Oil and gas developments in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio
The area covered by this report is CSD District 20, including Delaware, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Along the Atlantic coastal plain in North Carolina, 5 dry exploratory holes were drilled having a combined total footage of 6,785. In Maryland, 1 dry exploratory hole was drilled to a total depth of 5,340 ft. In Virginia, only a few of the 12 wells drilled were completed as producers. Exploration in Pennsylvania resulted in 1 new shallow-field discovery, 3 new shallower pool discoveries, and 1 new deeper pool discovery. There were 5 major areas of interest in West Virginia. Drilling activity in Ohio was directed toward the Cambrian in central Ohio, and the Silurian ''Clinton'' sandstones and the Lower Mississippian Berea Sandstone in SE. Ohio. Early in 1967 a plug-back operation in a Precambrian test drilled in 1966 discovered oil in the Devonian Ohio Shale section in SE. Ohio. Discovery of oil from the Ordovician Trention Limestone-Dolomite in the N.-central part of the state created a minor flurry of excitement.
- OSTI ID:
- 6090137
- Journal Information:
- Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 52:6; ISSN AAPGB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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