, Pliocene. 
 
 » S, sandstone; SH, sandstone, shaly; Ss, soft sand; H, shale; L, limestone; LS, limestone, sandy, 
 C, chalk; A, anhydrite; D, dolomite; Da, arkosic dolomite; GW, granite wash; P, serpentine; O, oolite; 
 Sit, siltstone. 
 
 * Figures are entered only for fields where the reservoir rock is of pore type. Figures represent ratio 
 of pore space to total volume of net reservoir rock expressed in per cent. "Por" indicates that the 
 reservoir rock is of pore type but said ratio is not known by the author "Cav" indicates that the 
 reservoir rock is of cavernous type; "Fis," fissure type. 
 
 ' A, anticline; AF, anticline with faulting as important feature; Af, anticline with faulting as minor 
 feature; AM, accumulation due to both anticlinal and monoclinal structure; H, strata are horizontal or 
 near horizontal; MF, monocline-fault; MU, monocline-unconformity; ML, monocline lens; MC, mono- 
 cline with accumulation due to change in character of stratum; MI, monocline with accumulation 
 against igneous barrier; MUP, monocline with accumulation due to sealing at outcrop by asphalt; D, 
 dome; Ds, salt dome; T, terrace; TF, terrace with faulting as important feature; N, nose; S, syncline. 
 
 ' Information will be found in text as indicated by symbols; A, name of author, other than above, 
 who has compiled the data on the particular field; C, chemical treatment of wells; G, gas-oil ratios; 
 P, proration; U, unit operation; R, references; W, water; O, other information. 
 
 Interpretations* 
 
 Generally in Table 1 the unit for presentation of data is a field. For our purposes 
 a field is defined as the whole of a surface area wherein productive locations are con- 
 tinuous. Such unit commonly includes and surrounds nonproductive areas. Such 
 unit commonly includes a great variety of geologic conditions — several units of con- 
 tinuous productive reservoirs of distinctly different structure and of distinctly different 
 stratigraphy. Therefore it is hoped that our authors will subdivide "field" so as to 
 enable students to make analyses that may have scientific and/or commercial value. 
 
 As to each space in the tabulation, it is either (1) not applicable, (2) the proper 
 entry is not determinable, (3) the proper entry is determinable, but not determinable 
 from data available to the author, (4) the proper entry is determinable by the author. 
 In spaces not applicable, the author will please draw horizontal lines; in spaces where 
 the proper entries are not determinable, the author will please insert x; in spaces where 
 the proper entries are determinable but not determinable from data available to the 
 author, the author will please insert y; in spaces where the proper entries are deter- 
 minable by the author he will, of course, make such entries. Generally, y implies a 
 hope that in some future year a definite figure will be available. 
 
 Inability to determine precisely the correct entry for a particular space should not 
 lead the author to insert merely y. Contributions of great value may be made by the 
 author in many cases where entries are not subject to precise determination. In such 
 cases the author should use his good judgment and make the best entry possible under 
 the circumstances. For many spaces, the correct entries represent the opinion of the 
 
 * Quoted from Circular to Authors by Frank A. Herald, Consulting Petroleum 
 Geologist and Engineer; Vice Chairman for Production, A.I.M.E. Petroleum Divi- 
 sion, 1933 and 1934. 
 
ALFRED H. BELL 15 
 
 author (for example, "Area Proved") and in such cases the entries need not be 
 hedged to such extent as in cases where the quantities are definite yet can be ascer- 
 tained only approximately by the author. 
 
 In cases under definite headings but where figures are only approximate, the 
 author may use x. For example, if the total production of a field is known to be 
 between 1,800,000 and 1,850,000, the author may report l,Sxx,xxx; or if the produc- 
 tion is between 1,850,000 and 1,900,000, the author may report l,9xx,xxx. 
 
 Where a numeral is immediately to the left of x or y, such numeral represents the 
 nearest known number in that position. 
 
 As to quantity of gas produced from many fields the question will arise as to 
 whether the figures should include merely the gas marketed or should include also 
 estimates of gas used in operations and gas wasted. Although rough approximations 
 may be involved, our figures should represent as nearly as possible the total quantity 
 of gas removed from the reservoir. 
 
 While we have not provided a column for showing the thickness of the productive 
 zone, generally the difference between average depth to bottoms of productive wells 
 and average depth to top of productive zone will represent approximately the average 
 thickness of the productive zone. For fields where this is not true because of unusually 
 high dips, or for other reasons, it is suggested that the authors indicate in their texts 
 the approximate average thickness of the productive zone. 
 
 The figure representing net thickness of producing rock should correspond to 
 the total of the net portions of the producing zone which actually yield oil into the 
 drill hole. It is recognized that for some fields the authors can make only rough 
 guesses — so rough that figures would be of no value. In such cases the authors should 
 enter either x or y, whichever is more appropriate. 
 
 We are particularly anxious to have every author give due consideration to the 
 determination of structural conditions of each oil and/or gas body. Please consider 
 each oil and/or gas reservoir and indicate its structure. The mere fact that a reservoir 
 is on an anticline is not proof that the structural condition affecting the accumulation 
 is anticlinal; for example, an oil and /or gas body limited by the upper margin of a 
 lens on the limb of an anticline is "ML" as to structure. By all means, if the oil 
 body occupies any position in the lens other than its upper limit, please so indicate 
 clearly by footnote, for "ML" means, unless modified, that the accumulation is at 
 the upper part of the lens. In every case where the oil and /or gas body terminates 
 short of the up-dip continuity of the reservoir, please carefully check your evidence 
 and then appropriately record your conclusion. "Terrace," "Nose" and "Syn- 
 cline" are the only terms in our legend which presume such continuity. 
 
 Please note that the heading "Number of Dry and/or Near-dry Holes " is intended 
 to cover only such holes as are within the limits of the defined fields. 
 
 In Table 2 are listed the important wildcat wells completed during the year. 
 By the term "important" is meant: wells discovering new fields; wells resulting 
 in the discovery of important extensions to old fields; wells discovering new zones in 
 old fields; wells condemning important areas or resulting in significant stratigraphic 
 information, even if the wells are dry; and exceptionally deep wells. At the foot 
 of this table the total number of wells drilled in each district is given, segregated as 
 to oil wells, gas wells and dry holes. The number of wells drilling on Dec. 31, 1936 
 are in two divisions, designated as wildcat wells and wells in proven fields.