Mid-Continent Oil Province - Historic Oil Fields Within The Mid-continent Oil Field

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