February 2001
Supplement
01-02_DrillingProducingDepth_T2.htm (Feb-2001)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
Chronological record of deepest producing zones in the U.S., since 1938* | |||||
Year drilled |
Production |
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Company, well and location | Type | Depth | |||
1938 | Fohs Oil Co.s Buckley-Bourg 1, DeLarge field, Terrebonne Parish, South Louisiana | Gas | 13,266 | ||
1943 | Union Producing Co.-Fohs Oil Co.s Fitzpatrick-Vizard 1, DeLarge field, Terrebonne Parish, South Louisiana | Gas | 13,490 | ||
1944 | Union Producing Co.-Fohs Oil Co.s Buckley-Bourge 2, DeLarge field, Terrebonne Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 13,503 | ||
1945 | Shell Oil Co.s Smith-State Unit 1-1, Weeks Island field, Iberia Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 13,520 | ||
1946 | Shell Oil Co.s Smith-State Unit 1-2, Weeks Island field, Iberia Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 13,778 | ||
1947 | Shell Oil Co.s Smith-State Unit 1-3, Weeks Island field, Iberia Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 13,888 | ||
1947 | The Texas Co.s La Fourche Basin Levee District 1, Queen Bess Island field, Jefferson Parish, South Louisiana | Gas | 13,904 | ||
1948 | Pure Oil Co.s Unit 1, West Poison Spider field, Natrona County, Wyoming | Oil | 14,307 | ||
1948 | Denver Producing & Refg. Co.s School Land 1-A, Watonga-Chickasaw Trend field, Caddo County, Oklahoma | Gas | 15,510 | ||
1949 | Standard Oil Co. of Californias Mushrush 5, Masco field, Kern County, California | Oil | 15,530 | ||
1953 | Shell Oil Co.s Weeks-Gall Unit 1-1, Weeks Island field, Iberia Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 17,122 | ||
1953 | Shell Oil Co.s Gonsoulin Minvielle-State 2, Weeks Island field, Iberia Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 17,306 | ||
1953 | Richfield Oil Corp.s Coles Levee A 67-29, Coles Levee North field, Kern County, California | Oil | 17,892 | ||
1956 | Richardson & Bass et als Humble-LL&E 1-L, Lake Washington field, Plaquemines Parish, South Louisiana | Oil | 21,465 | ||
1964 | Forest Oil Co. and Robert J. Zonne et als Charles J. Walker 1, Pecos County, West Texas | Gas | 21,793 | ||
1965 | Union Oil Co. of Calif.s No. 1 W.C. Tyreel Unit 3, Pecos County, West Texas | Gas | 22,032 | ||
1967 | Humble Oil & Refining Co.s Henry Wilbanks 11, Gomez field, Pecos County, West Texas | Gas | 22,610 | ||
1968 | Gulf Oil Corp.s DD Unit 1, Gomez field, Pecos County, West Texas | Gas | 22,752 | ||
1971 | Texacos E. Riggs Gas Unit 1, Pecos County, West Texas | Gas | 23,040 | ||
1972 | Union Oil Co. of Californias Bruner 1-33, nw se ne 33-11n-25w, Beckham County, Oklahoma | Gas | 24,548 | ||
1977 | Chevrons Ruth Ledbetter 1, Sec. 21, Blk. L, J.M. Lindsay Survey, Wheeler County, Texas | Gas | 26,536 | ||
*All records provided by state and federal agencies. Depths are TVD measured from bottom of perforated interval or open completion interval. | |||||