summary of florida petroleum production and...

STATE OF FLORIDA

STATE BOARD OF CONSERVATION

DIVISION OF GEOLOGY

FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Robert O. Vernon, Director

INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 45

SUMMARY OF FLORIDA PETROLEUMPRODUCTION AND EXPLORATION

IN 1963

By

Clarence Babcock

TALLAHASSEE1964

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AGRi-CULTURAL

LIBRARY

Completed manuscript received

April 30, 1964

Printed by the Florida Geological Survey

Tallahassee

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks are extended to Robert O. Vernon and the staff of the FloridaGeological Survey for valuable suggestions which greatly improved thisreport.

Discussions with Milton Hruby, District Geologist with the Mobil OilCompany and Bob Martin, Geologist with the Gulf Oil Corporation, wereof great benefit in the preparation of the cross sections incorporated withthe report.

The Alabama Geological Survey was of valued assistance in provid-ing Mesozoic and Paleozoic tops on the Ancora Corporation and JettDrilling Company No. 1 Citronelle Unit B-31-7 well, a 19,204-foot holewhich is the deepest test in the Citronelle field (letter from Thomas J.Joiner, Chief, Paleontology-Stratigraphy-Geophysics Division, GeologicalSurvey of Alabama, dated May 28, 1963).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Acknowledgments ......... ...................... 1

Exploration .......... .. ... .. .. .... ..... .. ... 2Charlotte County ..................... ......... 2Clay County. . ................................. 4Gadsden Caonty ............................. 5Pinellas County -............................ . 8Taylor County ............... ....... ......... 8

Land ............................ ............. 9Florida Mainland ................. ... ........ . 9Florida-Offshore ...... ............... .. ...... . 12

Geophysics .................................... 13Florida Mainland ...... .. ......... .......... .. 13Florida-Offshore ............................. 15

Rules and regulations ............................. 16Sunniland field ........ ...................... ..... 17

Production .......... ........................ 17Sunniland field well data and review of two 1962completions ..... .......................... 171963 drilling operations in the Sunniland field .......... 18Other Sunniland field activities permitted in 1963 . ....... 21

Rodessa-Pine Island-Sligo prospects in northwest Florida ...... 21Bibliography .................................... 27Appendices ................... .................

I. Exploratory well information, 1963 .............. .. 29II The "S-45", the offshore rig used by the California

Company in drilling their no. 3 Florida State Lease 224-Bwell ................. ................. 43

III. State Drilling Lease form as revised in 1963 ........ 47IV. Oil companies with exploration, production, or research

offices in Florida ................. . ......... .. 61

ILLUSTRATIONSFigure

1 Florida petroleum exploration and production ...... .. 32 Areas to be excluded from future oil and gas leasing

(prepared by Jim Williams of the Trustees of the InternalImprovement Fund)......... . .................. 14

3 Structure map of wells in Sunniland field, Florida ..... . 194 Comparison chart of part of the stratigraphic section in

the area of the Citronelle oil field, Mobile County,Alabama (after McCoy, unpublished thesis, 1958, p. 8) . .23

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Table1 Structural information on the Gulf Oil Corporation

No. 1 Stevens Estate well and two additional testslocated 10 and 20 miles, respectively, to thenorth-northwest ................... ........ 2

2 Drill stem test results, Gulf Oil Corporation, No. 1Stevens Estate well ......................... 4

3 Penetration rates for drilling and reaming operations,E. I. duPont de Nemours, No. 1 Highlands Plant wastewell ...................................... 5

4 Calculated porosity encountered in a predominantlycalcareous section below fresh water, E. I. duPont deNemours, No. 1 Highlands Plant waste well ......... 5

5 Wells in the Forty Mile Bend area revealing the presenceof reefal limestone of the Sunniland pay zone ..... ... 10

6 Rejected bids on State acreage offshore from northwestFlorida, 1963 ................... ........ 13

T Geophysical activities on the Florida Mainland in 1963 . 158 Permits granted in 1963 for the conduct of offshore

geophysical operations ......................... 159 Time limit for submission of specified items to the Oil

and Gas Section- ............................ 1610 Production for 1963, Sunniland field, Florida ........ 1711 Data of the Sunniland marker, Sunniland field, Florida,

arranged in the order of structural elevations ........ 1812 Other Sunniland field activity permitted in 1963 .... . 21

PlatesI Mesozoic structure cross section A-A', B-B', and C-C'

and index map ............................ 62 Mesozoic stratigraphic cross sections B-B' and C-C' . . . 73 Mesozoic stratigraphic cross section A-A' ........... 24

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SUMMARY OF FLORIDA PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ANDEXPLORATION IN 1963

ByClarence Babcock

EXPLORATION

In 1963, four wells deep enough to reach prospective Cretaceoussediments were drilled in exploration for oil and gas; these wells werelocated in Charlotte, Gadsden, Pinellas and Taylor counties. A fifthdeep well in Clay County was drilled through the Cretaceous sectionand was deep enough to be considered an oil test though it was designedas a chemical effluent facility. These wells are spotted on figure 1.Data 6 n these five wells, on shallower holes, and on the re-entry of anold exploratory hole, are given in appendix I.

Exploratory footage drilled in 1961 through 1963 has been:

ExploratoryYear footage drilled

1961 87,737 feet1962 16,378 feet1963 37,712 feet

A summary of the deep wells drilled in 1963 in Florida counties follows:

CHARLOTTE COUNTY

The Gulf Oil Corporation, No. 1 Stevens Estate well, located about14 miles southeast of Punta Gorda (fig. 1, app. 1), bottomed at a depth of12,459 feet in sediments of Lower Cretaceous age, and was plugged andabandoned December 30, 1963.

Structural information on the Stevens well and comparative data onthe Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 1 Treadwell; and on the GulfOil Corporation, No. 1 Vanderbilt is given in table 1. The Treadwelland Vanderbilt wells are located 10 and 20 miles, respectively, to thenorth-northwest of the Stevens test. Inspection of table 1 indicates thatsignificant faulting probably is not present between the tabulated wells.

Table 1, Struotural information on the Stevens well and two additional tests located 10 and t90 miles, respectively, to the north-northwest,

Depth and Thickness, top Thickness, top(Datum) of the top Avon Park - Lower Cretaceous -of the Sunniland top Lower top Sunnilandmarker, Cretaceous marker, o

Well in feet in feet in feet

Gulf, Stevens 11,850 6,995 2,950(-11,806) 0

HORC, Treadwell 11,500 6,980- 2,990 0(-11,480

Gulf, Vanderbilt 11,245 7,040 2,885(-11,224)

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POLLARD FIELD

S Escambia County, Alabama

Discovered: January, 1952

Cumulative production to January 1,19637,868,614 barrels

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CITRONELLE FIELD -

Mobile County, Alabama ,/ L-1-Discovered: October,1955 r- I'Cumulative production to 29,-

January 1,1963

33,403,021 barrels .

S~i28'--Completed during 1963. i.

-all plugged and abandoned --(see appendix 1 for well data)

27"-

,--i u__.lSUNNILAND FIELD r

Discovered: September 26,1943

Cumulative production to January 1,1964 ---- 26°'

7748,011 barrels

(See figure 2 for locations within the

field of two producers completed in 1963)

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FORTY-MILE BEND FIELD .e

Discovered: February 26,1954

Abandoned: September, 1955 24'-Cumulative production:

32,888 barrels

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APPROXIMATE SCALE

Figure 1. Florida petroleum exploration and production.

4 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Conventional cores were taken at depths of 11,374 - 11,417 feet and12,290 - 12,346 feet. No descriptions are available. A total of 38 side-wall cores, with recovery from 12, were shot at various depths extendingfrom 8,416 to 12,347 feet; no descriptions are available.

Two drill stem tests of the deeper Lower Cretaceous section re-covered salt water with no oil or gas show. Information on these testsis recorded in table 2.

CLAY COUNTY

The E.I. DuPont de Nemours, No. 1 Highlands Plant waste well,located about 8 miles north-northeast of Starke (fig. 1, app. 1), bottomedat 3,509 feet in probable Early Ordovician sediments after having pene-trated about 1,150 feet of Upper Cretaceous section.

The top of the Paleozoic section, as determined by the penetrationlog, was reached at 3,487 feet. A bottom-hole sample at 3,509 feet con-sisted primarily of quartzite associated with black shale stringers whichJean M. Berdan of the U. S. Geological Survey considers to be of "EarlyOrdovician (?) age" (personal written communication dated July 12,1963).Berdan states that this lithology appears to agree with that in other wellsin Florida and Alabama dated as Early Ordovician in age by means offossils.

This well was designed to dispose of nontoxic waste water from theDuPont de Nemours' Highland plant, at which titanium ores are reclaimed.

As a result of unusually large bore-hole diameter of this well andthe presence of alternating hard and porous zones, average drilling rateswere slow, circulation was repeatedly lost, and rock samples were poor.Time for drilling the hole by the B and N Drilling Company, Laurel,Mississippi was 3 months. Penetration rates in feet per hour for drillingand reaming operations, and calculated porosities in a predominantlycalcareous section below fresh water are given in tables 3 and 4, respec-tively.

Table 2. Drill stem tests results, Gulf Oil Corporation, No. 1 StevensEstate well

Bottom holeDepth in feet, flowing, and Recovery, andand (part of section Chokes, closed in time testtested) (in inches) pressures (PSI) was open

11,320 - 11,356 / - top 1,625, 4,809 37 barrels of(upper Sunniland 3/8 - bottom salt water, in"pay" zone) 30 minutes

12,184 - 12,323 same 5,322, 5,498 405 barrels of(carbonates included salt water, inin lower part of 1 hour and 2massive anhydrite section minutes


Table 3. Penetration rates for drilling and reaming operations, E.I.DuPont de Nemours, No. 1 Highlands Plant waste well

Hole size Interval Average penetration rates(inches) (feet) (feet per hour)

Drilling: Drilling Reaming

15 0- 1, 549 8.510 5/8 1, 549 - 3, 507 6.9

Reaming:

15 to 30 0 - 326 8.415 to 22 326 - 2, 031 3.210 5/8 to 15 1, 549 - 2, 020 4.5

Table 4. Calculated porosity encountered in a predominantlycalcareous section, below fresh water in the E.I. DuPont de Nemours,

No. 1 Highlands Plant waste well

Interval Thickness Porosity per Sonic log(feet) (feet) (percent)

1, 815 - 1, 946 131 Range: 12 to 232, 590 - 2, 806 216 Aug: 23

3, 150 - 3, 212 62 Range: 16 to 23

Since no caliper log, neutron log, or gamma-gamma density log wasrun in this hole, possible caves and fractures creating permeability couldnot be located or inferred.

Drilling operations were terminated in June, 1963, and by the end ofthe year DuPont Company was still experimenting with this well in anattempt to make it work as a waste disposal facility.

GADSDEN COUNTY

The Prince and Munroe, No. 1 Owenby well, located about 3.5 milessoutheast of Quincy (fig. 1, app. 1), was drilled to a depth of 7,029 feet,terminating in sediments of probable Lower Cretaceous Trinity Age.

The test reached the Lower Atkinson (or Lower Tuscaloosa) sectionof Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Age at 3,900 feet, and on this marker itwas 18 feet lower than the Oles and Naylor, No. 1 Florida Power Comp-any well located about 3 miles to the east-southeast.

Plate 1, which contains Mesozoic Structure Cross Section C-C', andplate 2, which includes Mesozoic Stratigraphic Cross Section C-C', showmost of the Cretaceous sequence in the Owenby well.

The drilling site for the Owenby well was selected on the basis ofseismic interpretation by the operators who hoped to drill several pros-pective horizons cut by an east-west trending normal fault. The UpperCretaceous section penetrated by this test does not appear to be signi-ficantly anomolous structurally to that drilled in other tests locatednearby, which indicates that the Owenby well did not cut a fault in the

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Upper Cretaceous section. Also, the sparse data available on the LowerCretaceous sequence in this well, which is the only test to drill deeperthan 4300 feet in Gadsdenw County, does not indicate that significantfaulting was present in the Lower Cretaceous section.

This test was the second of two wells (the other being the No. 1Bowman dry hole terminated at a depth of 4,196 feet in 1962) drilled bythe operators on a 14,000-acre block secured from the Sun Oil Company.The drilling contractor for both holes was the B and N Drilling Company,Laurel, Mississippi. The contract price for both wells was $5 per foot.The drilling of the Owenby well required 17 days, with drilling timevarying from about 0.1 foot to 5 feet per minute.

PINELLAS COUNTY

The California Company-Coastal Petroleum Company, No. 3 FloridaState Lease 2£4-B well located about 8 miles northwest of the center ofDunedin (fig. 1, app. 1), was bottomed at 10,600 feet, which is about1,050 feet below the top of the Sunniland field "pay zone" equivalent.

It is possible that brown clastic sediments, here consisting of argill-aceous and slightly caloareous silts which become predominant at adepth of 10,455 feet, represents the Hosston Formation (Coahuilan Seriesof Lower Cretaceous age).

On top of a thick shale section reached at a depth of 9,915 feet inthe No. 3 State Lease 224-B well, this test is 246 feet higher in struc-tural elevation than is the Coastal Petroleum Company No. 1 Wrightwell, located 16 miles to the southeast. This would not have to resultfrom structural anomaly, however, since the difference in structuralelevation can be accounted for by a regional dip of 15 feet per mile.

The city of Dunedin rejected the application of The CaliforniaCompany to drill the No. 3 State Lease 224-B well in waters lying withinthree miles of shore, and which the city claims, on the grounds thatdrilling activities would be inimical to the development of the $4.5million Caladesi-Honeymoon Island complex. The company then obtaineda permit from the U.S. Corps of Engineers to drill at a site 60 feet beyondthe 3-mile boundary limit claimed by the city. The final location wasabout 0.88 mile west-southwest of the point at which the company origi-nally intended to spud the test.

This hole was drilled with The California Company 8-45 barge andderrick supplied with Rowan Drilling Company motors and drawworks,and on which Schlumberger logging equipment and Halliburton pluggingand completion equipment were installed. It is reported that The Califor-nia Company calculated its cost for drilling and auxiliary equipment usedin the operation at $6,000 a day. The rig used in drilling this well isdescribed in greater detail in appendix IH.

TAYLOR COUNTY

The Mattaliano No. £-A Buckeye Cellulose well, located about 19miles west of Perry (fig. 1, app. 1), was drilled to a final total depth of4,115 feet, bottoming in Lower Cretaceous sediments.


This well reached the top of the Upper Atkinson sand at 3,400 feet.

On this marker the structural elevation of the well is about the same as

that of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 1 Hodges test located

13 miles to the east.

This test was located on an 80,000-acre lease lying in the south-

western corner of Taylor County, and in the general area of a gravity

high. The operator's primary objective was to drill a stratigraphic pinch-

out, or a fault trap, of Atkinson sands.

It appears probable, on the basis of regional control and the appear-

ance of the induction-electrical log of the well, that the lower member of

the Atkinson Formation, which further to the west in Florida contains

Woodbine microfossils, is missing at this location. Samples in this test

are unreliable as a result of poor mud circulation and do not help to re-

solve the stratigraphy.Prior to the completion of this hole, the operator spudded in at

three previous sites, none more than about a mile from the No. 2-A well;

the deepest of these previous holes was 180 feet. Each of the previousholes was abandoned because of a near-surface boulder zone.

Mud circulation history of the No. 2-A Buckeye Cellulose Corporation

well was:

0- 96 feet No circulation96- 120 feet Circulation established

120-4,115 feet (TD) Poor circulation maintained after cottonseed hulls were added to the mud.

The drilling contractor for this well was Fennis Waltman, Citronelle,Alabama. The contract was taken on a day-rate basis, and provided for

the payment of $800 a day, plus cost of mud, cement, and bits. This

test was spudded on November 30, 1963, and completed on December20, 1963. Drilling rates ranged from about /2 to 5 minutes per foot.

LANDFLORIDA MAINLAND

Charlotte County: The Gulf Oil Corporation acquired a 10-year lease

on 18,320 acres from the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission of the

State of Florida. The acreage is located in T. 42 S, R 23, 24, 25 E.,and

consists approximately of the southern one-third of the Cecil M. Webb

Wild Life Management area. Bonus payment was $37,575; annual rental

is 50 cents per acre, increasing 5 percent after the first 2 years. Thedrilling commitment requires one well within 2/2 years to a depth of notless than 6,000 feet, with an additional well each 2/2 years thereafter.The lease date is August 1, 1963.

In addition, in the latter part of 1963, Gulf acquired about 99,000

acres of privately-owned land in 11 leases from the Babcock Florida

Corporation in Charlotte and Lee counties. This privately owned acreageconsists of T 41 and 42 S., R 26 and 27 E., and adjoins, to the east andnorth, the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission lease. Bonus paymentwas $1 an acre and annual rentals are 50 cents an acre.


On November 20, 1963, Gulf spudded its first test under the Game andFresh Water Fish Commission lease, in sec. 24, T 42 S, R 24 E. Thoughthis well was drilled "tight", information on it was released after it wasplugged and abandoned. Detailed information is presented in this reportunder "Exploration-Charlotte County", and also in appendix I, whichis the well'data section.

Dade County: A total of 24,830 acres of State land located in north-western Dade County, and encompassing the abandoned Forty Mile Bendfield, were acquired by Wendell L. Roberts under a 10-year lease offeredjointly by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund and the StateBoard of Education. The Trustees own the minerals under the bulk of theleased acreage, with the Board of Education holding a reserve intereston only two sections. Cash consideration for this jointly-offered leasewas $12,500. The drilling commitment requires one well within 18 monthsfrom the date of the lease, with an additional well drilled each 2Y yearsthereafter, and each well to reach 11,300 feet of depth unless productionis obtained at a lesser depth; lease date is September 24, 1963.

The mineral rights on one section lying roughly in the middle of theRobert's block of otherwise wholly-owned State acreage were leased inpart from the State and in part from Malcolm Wisehart. Drilling commencedon the Wisehart lease on or before March 24, 1965, would satisfy theIS-month commitment on this lease as well as on the wholly-ownedState acreage.

There has been considerable interest in the area of Robert's leasein view of the presence within the block of geophysical anomalies, andof two abandoned producers which make up the Forty Mile Bend field.Robert's block is underlain by the reefal limestone of the Sunniland"pay" zone, as shown in table 5.

There is also probable, but poorly developed, reefing in two addi-tional tests, the No. 2 and No. 3 State Lease 340 wells, both drilledby Gulf, and both located less than a mile south of the Robert's acreageand within the confines of the Everglades National Park.

Table 5. Wells in the Forty Mile Bend area revealingthe presence of the reefal limestone of the Sunniland Pay Zone

Reef interval andWell (thickness) Comment

Commonwealth, No. 1 11,404-11,450' Well developed reefingState Lease 1055- (46')Located about 1% milesnorth lf the Robert'slease

Gulf, No. 1 State Lease 11,344-11,347' Well developed reefing340 located within the (3') (reefing probably slightlyRobert's lease thicker than 3 feet; bottom

few feet of core were notrecovered)


Both of the Forty Mile Bend field abandoned producing wells werecompleted in 1954 and together, during a period of about 17 months in1954 and 1955, produced 32,888 barrels of oil from the equivalent of the

Sunniland pay zone (of Lower Cretaceous Trinity Age) of the Sunnilandfield, located about 50 miles to the northwest. The second producer, theGulf Oil Corporation, No. 1 State Lease 340 well, is especially interest-ing. On drill stem test an 8-foot limestone interval from 11,344 to 11,352feet yielded gas to the surface in 5 hours with no free water. This wellwas completed natural as a pumper producing 25 percent oil and 75percent salt water with rapid decline in a few months to less than 5percent oil. On abandonment a /-inch hole was found in the casing at10,045 feet, placing it above the cement behind the casing and belowthe pump seat inside the casing.

Hardee and Manatee counties: Texaco leased a reported 70,000 acresof private land from Mr. Doyle Carlton in southwestern Hardee and south-eastern Manatee counties for a consideration of 50 cents per acre bonusand 50 cents per acre annual rental. This lease grants the right to pros-pect for phosphate minerals as well as for oil and gas.

Gadsden County: In 1963, the Sun Oil Company released by non-payment of rentals, its entire holdings of 16,000 acres in GadsdenCounty.

Nassau County: Fuller Brothers, with offices in Fort Worth, Midland,and New Orleans, and the South Penn Oil Company took an assignment ofleases on acreage variously reported as totaling between 30,000 to 40,000acres assembled by the McCarter Brothers of Houston, who retained aninterest. Most of this acreage was located in Georgia just north of theFlorida State line.

As protection acreage, the Fuller Brothers and the South Penn OilCompany jointly acquired from the Trustees of the Internal ImprovementFund of Florida a 10-year lease on 181.8 acres on the Florida side ofthe St. Mary's River; cash consideration was $421.78, consisting of$18.18 for the first year's rental with the remainder being for bonus.These companies also purchased a 10-year lease from the Florida StateRoad Department on 97 acres of right-of-way for a cash considerationof $213.34 consisting of $9.70 for the first year's rental with the remain-der being for bonus; lease date was June 11, 1963. Rental schedulesfor each of these leases was modeled after the standard payment inGeorgia on State acreage, and is:

Per acre

10 cents for the first year25 cents for the second year50 cents for the third year$1 for each subsequent year

Surface work and a core drilling program involving one stratigraphictest in or near Florida and one or more additional wells in Georgia werethe basis for the location of a 4,700-foot test about a mile north of Folks-ton, Georgia. This was a tight hole plugged on August 1, 1963.


FLORIDA - OFFSHORE

Escambia and Santa Rosa counties (bay areas): Mr. M. F. Kirby,Jackson, Mississippi, requested a 5-year lease on 50,581 acres inEscambia and Pensacola bays with a rental of 20 cents an acre and acommitment for two wells, with the first to be commenced within 9 monthsfrom the date of the lease and the second to be commenced within 60days after completion of the first well. All wells were proposed to bedrilled to a depth of 7,400 feet or to the top of the Lower Cretaceous,whichever was deeper. The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fundhave received clearance from the U. S. Defense Department for adver-tisement for competitive bids on 49,291 acres of the total requested.About 1,290 acres, located in the southern part of the block originallyapplied for, was requested to be deleted from the lease. Accordingly,this lease comprising 49,291 acres will be advertised in January, 1964;the current schedule calls for opening of bids on February 25, 1964.

On September 8, 1963, Mr. Philip Beal, et al., requested a 5-yearlease on 34,333 acres in East Bay, with a rental of 5 cents per acre andthe drilling of one well to be commenced within 1 year. The Trusteesapproved this lease application for advertisement subject to the conditionthat the applicant increase the rental from 5 cents to 20 cents an acre.In the latter part of December, 1963, the Trustees were notified that,in view of the increased rental, the petitioners had decided to drop theirrequest for advertisement of the lease. The Trustees had received clear-ance from the Defense Department for advertisement of this lease forcompetitive bids.

Florida Gulf Coast - offshore: The full interest in Florida StateLeases 224-A and 224-B have reverted to the Coastal Petroleum Corpora-tion from The California Company. This became effective on DecemberI, 1961, when the latter company did not exercise its option, under theoperating agreement between the two companies, to (1) agree to drill12,000 feet of hole by March 1, 1966, and (2) pay rentals through March27, 1966.

The California Company will terminate its Florida office, locatedin Pensacola, Florida, as of January 10, 1964 (app. IV).

Monroe County: The Gulf Oil Corporation allowed the remaining 9blocks included under their Florida State Lease No. 826 to lapse byomitting payment of rentals due September 18, 1963; these remaining9 blocks were located in the vicinity of the Florida Keys. State LeaseNo. 826 was acquired by Gulf in 1951 under a 5-year lease which wasextended an additional 5 years. Seventeen blocks (A through J, O throughU) reverted to the State on September 26, 1961. The term on the remaining9 comprising blocks (K, L, M, N, V, W, Y, Z), 979,160 acres, wasextendedto March, 1964, by a moratorium on drilling commitments of 2 years, 6months, and 24 days. This moratorium corresponded to the time duringwhich the Tidelands case was in litigation. In the Tidelands case, theU. S. Supreme Court opinion, dated May 31, 1960, reaffirmed the titleof Florida to lands covered by Gulf waters to a distance of 3 marine(or nautical) leagues, (10,365 statute or land miles), from the coastline.


Northwest Florida - Offshore: The State advertised on February 18,1963 for bids on 1,496,237 acres of submerged and tidal lands locatedwithin 3 marine leagues from the low water mark of the uplands of thenorthwest Florida coast, and extending.along the coast about 175 milesbetween the Alabama line and the western tip of St. George Island nearApalachicola. Conditions of the lease as advertised included: primaryterm, 10 years; annual rental, 2 cents per acre for lands in bays, bayous,and sounds, and 1 cent per acre for offshore bottoms with rentals to in-crease 5 percent of the original amount after the first 2 years.

The U. S. Defense Department requested that approximately 1 millionacres of the total advertised be restricted from the bid. The area on whichrestriction was requested is shown on figure 2, a map prepared by Mr.Jim Williams, of the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund. TheDefense Department stated that offshore drilling would interfere withwith testing delicate sound detection equipment, and also hamper wea-pons testing. The State complied with this request and rejected two bidswhich are summarized in table 6.

There remains about one-half million acres of the 1,496,237 acresoriginally offered by the State that still are open for lease (fig. 2).

Table 6. Rejected bids on State acreageoffshore from northwest Florida, 1963

Bidder Bonus Area bid on

The California Company $370,000.00 Entire 1,496,237 acres asadvertised

Beal, et al. $ 10,500.00 The western half(approximately) of the areaadvertised

GEOPHYSICSFLORIDA MAINLAND

Geophysical activities completed on the Florida mainland in 1963are shown in table 7.

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"Figure 2. Areas to be excluded from future oil and gas leasing (prepared by Jim Williams of the Trustees' o theInternal Improvement Fund).


Table 7. Geophysical activities on the Florida Mainland in 1963

TypeCounty Survey Area worked Crew weeks

Escambia CountyCalifornia-Chevron Seismic 4N-3EW; 5,6N,30, 31,

32W W

Okaloosa CountyTexaco Gravity 4,5,6 N-23,24,25W 4

Santa Rosa CountyCalifornia-Chevron Seismic 5,6 N-29W; 5N 2/4Texaco Seismic 30W, 4 N-27,28,29 14Texaco Gravity W; 5 N-28,29W, 1,2,

S-26,27W 5 2134

Total 26%

FLORIDA OFFSHORE

Permits granted by the State B.oard of Conservation for the conductof offshore geophysical operations are shown in table 8.

Table 8. Permits granted in 1963 for offshore geophysical activities

Seismographic Company to TypePermit which issued Survey General area

No. 1963

1 Mar. 26 California Velocity Offshore from PinellasCounty, within 1,000feet of the California-Coastal No. 3 Flori-da State Lease 224-B

2 Apr. 16 Mobil Oil Echo Offshore from north-Sounder west Florida

3 Nov. 6 Mobil Oil Echo Offshore from northSounder coast of Florida

Keys

4 Nov. 6 Ray Geophysical Magneto- Offshore from north-meter west Florida

5 Dec. 16 Tidelands Explo- Gravity Tentatively, plansration meter include the entire off-

shore Florida GulfCoast out to a waterdepth of 100 fathoms


Of the above permitted surveys, the only information available tothe office relative to work undertaken is that the Mobil Oil Companycompleted 7 weeks of seismic activity in the Gulf of Mexico (See permit5 above).

The Tidelands Exploration Company tentatively plans a gravimetricsurvey covering the entire offshore Florida Gulf Coast out to a waterdepth of 100 fathoms. However, the northern and major part of the areathey hope to cover is located within the Air Force Gulf Test Range. TheAir Force has requested Congress to enact legislation restricting theGulf Test Range area lying beyond the jurisdiction of the State of Florida(3 marine leagues from shore) and out to the 100-fathom curve from themineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act(43 USC 1331-1343), for a period of 5 years. This restriction would notprohibit mineral exploration by seismic, galvanometric, or similar methods.The State has approved a Department of Defense request to issue noleases or permits for exploration or production operations in coastal orinland submerged areas where such activity would be inconsistent withthe national security.

Tidelands would like to begin its survey in the northern region; theyhave commitments for participation by oil companies, and are ready tobegin. If the area in question is restricted, however, they will commencetheir operations in the southern region which is not affected.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

The State Board of Conservation will keep any information confiden-tial for a period not exceeding 1 year from the date on which such infor-mation is filed, unless exceptional hardship is proved. This is in accord-ance with a provision added, on September 10, 1963, to section 115-B-2.05of the Florida Administrative Code, which establishes rules andregulations governing the conservation of oil and gas in Florida.

By an amendment to the subject section of the Florida AdministrativeCode, also made on September 10, 1963, the time for supplying the Oiland Gas Section of the Division of Geology with copies of electrical logsor other surveys made in the drilling of a well has been changed from 6months to 90 days. With the incorporation of this change, the time limitsfor submitting items to the Oil and Gas Section in compliance withTheOil and Gas Act is given in table 9.

Table 9. Time limits for submission of specified items to theOil and Gas Section

Item Time limit (following well completion)

Well record (form 9) 30 daysAffidavit on plugging completion

(form 12) 30 daysWell samples 90 daysElectrical logs or other surveys 90 days


During the year, there was considerable discussion of proposed

regulations to govern oil and gas leasing in Florida, and a new State

Drilling Lease form was proposed and adopted in 1963 by the Trustees of

the Internal Improvement Fund. (app. III).

SUNNILAND FIELD

PRODUCTION

Florida's only currently producing field, the Sunniland oil field,located in northwestern Collier County of southern Florida, produced bypump from Lower Cretaceous reefal limestone (Trinity Age) about 1,300barrels of oil per day. Production figures for 1963 are given in table 10.

The cumulative production of the field during its 20-year history toJanuary 1, 1964, is 7,748,011 barrels of oil. Most of the 16 Sunnilandfield wells have been very good producers, with one well producingabout 12 million barrels of oil, while two others have produced about1 million barrels each.

The Sunniland crude oil is black and medium in weight (190 -260API), and associated with little gas (gas-oil ratios are about 100 to 1).It is suitable principally for fuel products.

SUNNILAND FIELD WELL DATA AND REVIEW

OF TWO 1962 COMPLETIONS

As background for a discussion of 1963 drilling operations in theSunniland field, a review of the captioned information is:

1. The structural data of the Sunniland marker for all wells in thefield are presented En table 11. Wells are listed in the order of structuralelevations. The subject marker is at the base of a prominent anhydrite

Table 10. Production for 1963, Sunniland field,Florida.

Month Barrels

January 32, 756

February 36, 365

March 39, 211April 38, 539May 41, 631

June 40, 927July 39, 965

August 39, 729September 36, 291October 40, 169

November 39, 057December 39, 002

Total 463, 642

IS FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

which immediately overlies the middle member of the Sunniland formationas defined in an unpublished thesis by Raasch (1954, p. 11), and whichis typically the upper limit of the dolomite and fossiliferous limestoneproducing section. Well locations and structure contours are shown onfigure 3.

S. The Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 18 Gulf Coast Real-ties Corporation well, completed in 1962, pumped on the initial productiontest 178.7 BOPD (barrels of oil per day) with 10 percent BS and W (basicsediment and water) through perforations ranging from 2 to 18 feet lowirthan the producing interval in any well in the field. Table 11 showsthat this producer is the highest well in structural elevation in the field.

The Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 6 Lee Tidewater CypressLumber Company "B" well was completed in 1962 at about the sameinterval as that from which most of the field wells produce. This wellpumped on its initial production test 108.7 BOPD with 0.7 percent BSand W. This producer is the fourth highest well in structural elevationin the field, as shown in table 11.

1963 DRILLING OPERATION IN THE SUNNILAND FIELD

The Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 5 Gulf Coast RealtiesCorporation well originally was completed on May 24, 1947, in the openhole from 11,560 to 11,578 feet. The initial flowing production was 518

Table 11. Data of the Sunniland Marker, Sunniland Field, Florida,arranged in the order of structural elevations.

Humble Oil and RefiningCompany lease and well Sunniland markernumber (in feet sub-sea)

Gulf Coast Realties Corporation

No. 18 -11,493

11 -11,50113 -11,502

14 -11,504

4 -11,5108 -11,5166 -11,517

10 -11,5195 -11,5209 -11,5351 -11,548

Lee Tidewater Cypress Lumber Co. "B"

No. 5 -11,5034 -11,5143 -11,5161 -11,5172 -11,521


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Figure 3. Structure map of wells in Sunniland field, Florida.


BOPD of 250 API gravity oil with 0.3 of 1 percent BS and W through a%-inch choke. The gas recovery was 50.2 MCF (thousand cubic feet)per day, giving a GOR (gas-oil ratio) of 99 to 1. The tubing pressurewas 380 PSI (pounds per square inch), and casing pressure was 265 PSI.

During the initial production test conducted in September, 1962, thewell pumped 71 BOPD with 238 barrels (77 percent) of salt water.

Accumulated production from this well to October 1, 1962, was440,571 BO , with 628,257 barrels (59 percent) of salt water.

This hole was deepened on November 27, 1962, and a 4-inch tubingwas set at 11,621 feet (original total depth reached in 1947 was 11,578feet). The well was perforated with 17 shots (4 per foot) from 11,576to 11,580 feet, an interval extending 2 feet lower than the open-holecompletion of 1947. On the initial production test conducted January15, 1963, the well was pumped 24 hours through a 2-inch choke and re-covery was 28 BOPD, with 45 barrels (38.5 percent) of salt water. Thegas recovery was 2.8 MCF per day, the tubing pressure was 75 pounds,and the casing pressure was zero.

A subsequent production test on December 5, 1963, through perfora-tions 8 feet higher in the casing (11,562-11,568 feet), produced 84 BOPD,with 292 barrels (78 percent) of salt water. Production from this wellduring the month of December, 1963, from 11,562 to 11,568 feet was 2,410BO , with 8,556 barrels (78 percent) of salt water.

Since the final perforated interval (11,562-11,568 feet) is bracketedwithin the zone from which open-hole production was obtained as a re-suit of the 1947 completion, it appears that the 1963 operations hadthe result, essentially, of a workover.

Table 11 shows that the Sunniland marker in the No. 5 Gulf CoastRealties Corporation well occupies a relatively low structural elevationas compared with other Sunniland field wells.

The Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 10 Gulf Coast RealtiesCorporation well originally was completed on January 8, 1948, in an openhole from 11,566 to 11,574 feet. The well flowed initially, producing 175BOPD of 24.80 API gravity oil with 1.8 percent of BS and W through

j'-inch choke. The gas recovery was 15.2 MCF per day, the tubing pres-sure was 72 pounds and the casing pressure was zero.

During a production test conducted in September, 1962, the wellpumped 51 BOPD, with 50 barrels (50 percent) of salt water.

Accumulated production from this well to October 1, 1962 was 385,706BO , with 145,421 barrels (27 percent) of salt water.

On February 5, 1963, the well was deepened and a 4-inch tubing wasset at 11,678 feet (original total-depth reached in 1948 was 11,574 feet).The well was perforated with 16 shots from 11,588 to 11,592 feet. Thiswas 14 feet deeper than the open-hole completion of 1948. On the initial24-hour production test, conducted February 22, 1963, 29 BOPD, with 81barrels (74 percent) of salt water, and a gas recovery of 2.9 MCF wasproduced.


A subsequent production test, conducted on December 5, 1963, wastaken through perforations extending from 11,572 to 11,578 feet and 11,591to 11,597 feet. The lowest of these perforations was 23 feet deeper thanthe interval of open-hole completion of 1948. This test produced 63BOPD, with 116 barrels (65 percent) of salt water. Production from thiswell during the month of December, 1963, through the two sets of perfora-tions, was 1,807 BO , with 3,343 barrels (65 percent) of salt water.

In this well, the Sunniland marker is relatively low as compared withother wells in the field (table 11).

OTHER SUNNILAND FIELD ACTIVITIES PERMITTED IN 1963

Other Sunniland field activities for which permits were approved in1963 are shown in table 12.

RODESSA-PINE ISLAND-SLIGO PROSPECTSIN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

The 1961 production from the Rodessa-Pine Island-Sligo section ofLower Cretaceous Trinity Age in the Citronelle Oil field of Mobile County,Alabama, located 33 miles west-northwest of the Florida-Alabama boun-dary, was 5,872,403 barrels of high gravity (averaging 400 to 450 API)oil from 290 pumping wells. Cumulative production from discovery ofthe field in October, 1955, to January 1, 1962 was 26,945,022 barrelsof oil (Oil and Gas Yearbook of 1962, Pt. 2, p. 11). The depths fromwhich production was obtained ranged in the discovery well, the ZackBrooks, No. 1 Donovan, from 10,870 to 11,414 feet (Frascogna, editor,1957, p. 38). This depth range of the productive zones is typical forCitronelle field wells.

In Mississippi, 29 oil fields and two gas fields produce from theRodessa-Sligo sequence, according to a summary (1962) by Henry N.Toler, Consulting Geologist.

Table 12. Other Sunniland field activities permitted in 1963

Humble Oil andRefining Company

Type of Date ofLease afid well number permit permit

Gulf Coast RealtiesCorporation

No. 14 deepening July 2, 1963

No. 8 workover July 9, 1963

The work on neither of the wells listed in table 12 was completed asof December 31, 1963.


Rock units which make up the Rodessa-Pine Island-Sligo sectionare shown in figure 4, a comparison chart of part of the stratigraphic sec-tion in the area of Citronelle field, Alabama; this chart was extractedfrom an unpublished thesis by Henry J. McCoy (1958, p. 8).

Mesozoic stratigraphic and structural cross sections (plates 1, 2 and3) carry correlations through 12 wells extending from Citronelle field 'asfar east as a test drilled offshore from Franklin County, Florida. Topsshown on these sections were based on sample and electrical log analy-sis by several workers in this area, and by the writer, who assumessresponsibility for all the tops.

Sparse well control is inadequate to reveal the strike of Mesozoicformations in southern Alabama and northwestern Florida, and it was notpossible to prepare a true strike section. East-west cross sectional lineA-A' only very approximately parallels the northern boundary of the basinin which Mesozoic sediments were deposited. Southern Alabama wellsincluded in the cross sections were selected on the basis of the relativeease and clearness of electrical log correlations. In northwestern Florida,the sections include eight wells believed to have been deep enough tohave penetrated the Rodessa equivalent.

Electrical log cross sections composing plates 1, 2 and 3 reveal:

1. The depths, and possible depths, at which theRodessa-Pine Island-Sligo section may be reachedin northwestern Florida.

2. That the Rodessa-Pine-Island-Sligo sediments in

the three deep tests in Escambia and Santa Rosacounties, Florida, are quite similar to those encoun-tered in the Citronelle field of Alabama. The FairyLake Anhydrite is common to both areas; this litho-logic unit serves as a good marker in electrical logcorrelations. The presence of this unit, as well asother anhydrites, proves the existence of.an evapo-rite basin.

3. That in wells beginning with the Pan AmericanNo. 1 Sealy test in Walton County, Florida, and con-tinuing eastward along cross sectional line A-A',Mesozoic formations are about 2500-3500 feet higherin structural elevation than they are in wells to thewest (see Structure Cross Section A-A', plate 1).Also, Mesozoic sediments in these eastward wellsappear to have been deposited further updip thanthey were deposited in wells -to the west, since theyconsist more predominantly of clastics (see Strati-graphic Cross Section A-A', plate 3). As a result,correlations of the Mesozoic formations of the Citro-nelle field area into the eastward wells of crosssectional line A-A' becomes very difficult, and as acorollary, the section shows less oil and gas pro-mise.


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(after McCoy, unpublished thesis, 1958, p. 8).


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It may be inferred that the eastward continuation of the structuralstrike and depositional facies of the Mesozoic horizons which underliethe Citronelle field lies south of the eastward extension of cross sec-tional line A-A' in a trough approximately outlined by Antoine and Harding(1963, fig. 2) on the basis of seismic refractions. As approximatelydepicted, these authors show that the axis of this trough lies offshoreabout 40-50 miles and parallels the coast eastward from its essentialtermination; somewhat eastward of latitude 85 degrees we st which passesthrough Apalachicola;that the basin is about 50 miles wide at the 12,000-foot contour level; and that it is filled with Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedi-ments with a thickness in excess of about 15,000 feet.


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Petroleum Department of the Deposit Guaranty Bank andTrust Company, of Jackson, Mississippi: a leaflet.

APPENDIX IEXPLORATORY WELL INFORMATION, 1963

CLAY COUNTY

Permitno. FGS no. Company or owner Well name Location Well data

306 W-6299 E.I. du Pont de Highlands Plant Waste 500' N and 301' W of SE cor. Elev: 175,Gr. (est.)Nemours well No. 1 of SW quarter sec. 17, T 5 5, Comp: June 28, 1963

R 23 E T.D: 3509' (dr.)(probably in E.

Ordovician. )

REMARKS: (1) Casing record: 24" at 300'; 11 3/4" at 2, 035'.

(2) 'This well is to be used to dispose of non-toxic waste water from the Highlands plant. A permitwas required for drilling the hole in view of the fact that it was designed to penetrate below freshwater levels.

(3) The Induction Electrical Log indicates that the first interval of significantly brackish water occursfrom 1, 820 to 1, 950 feet, with a sharp increase in salinities at 1, 990 feet. The equivalent sodium chloridebelow a depth of 2,015 feet exceeds 15, 000 (log analysis by Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation.) O(Casing was set at a depth of 2, 035 feet.

(4) Porous zones encountered were:

Porous zones Porosity, perInterval Thickness Sonic log(feet) (feet) (%)

1815-1946 131 range: 12 to 232590-2806 216 aug: 233150-3212 62 range: 16 to 23

CLAY COUNTY

Permitno, FOS no, Company or owner Well name Location Well data

REMARKS: (cont.)

(5) Much of the drilling was characterized by very hard formations interspersed with porouszones in which circulation was lost, and drilling was quite slow. Probably this accounts forthe fact that drilling was discontinued almost 1, 000 feet short of the originally proposed depthof 4, 500 feet.The average penetration rates in feet per hour for drilling and reaming operations were:

Hole Size Interval Average Penetration Rate ( feet per hour)(inches) (feet) Drilling Reaming

Drilling:15 0-1549 8.510 5/8 1549-3507 6.9

Reaming:15 to 30 0-326 8.415 to 22 326-2031 3.210 5/8 to 15 1549-2020 4.5

(6) The top of the Paleozoic section, as determined by the penetration log, was reached at 3,487 feet. Abottom-hole sample at 3, 509 feet consisting primarily of quartzite associated with black shale stringerscontained a fossil fragment which, according to Jean M. Berdon of the U. S. G. S. appears to be part of alarge phosphatic brachiopod of a type that is fairly common in the Early Ordovician of Florida; also, thelithologies appear to agree with those in other wells in Florida and Alabama dated as Early Ordovician bymeans of fossils.

(7) Logs: Induction-Electrical (310'-3,438'); Sonic (1700'-3,435'); Caliper (1,600'-2,228').

(8) Other surveys: Formation tester (test depth, 2,028';) to recover salt water sample.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY


310 Gulf Oil Corporation No. 1 Stevens Estate Center of NW of Elev:-approx. 25'SE, sec. 24, T 42 S, above MSLR 24 E Comp: Jan. 2, 1964

T.D. -12,459'

REMARKS: (1) Casing record: Drove 2 joints (30') of 24" drive pipe and set at 30'. Set 16" conductor pipe at 555' with 200 sacksof Florida Portland neat cement. Ran (to a depth of 4,115') 4,097. 20' of 9 5/8" 40 pound J-55 casing with 9 5/8"Howco DV tool and metal petal basket at 1, 773.44'; Cemented around 9 5/8" casing shoe with 300 sacks of FloridaPortland neat cement, and also pumped 50 sacks of Florida Portland neat cement through the DV tool at 1, 773.44.

(2) The contractor for this well was the Larco Drilling Company.

(3) Cores: Took 2 conventional cores at 11, 374-11,417 feet and 12,290-12, 346 feet; no descriptions provided. Attempted Q

38 eidewall cores, recovering 12, at various depths extending from 8,416 to 12, 347 feet; no descriptions provided.

(4) Drill stem tests run in this hole were:Recovery, and

Depth in feet and Chokes, Bottom Hole Flowing, time tool was(part of section tested) in inches and closed-in pressure (PSI) open z

011, 320-11, 356 i - top 1,625-4,809 37 bbls, salt(Upper Sunniland "pay" 3/8 - bottom water in 30 min. ulzone)

12,184-12, 323 same 5,322-5,498 405 bbls. salt water in

(carbonates included in 1 hr. and 20 min.lower part of massiveanhydrite section)

(5) Logs: Induction-Electrical, 566-4,115'; Dual Induction-Laterolog, 4,115-12,442'; Integrated Sonic - Caliper-GammaRay, 566 - 12, 395'; Formation Density, 3,150 - 12, 357'; Open hole temperature, 500 - 4,110.

GADSDEN COUNTY

Permitno, FGS no. Company or owner Well name Location Well data

305 W.6217 C. E. Prince and No, 1 Ermine, M 2,080' S and 950' E of NW Elev: 210' D, F,Willaim Bradley Owenby corner of sec, 29, T 2 N, Comp: Feb, 26,Munroe ( a co-venture R 3 W, (about 2 miles SE of 1963

Quincy near St. Hwy 268), T, D: 7, 029' (inLower Trimity- 4sediments ofLower Cretaceousage),

REMARKS; (1) This test is the second of two wells (the other being the No. 1 Bowman dry hole, terminated at a depthof 4,196 feet in 1962) drilled by the operators on a 14, 000 acre farmout block secured from the Sun Oil oCompany.

(2) The drilling site was selected on the basis of seismic information as interpreted by the operators, whohoped to drill an east-west trending normal fault. Well control indicates, however, that this test didnot cut a fault in the Upper Cretaceous section, which contains several prospective horizons. Furthermore,it appears probable that no significant faulting was present to the total depth of the well.

(3) On top of Lower Tuscaloosa sediments this well proved to be 18 feet lower than the Oles and Naylor No. 1Florida Power Company well, located about 3 miles to the east southeast. J

(4) Sample electrical log and drilling time correlations indicate that this well bottomed in possible Rodessa-Pine Island sediments.

(5) Drilling contractor for this hole was the B and N Drilling Company of Laurel, Mississippi; contract pricewas $5. 00 per foot. Drilling of the well required 17 days, with drilling time varying from as fast as about5 feet per minute to as slow as 9 minutes per foot.

GADSDEN COUNTY

Permitno. FOS no. Company or owner Well name Location Well data

REMARKS: (cont.)0-

(6) This well was converted to use as a water well; a cement plug of 80 sacks of Portland cement wasset from 1, 000 feet up to 756. feet.

(7) Logs: Induction-Electrical (487'-7, 028')

(8) Other surveys: None 0

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ORANGE COUNTY

Permitno, FOS no Company or owner Well name Location Well data

W.3673 Geotechnical Corp- No, 1 Terry Center of SW SE Elev: 99, D, F,oration (former sec. 1Z, T 23 S, R 31 E. Comp: Nov. 13, 1955operator was Warren Recomp: May 1, 1963Petroleum Corporation) T, D. (orig): 6, 589'

T.D. (recomp): 6, 582'

REMARKS: (1) This well was recompleted so that a seismometer could be installed for the Defense Department. The work wasdone under a permit granted April 23, 1963 to the Geotechnical Corporation of Dallas.

(2) The original hole, carried to a depth of 6, 589 feet, reached the top of the Lower Cretaceous at 5,445 feet, and thetop of basement at 6, 550 feet, According to Paul L. Applin (1951, p. 2, fig 1) basement in this area consists of oPre-Cambrian (?) granite, diorite, and metamorphic rocks.

8(3) Casing record for original hole: 20" casing set in a 24" hole at 198' with 250 sacks of regular cement using a pumppressure of 1,000 pounds; 13 3/8" stainless steel tubing set in a 17" hole at 596' with 500 sacks of regular cementusing a pump pressure of 1, 000 pounds; 9 5/8" stainless steel tubing set in a 124" hole at 3,234' with 400 sacksof regular cement using a pump pressure of 1,000 pounds.

(4) Additional casing run upon recompletion: Hole was cleaned out to 6, 577'. Circulation was lost at undisclosed in-.terval(s) between 3,234' (the 9 5/8" casing seat) and total depth; presumably this explains why the reconditionedhole was not carried approximately 68 feet deeper to the proposed depth of 6, 650 feet.

(5) Logs: Electrical (596'- 6,589'); Microlog ( 1,722'- 6,586'); Gamma Ray-Neutron (1, 225'- 6,588').

(6) Other surveys: 215 cores from 5,215'- 5,608'.

PINELLAS COUNTY- OFFSHORE


304 California Company- No. 3 Florida State Lat. 28-05', 32" N; Elev:-36',D.F.Coastal Petroleum Co. Lease 224-B Long. 82'52', 50" W(about Comp: April 11,1963

15, 900' W of mean low water T. D: -10,600' (approx.line at the N end of Honeymoon i, 050' below top ofIsland). Sunniland "pay" equi-

valent).

REMARIKS: (1) Casing record: 26" to 21'; set 13 3/8" at 544' with 350 sacks common cement; set 9 5/8" at 4, 386' with 750sacks common cement

(2) The City of Dunedin rejected the application of the California Company to drill in offshore waters lying withinthe 3-mile boundary limit which it claims, on the ground that drilling activities would be inimical to the develop-ment of the $4. 5 million Caladesi-Honeymoon Island complex. The company then obtained a permit from the U. S.Corps of Engineers to drill at a site 60 feet beyond the 3-mile boundary claimed by the City; the final locationwas about 0. 88 mile west southwest of the point at which the company originally had intended to spud the test.

(3) Water depth at the well location is 20 feet.

(4) The hole was drilled with the California Company's S-45 barges and derrick supplied with Rowan Drilling Companymotors and drawworks, and on which Schlumberger logging equipment and Halliburton plugging and completion Oequipment were installed. It is reported that the California Company calculated its cost for drilling and auxill-iary equipment used in this operation at $6,000. 00 a day.

(5) On top of a thick shale section, reached at a depth of 9,915' is the No. 3 State Lease 224-B well, (this marker is370 feet below lithology believed to be the Sunniland "pay zone" equivalent) this test is 246 feet higher in structuralelevation than is the Coastal No. 1 Larsh well, located 16 miles to the southeast. This probably is not the resultof a structural anomaly, however, since the difference in structural elevation can be accounted for by a regionaldip of 15 feet per mile.

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PINELLAS COUNTY - OFFSHORE c


REMARKS: (cont,)(6) It is possible that a brown clastic lithology, here consisting of argillaceous and slightly calcareous silts which '

become predominant at a depth of 10,455 feet, represents the Hosston Formation (Coahuilan Series of LowerCretaceous age).

(7) Logs: Induction-Electrical (541-10, 523 feet); Gamma Ray-Neutron (4, 349-10, 317); Sonic (541-10, 291) i

(8) Other surveys: (a) A velocity survey was run in this hole to a reported depth of about 8, 800 feet. (b) MTook 48 sidewall samples, with recovery from 17, no shows on florescence reported.

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TAYLOR COUNTY


308 Wgi-1766 Mattaliano No. 1 Buckeye Cellulose NW corner of St of Elev: 14' (topo)NE,NE sec. 12, T 4 S, Comp: July 19,1963R4E. T. D:67'

Proposed depth: 5, 000'

REMARKS: (1) Casing record: ran 14" to 18'; ran 12" to 50': Then 21 sacks of cement were used with about 5 sacks being pouredinto the bottom of the 12" casing (subsequently to be drilled out), and the remaining quantity of approximately 16sacks being grouted behind the two strings of pipe; most of it went behind the 12-inch pipe.

(2) This hole was abandoned at 67 feet after lost circulation in a boulder zone, beginning a short distance below the12-inch casing seat (at 50 feet), could not be regained within 36 hours of operating time.

(3) The Buckeye Cellulose Corporation haa accepted responsibility for the abandoned hole which will be converted touse as a fire fighting facility. The water is fresh and drinkable.

(4) This well is located on an 80, 000 acre lease lying in the southwestern corner of Taylor County and in the generalarea of a gravity high. The operator's primary objectives were to drill a stratigraphic pinchout, or a fault trap,of Atkinson sands containing Woodbine fauna of Upper Cretaceous age.

0(5) This site is about 50' west of the location originally spudded by this operator as the No. 1 Buckeye Cellulose (on

July 4, 1963). This original location was abandoned after only 16 feet of depth because drilling in the loose gravel oAcaused the cellar area to wash out rather badly; the contractor did not want to continue operations which he feltmight cause his rig to tip over.

(6) The rotary rig contractor during these operations was the B and N Drilling Company, of Laurel, Mississippi. Itis understood that contract price was $5. 00 per foot.

(7) Logs: None

(8) Other surveys: None

TAYLOR COUNT Y


309 W.6505 Mattaliano No. Z Buckeye Cellulose 1800, 32' N of S line and Elev: 14'2286. 03' S of E line of Comp: Sept. 5,1963sec. 11, T4 S, R 4 E. T, D: 180' ( in

Ocala Limestoneof Eocene Jackson Mage).

REMARKS: (1) This hole was abandoned because of crookedness. The site was 32 feet south of the same operator's subse-quently - drilled No. 2-A Buckeye Cellulose well.

(2) Casing record: Drove 16" (ID) casing to 15'4"; ran 12" to 110'. Upon abandonment, only the 16" casing wasleft in hole; the 12" casing had been pulled in an attempt to straighten the hole.

(3) This hole was drilled with cable tools, with Rowe Brothers of Tallahassee, as contractor; contract pricewas reported to be $20.00 an hour.

(4) This well was used to supply water for the drilling of the No. 2-A test. Fresh water rose in the hole to aheight of 5 feet below surface, and pumping through 3-inch tubing did not appear to lower this level. Thewell was turned over to the Buckeye Cellulose Corporation as a fire fighting facility.

(5) Surveys: None

TAYLOR COUNTY

Permitno FGS no. Company or owner Well name Location Well data

309 Mattaliano No. 2-A Buckeye 1832. 32' N of S line Elev: 14' (topo)Cellulose and 2286. 03' W of E Comp: Dec. 20,

line of sec. 11, T 4 S, 1963R4 E. T. D: 4,115' (in

Lower Cretaceous)

REMARKS: (1) This site is 32 feet north of the location of the same operator's No. 2 Buckeye Cellulose well, a cabletool hole abandoned on September 5, 1963 at 180 feet because of crookedness.

(2) Casing record: Operator set three welded-together barrels in a hand-dug hole with 35 sacks of commoncement; this prevented the cellar area from caving in as it did in the No. 1 Buckeye Cellulose well. Set 8 5/8"with 130 sacks common cement mixed with 2% Ca C12 .

(3) According to the Induction-Electrical log, and also the drilling time log, this well reached the top of theUpper Atkinson sand at 3,400 feet. On this marker, the well is at about the same structural elevation as the 0Humble Oil and Refining Company, No. 1 Hodges well located about 13 miles to the east. Regional controlindicates that there may be a saddle between the two wells.

(4) Mud circulation history: Z

0-96 feet No circulation96-120 feet Circulation established Cr

120-4,115 feet (T. D. ) Poor circulation established after cotton seed hulls were added to the mud.

(5) Plugging information: set 75 sacks of common cement from 500 to 700 feet; set 10 sacks from 240 to 260 feet;set 7 sacks to seal the casing at the surface.

(6) Logs: Induction-Electrical to 250'-3,945'.

(7) Other surveys: Took 9 sidewall samples, with recovery from all; all consisted of chalk orshaly chalk, some with a sulfur odor; no shows.

APPENDIX II


THE "S-45",

THE OFFSHORE RIG USED BY THE CALIFORNIA COMPANYIN DRILLING THEIR NO. 3 STATE LEASE 224-B WELL

The investment of The California Company in this rig, the S-45, isabout one-quarter of a million dollars, and this is for the barges andderrick only. This does not include other items installed and leased toThe California Company but owned by other companies such as:

Rowan Drilling Company - motors and drawworksSchlumberger - logging equipmentHalliburton - plugging and completion

The California Company figures its cost for equipment operating therig at $6,000.00 a day.

The rig is serviced by an operating crew of about twenty men. TheCalifornia Company uses only supervisory and technical personnel, con-sisting of two engineers and two geologists. Rowan provides tool pushersand roughnecks. Roustabouts are supplied by one labor contracting firm,and cooks and helpers are supplied by another such firm. Yet anotherfirm provides the three auxiliary transportation boats. The men work 12days and are off 6.

The unit consists of a standard derrick about 125 feet high and thebarge serves as a stable platform. The barge also contains a large pipedeck, helicopter port, motor room, and quarters for personnel. Accessfrom transport boats to the deck of the unit is by crane. Personnel holdonto the outside of a birdcage-like rope wicker basket. A lift of about 40feet is required to transfer personnel to the deck of the unit.

The unit rests on four large pontoons which are filled with water andsunk to rest on the ocean floor. Extending upward from each of theseepontoons are two straight legs, each of which appeared to be approximate-ly 2 feet in diameter. These legs are jacked upward, so that the upperpart of the unit rests on them. The raising is accomplished by hydraulicjacks which are similar to mud pumps in operation. To dismount the rig,an operation which on this job required about 15 hours, the water ispumped from the foundation pontoons and they are floated. The derrick isleft upright. In case of a bad storm, the pontoons are again sunk, and theunit stays in one place until the storm abates. The unit is towed fromone location to another by two tugs at a speed of about 3 miles an hour.The trip from Tampa to New Orleans requires about 8 days.

This unit drillbd in water 20 feet deep, about 3 miles offshore, to adepth of 10,600 feet.

Other offshore drilling units: The California Company has two

other units, both larger than this one. The largest is about four timesthe size of this unit, has a complement of sixty men and will drill inwater 1I0 to 200 feet deep. There are oil well drilling units which willdrill in water 500 feet deep or more, according to the Winter, 1963 publi-cation circulated to the employees of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana).Shell has leases covered by 600 feet of water offshore from Louisiana.

For purposes of research, the Mohole rig drilled in water more than10,000 feet deep, cutting cores through about 500 feet of section; it isreported the Mohole rig will drill, ultimately, an offshore hole 3,000 feetdeep in water about 13,0.00 feet deep (Bascom, 1961).

APPENDIX III


This is the standard form as revised in 1963, and contains

the minimum requirements for oil and gas leasing. This form is

subject, in individual cases, to the modification of specified

requirements and to the inclusion of additional requirements,

provided such changes do not conflict with the statutes.


STATE DRILLING LEASE

NO.-

THIS INDENTURE OF LEASE, made pursuant to the provisions of

Chapter 22824, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1945, as amended, by and

between

hereinafter referred to as "Lessor" and

hereinafter referred to as "Lessee".

WITNESSETH: Whereas, Lessor has performed all acts required by

law as conditions precedent to execution of this lease and whereas,

sealed bids submitted for this lease were duly opened by Lessor at

a meeting for that purpose, held in the City of Tallahassee, Florida,

on the day of A. D. 196_ and it was thereupon,

found and determined that

has submitted the highest and best bid for the lease on said premises,

which bid is by the said Lessor accepted and approved.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Lessor on this the day of

196_, by authority of said law and in consideration of the payment by

Lessee, of the sum of $ cash consideration, receipt

whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of the royalties, covenants,

stipulations and conditions contained herein, and hereby agreed to

be paid, observed and performed by Lessee, does hereby demise, grant,

lease and let exclusively unto the said Lessee, the said land

described in Exhibit A, which is made a part hereof, for the purpose

of investigating, exploring, prospecting, drilling of bore-holes

for the discovery and production of oil, gas, sulphur, salt and/or

other brines from the leased premises and for the laying of pipe

lines, building of roads, tanks, power stations, communications

equipment and other structures and equipment needed to produce, save,


take care of, treat, transport and own said products and if the lands

covered by this lease exceed 640 acres, to house its employees engaged

in drilling and/or production.

For the purpose of calculating rental payments hereunder, the

land covered by this lease is estimated to comprise acres,

whether it actually comprises more or less, and each tract described

in Exhibit A is estimated to comprise the number of acres stipulated

in said Exhibit A, whether it actually comprises more or less.

The term "products" used herein shall in the absence of other

meaning by immediate context, include oil, gas, sulphur, salt and/or

other brines.

The term "production" used hereinafter shall mean only such oil,

gas, sulphur, salt and/or other brines as shall have been reached by

the drilling of a bore-hole and that such products have been made

available and accessible and can be removed, in commercial and paying

quantities through and by means of a drilled hole.

1. Subject to the other provisions herein contained, this lease

shall be for a term of _____ years from the date hereof (called the

primary term) and as long thereafter as there is prouuction from said land

or operations are being carried on in good faith and in a workmanlike

and diligent manner with no cessation of more than thirty consecutive

days, it being understood that this lease will terminate at the

expiration of its primary term in the absence of drilling or reworking

operations or production from said land in paying quantities.

Upon the expiration of the primary term or at any time or times

thereafter when this lease is not otherwise maintained, this lease

shall remain in force only as long as operations for drilling or

reworking are prosecuted on said land or upon land pooled with the

land herein leased or any part thereof, with no cessation of more

than sixty (60) consecutive days, but in the absence of production

in paying quantities upon completion of such drilling or reworking

operations, in progress on the date of expiration of the primary


term, then this lease shall automatically terminate upon the lapse

of sixty days in which no reworking or drilling has been prosecuted.

No drilling operations shall be conducted upon any submerged

lands leased herein, under the public waters, landward of any bulkhead

line heretofore or hereafter established pursuant to statutory

authority until Lessee has filed with Lessor written consent of the

owner of upland to which such drilling location is riparian.

No drilling.operation shall be conducted within any public road

right of way upon or across submerged lands in the public waters nor at

any location in the public waters which will materially interfere with

any riparian or other right vested in any owner, nor shall the grant

of this lease interfere with any right of the Lessor to make conveyances

of submerged lands pursuant to statutory authority, nor any right to

dredge and/or fill submerged lands in compliance with statutes appli-

cable thereto and all such parcels so sold shall automatically be

released from the terms and conditions of this lease upon the vesting

of title to said parcels in such purchasers and appropriate rental

adjustment made at next anniversary date of this lease. Such sales

shall be made subject to the express provision that during the effective

period of this lease, no lease for oil, gas, sulphur, salt and/or other

brines shall be made by the purchaser thereof to other than the

holder of this lease.

2. The Lessee shall commence and complete operations for the

drilling of at least one test well on the lands covered hereby within

the first two and one-half years period of the term of this lease,

and shall commence and complete operations for the drilling of at

least one additional well in each succeeding two and one-half years

period of the term of this lease until the total number of wells

drilled shall equal one-half the number of sections of land embraced

in this lease, and, after commencing such operations shall prosecute

same in good faith and with reasonable diligence and in a workman-

like manner to discover and to develop said land for production until


such well be completed or abandoned. The Lessee at the time the

drilling of each well is commenced shall file with the Lessor a

written declaration describing the two sections of land to which

such well shall apply. If no well shall be commenced and continued

to completion with reasonable diligence and in a workmanlike manner

to discover and develop said land for production until such well

is completed or abandoned within the first two and one-half years

period of the term of the lease, the entire lease shall be void.

If no additional well shall be commenced and continued to completion

with reasonable diligence and in workmanlike manner to discover

and develop said land for production until such well is completed

or abandoned, then this lease at the end of such applicable two and

one-half years period of the term of the lease shall become forfeited

and void as to all of the land covered hereby, except that upon which

wells have been drilled in accordance with the provisions of said

Chapter 22824, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1945, as amended, that is to

say, this lease shall, in such event, become forfeited and void as

to all lands covered hereby, except those included in the sections

designated by the Lessee, as hereinabove provided, as the sections to

which a well, commenced and completed in accordance with the provisions

of this Section 2 shall apply. It is further understood and agreed

that the only penalty for failure to drill such well or wells is the

cancellation or forfeiture of this lease or a portion thereof, as

hereinabove provided.

All wells required to be drilled under the provisions of this

Section 2 shall be drilled in an efficient, diligent and workmanlike

manner and in accordance with the:best practice to a depth of 6000

feet or to the top of the Lower Cretaceous, whichever is deeper as

determined by the State Geologist, before abandonment thereof, unless

production in paying quantities has been accomplished at a lesser depth.

3. This lease shall terminate'as-to both parties on any anniver-


sary date hereof as to all land covered hereby on which rentals are

payable hereunder on such anniversary date as hereinafter provided,

unless Lessee shall on or before anniversary date pay in advance to

Lessor an annual rental of $ per acre,

which shall be increased or decreased as hereinafter provided, for

the number of acres included in such land on which rentals are so

payable.

After the first two years of the term of this lease, the

rental above provided for shall be increased by 5 % of such

original amount annually, unless increase, in compliance with

requirements of Sec. 253.53 Florida Statutes, 1961, is required in

the provisions of the preceding paragraph herein.

Rental shall be payable under this lease on the anniversary

date on all lands then covered by this lease, except land in a

section applicable to a drilled well or upon which section production

in paying quantities has been obtained or upon which section drilling

or reworking operations have been conducted in good faith and in

workmanlike manner within thirty (30) days next preceding the

anniversary date.

The rentals hereinabove provided for may be paid by check or

draft of Lessee, with exchange, payable to Lessor and mailed or

delivered to Lessor at its office in the Elliot Building in

Tallahassee, Florida, on or before the anniversary date for which

such rent is payable.

The cash consideration is the consideration for this lease,

according to its terms, and shall not be allocated as a mere rental

for a period.

Lessee may relinquish the rights granted hereunder, either

as to the entire area covered hereby or any portion thereof at any


time by filing a release for record in the County where the land

released is situated and filing a duplicate original, certified copy,

or photostatic copy, of the release with Lessor within 30 days from

the date it is filed for record, and thereafter no rental shall be

payable hereunder as to the acreage so released and Lessee shall be

released from further obligations as to such release acreage.

4. If after production is obtained from the land covered by

this lease, such production should cease, the lease may be maintained

if it be within the primary term of commencing or resuming the payment

of rentals or commencing operations for drilling or reworking said

land, in good faith, and in a workmanlike and diligent manner on, or

before, the anniversary date next ensuing after the expiration of

sixty days, or if it be after the expiration of the primary term,

this lease may be maintained in force and effect by commencing and

continuing operations for drilling or reworking said land for

production on, or before, sixty days after the cessation of produc-

tion and prosecuting same with diligence and in a workmanlike manner

with no cessation for moiethan thirty consecutive days, and if such

operations within a reasonable time thereafter result in production

from this lease in paying quantities, this lease shall remain in

effect thereafter as long as there is production therefrom in paying

quantities.

The amount of the annual rental payments to be made under this

paragraph shall be governed by the provisions of Section 3 of this

lease.

5. When production from the land covered by this lease is

secured, the Lessee agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Lessor,

during the term hereof, the following royalties:

(a) On oil 1/8 of the gross production from thislease, the same to be delivered to Lessor at thewells or to the credit of Lessors into the pipeline to which the wells may be connected or inlieu of delivering such royalty oil in kind, Lessee


may pay Lessor th- value thereof at the wells onthe date of production.

(b) On gas, including casinghead gas or othergaseous substance, produced from this lease andsold or used off the premises or for the extractionof gasoline or other products therefrom, the valueat the well of 1/8 of the gas so sold or used.On gas sold at the well, the value thereof shallbe 1/8 of the amount realized from such sale.

(c) On sulphur, salt and/or other brines, $_per long ton, marketed.

The royalties hereinabove provided for shall be computed after

deducting any oil or gas reasonably used for the production thereof.

Lessee shall have the right to use any water that may be on the

premises for operation hereunder and the right to use so much of

the surface of the land covered hereby as may be reasonably necessary

for developing and operating on this lease for production and for

storing, marketing, and transporting the products therefrom, such

use to be conducted under conditions of least injury to the surface

of the land.

It is agreed that if Lessor or the State of Florida owns the

title to or an interest in the oil and gas under the land covered by this

lease less than the entire fee simple estate, then the royalties and

rentals herein provided for shall be reduced proportionately.

6. All royalties due Lessor shall be paid promptly and invoiced

in accordance with acceptable practice of the oil and gas industry,

subject however, to accounting and audit as the Lessor may reasonably

require.

7. For the purpose of examining the production therefrom, Lessor

or their authorized representatives or agents, shall, at all reason-

able times, have access to the wells, gauge books, oil and gas meters,

tanks, reservoirs, sump holes, buildings, and other structures and

appliances placed upon the land herein leased by Lessee.

8. The State shall have a first lien upon all production from


the lands described in Exhibit A to secure the payment of all unpaid

royalty and other sums of money that may become due under this lease.

9. Lessee shall have the right at any time while this lease

is in force and effect, or within a reasonable time after the

expiration of this lease, to remove all property and fixtures placed

by Lessee on the land covered hereby, including the right to draw

and remove all casing, provided Lessee has complied with all obli-

gations under this lease at the time of such removal. When required

by Lessor, Lessee will bury all pipe lines below ordinary plow depth,

and no well shall be drilled within two hundred (200) feet of any

residence or barn now on said land without Lessor's consent.

10. This lease contemplates the reasonable development of the

production from the land described in Exhibit A, including the

drilling of as many wells as a reasonably prudent operator would

drill under the same or similar circumstances. In the event

production in paying quantities should be brought in on adjacent

land and within three hundred (300) feet of and draining the leased.

premises, or acreage pooled therewith, Lessee agrees to drill such

offset wells as a reasonably prudent operator would drill under the

same or similar circumstances.

11. A log of each well drilled on this lease shall be filed

with the Lessor, at its office in Tallahassee, Florida, within

thirty (30) days after such well shall have been completed or

abandoned, and the correctness of such log must be sworn to by

Lessee, its agent or driller, and it must be accompanied by a plat

showing the exact location of said well.

12. Lessee is hereby given the right to pool or combine the

acreage covered by this lease or any parts thereof with other land,

lease or leases in the immediate vicinity thereof, and whether State

land or privately owned land, when reasonably necessary to conform with

drilling units established by the State Board of Conservation or to

conform with any pooling or intergration order issued by such Board.


Operations for drilling, reworking or production on any part of

a pooled unit composed in whole or in part of the land covered hereby

shall be considered as operations for drilling, reworking or

production on land covered by this lease and the entire acreage

constituting such unit or units shall be treated for all purposes as

if the same were included in this lease, except that in lieu of che

royalties elsewhere herein specified, Lessor shall receive on produc-

tion from each of such units the proportion of the royalties herein

stipulated that the amount of their ownership in the mineral rights

in the acreage placed in the particular unit involved bears to the

entirety of the mineral right in such unit.

13. In developing the lands covered hereby, Lessee shall be

liable for all damages to lakes, shores pr beaches on or adjacent to

said lands proximately resulting from any negligent acts or omissions

of Lessee in its operations on said lands, and likewise, said Lessee

shall be liable for all damages to crops or citrus groves on or

adjacent to said lands proximately resulting from negligent acts

or omissions of Lessee in its operations on said lands. It is

further agreed that if for any cause, whether from negligence or

not, any oil, salt water or other similar substance should escape

and flow into any lake, body of water, or onto any beach or shore

on or adjacent to the lands covered hereby, then in such event, the

Lessee shall be obligated immediately to use such methods as a

reasonably prudent operator would use under the same or similar

circumstances to remedy and abate such pollution.

14. This lease shall not be assigned in whole, or in part, on

any land covered hereby, until and except the Lessor shall approve

and consent in writing to such assignment. Subject to the preceding

sentence, the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained herein

shall extend to and be binding upon the successors or assigns of the


Lessee herein.

In the event of assignment hereof in whole or in part, in

accordance with the provisions hereof, liability for breach of

any obligation hereunder shall rest exclusively upon the owner of

this lease or a portion thereof, Who commits such breach. If this

lease is assigned in accordance with its terms as to a segregated

portion of the land covered hereby, rentals payable hereunder shall

be apportionable as between the several leasehold owners ratably

on an acreage basis and default in rental payment by one shall not

affect the rights of other leasehold owners hereunder.

15. If Lessee is unable to secure a valid drilling permit

to drill a well, or if by reason of war, labor troubles, or lack

of materials caused either by the exercise of governmental authority

or by strikes, lack of labor, or transportation, or as a result of

flood, storm, fire or blowout, the Lessee is prevented from commencing

or completing operations for the drilling of any well or wells

required under this lease, then the time during which Lessee is so

prevented from carrying out the terms of said lease shall: nbt be

counted against Lessee, and Lessee shall automatically have that

additional period within which to comply with the terms of this

lease. In this connection, Lessee shall at all times be required

to use reasonable diligence to overcome such difficulties as

promptly as the circumstances will permit.

16. If the Lessee should fail or refuse to make payment of any

sum due either as rental on this lease or for royalty on the production

within thirty days after it shall become due, or if the Lessee

or its authorized agent should knowingly make any false return or

false report concerning production, royalty, or drilling, or if the

Lessee should fail or refuse to drill any offset well or wells in good

faith as required by law and the rules and regulations adopted by the

State of Florida, or if the lessee or its agent should refuse the


proper authority access to the records pertaining to operations

under this lease, or if such Lessee or its authorized agent should

knowingly fail or refuse to furnish the log of any well, as provided

herein, or if Lessee shall knowingly violate any of the material

provisions of this lease and should Lessee fail, within thirty

days after written notice to Lessee by Lessor setting out the

matters as to which Lessor considers Lessee in default, to take

reasonable action to remedy any such default this lease shall be

subject to forfeiture by the Lessor, and when forfeited the area

shall again be subject to lease to the highest bidder, under the

same regulations controlling the original sale of leases. However,

when a proper showing is satisfactorily made to Lessor, the rights

of Lessee under this lease may be reinstated, provided the rights

of third parties have not intervened.

17. Notwithstanding any of the provisions, covenants or

stipulations contained in this lease, should there be any conflict

in any of the provisions of this lease with the law governing the

issuance and operation of leases on the area herein described,

in that event the provisions of such law shall be written into this

lease and shall control.

18. The Lessee joins in this lease for the purpose of

indicating its assent to all the terms and provisions thereof,

and agrees to be bound thereby.

19. All terms and express or implied covenants of this lease

shall be subject to all Federal and State law-s, executive orders,

rules or regulations, and this lease shall not be terminated in

whole, or in part, nor Lessee held liable in damages, for failure

to comply herewith, if compliance is prevented by, or if such

failure is the result of any such law, order, rule or regulation.


IH WUIESS WEREOF, the

the Lessor, have hereunto subscribed their names and have caused

the seal of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Florida

to be hereunto affixed, and the Lessee has caused this instrument

to be executed in its name by its President, and its

corporate seal to be affixed, attested by its _ Secretary,

as of the date aforesaid.

APPENDIX IV


OIL COMPANIES WITH EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION

OR RESEARCH OFFICES IN FLORIDA

Oil companies with exploration offices in Florida in 1963 wereCoastal Petroleum Corporation, Mobil Oil Company, Sun Oil Company,and The California Company.

The office of The California Company, located in Pensacola, Florida,will close as of January 10,1964, after which date correspondence withthe company should be addressed to:

P. O. Box 822Jackson, Mississippi 39205

Mr. M. D. Horton, formerly of the Pensacola office, will be in chargeof matters pertaining to Florida.

The only producing company in Florida is the Humble Oil and Re-fining Company, operator of Sunniland field.

The Gulf Oil Corporation and the International Petroleum Company,Limited, have established important foreign exploration offices (primari-ly for activities in the Western Hemisphere) in Coral Gables. The ShellOil Company maintains, in Coral Gables, a very active research staffinterested primarily in studies related to oceanographic work.

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