Subsurface geology of southwest Alabama

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1971 · Ala. Geol. Surv. Bull; (United States)

OSTI ID:6127153

Moore, D B

A subsurface study of SW. Alabama was undertaken to evaluate the petroleum potential of the region and to provide structural information to assist in the development of the subsurface resources of Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and parts of Choctaw, Conecuh, Marengo, and Wilcox counties. Exploration for oil and gas in SW. Alabama was intensified after the discovery of 2 new oil fields in Choctaw County in 1967. As of May 1970, Alabama had 12 producing oil fields, all in SW. Alabama. The deep-lying Louann Salt of Jurassic age in SW. Alabama greatly enhances the oil- and gas-producing potential of the region. The major faults and most of the prominent structural features in SW. Alabama were formed by subsurface movement in the Louann Salt. The more prominent structures in SW. Alabama are the Hatchetigbee anticline, Jackson fault-Klepac dome, Mobile graben, peripheral faulting, Citronelle dome, McIntosh salt dome, and Chatom dome. Additional unnamed structural anomalies are present. Approximately 112 deep Jurassic oil test wells had been drilled in SW. Alabama as of April 1970, and continued exploration in the region will eventually add Alabama to the list of major oil and gas-producing states of the nation. (17 refs.)

• OSTI ID: 6127153
• Journal Information: Ala. Geol. Surv. Bull; (United States), Journal Name: Ala. Geol. Surv. Bull; (United States) Vol. 99
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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