Historic Oil Fields Within The Mid-continent Oil Field
- El Dorado, 1915, Kansas, First oil field found using science/geologic mapping. Was 10% of the world's known reserves of oil at the time of discovery and produced 12.8% (29 million barrels) of the nations oil in 1918, deemed by some as the oil field that won WWI.
- Corsicana, 1896, Texas, plus 44 million barrels (7,000,000 m3) little reserve remaining
- Bartlesville, 1897, Nellie Johnstone No. 1, Oklahoma, plus 1.6 billion barrels (250,000,000 m3) in decline
- Burbank (Osage), 1897, Oklahoma, plus 1 billion barrels (160,000,000 m3) still active
- Spindletop, 1901, Texas, plus 150 million barrels (24,000,000 m3) little reserve remaining
- Glenn Pool, 1905, Ida Glenn No. 1, Oklahoma, 325 million barrels (51,700,000 m3) little reserve remaining
- Cushing, 1912, Oklahoma
- Healdton, 1913, Franklin No. 1, Oklahoma
- Greater Seminole, 1926, Oklahoma, plus 200 million barrels (32,000,000 m3)
- McCamey, 1928, Baker No. 1., Texas
- Oklahoma City, No. 1 Discovery Well, 1928, Oklahoma. The Mary Sudik No. 1, "Wild Mary Sudik", gusher did not blow until March 25, 1930—she sprayed an estimated 3,000 barrels (480 m3) an hour (133 L/s) for the next 11 days
- East Texas, 1930, Bradford No. 3, Texas
- Caddo Pine Island, Louisiana, Auffenhauser No. 1, 1906
- Smackover, Arkansas, No. 1 J.T. Murphy, 1922
- El Dorado, Arkansas, Hill No. 1, 1919
- Rodessa, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, O.J. Hill No. 1, 1929
- Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Shaw, 1919
- Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Taylor No. 2, 1921
- Bull Bayou, Red River Parish, Louisiana, 1913
- Monroe Gas Field, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, 1916
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