Oil and gas developments in Pennsylvania in 1979

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6760788

Piotrowski, R G ^[1]

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Oil production in 1979 totaled 2,819,682 bbl, 3060 bbl below the production in 1978. Oil reserves increased by 1,689,000 bbl to 50,845,000 bbl in 1979. Leading counties for oil production were McKean, Venango, and Warren; these also have the largest reserves. In 1979, secondary waterflood production in the Bradford field accounted for 56% of the statewide oil production. Two new waterflood projects were begun during the year: the Highland Warrant project in the Sackett Field, Elk County, and the Tally Ho project in the Guffey Field, McKean County. Two old tertiary projects remained active, the Penn Grade Micellar Displacement project at Derrick City and the experimental Maraflood project at Cyclone. Gas production decreased by 1.5% in 1979 to 96,313 Mft/sup 3/. Gas reserves, including stored recoverable gas, increased by 7.5% in 1979 to 2,093,516 Mft/sup 3/. The price of Penn Grade Crude oil ranged from $14.77/bbl at the beginning of 1979 to $38.00/bbl by year's end. The wellhead price paid per thousand ft/sup 3/ for natural gas during the year ranged from $0.30/thousand ft/sup 3/ under old contracts to as high as $2.60/thousand ft/sup 3/ for stripper gas. The maximum price paid for new gas was $2.17. The total number of wells completed in 1979 was 1941, an increase of 193 wells over 1978 with total footage drilled increasing by 5%. In 1979, 757 oil wells were completed - an increase of 36% over 1978. The five most active counties in gas well drilling were Indiana, Jefferson, Erie, Westmoreland, and Armstrong, where approx. 86% of all gas wells were drilled. Exploratory wells drilled to find and produce hydrocarbons in unproved areas decreased from 97 wells, comprising 378,486 ft of hole, in 1978 to 69 wells, comprising 286,410 ft of hole in 1979. There were 22 gas discoveries and one oil discovery in 1979. (BLM)

• OSTI ID: 6760788
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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