Petroleum exploration in Georgia - Digital Library of Georgia (2024)

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN GEORGIA
Compiled by William E. Marsalis .
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THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA

DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY

JESSE H. AUVIL JR., DIRECTOR

ATLANTA NOVEMBER 1970

CONTENTS

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Introduction

Appling County

Felsenthal-Bradley No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Atkinson County

Sun-Doster & Ladson No. 1 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------- 2

Ben Hill County ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 3

Brantley County

Beddingfield-Timberlands No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- 3

Hurnble-Hellemn No. ST-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Brooks Cou._nty

Hughes-Rogers No. 1-B

McGrew-Livingston No. 1

Burke Cou nty

Three Creeks Oil Co.-Green No. 2

Three Creeks Oil Co.-Green N o. 3

Calhoun County

Sowega Mineral Exploration Co.-West No. 1 ----------------------------------------- 5 Camden Cou nt y

Califomia-Buie No. 1

Catoosa County

Craig-Brown No. 1

Ch arlton County

Pennzoil-Mizell No. 1

Chatham County

Savannah Oil Co.-Ch erokee Hill No. 1 - ------------------------------------------------------ 7 Clinch County

Winter Hardware-Mat hews No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Gay-Dickerson No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Gay-Dickerson No. 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Georgia Resou rces-Gillian No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Sun-Barlow No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

Hunt-Musgrove No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

Hunt-Musgrove No. 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Marott-Griffis No. 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10

Ballard-Timber Products No. 1

Coffee Cou nty

Taylor-Knightwell No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11

Carpenter-McLean No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11

Carpenter-McLean No. 1-A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11

Carpenter-Harper No. 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Carpenter-Knight No. 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12

Carpenter-Byrd No. 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

Carpenter-Thu1man No. 1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Carpenter-Knight No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Carpenter-Thu1man No. 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 Carpenter-Wall No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Colquitt County

Adams-Anington No. 1

Crisp County

Kerr-McGee-Pate No. 1

Dade County Wilks-Wallen No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------AIexander-Trenton No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Decatur County

HuntrMetcalf No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17

Hu ghes-Mrutin No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17

~~~ Chapman Scott No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sealy-Sealy No. 1

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Sealy-Spindle Top No. 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 18

Renw ru-Dollru No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18

Dooly Cou nty Merica-Hill No. 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
Georgia & Flmida Drilling Co.-Walton No. 1 -------------------------------------------- 19

Doughelty County
Sealy-Reynolds Lumber Co. No. 1 - ------------------------------------------------- ------ 19 Sealy-Reynolds Lumber Co. No. 2 ------------------------------------------------------------ 20

Early County

WruTen-Chandler No. 1

Anderson-Great N orthem Paper Co. No. 1 ----------------------------------------------- 20

Anderson-Great Northem Paper Co. No. 2 ------------------------------------------------ 21

Sun-Ellis No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21

Sun-Mru-tin No. 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21

Sun-Hruvey No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21

Sun-Willoughby No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22

Echols County
Hunt-Superior Pine Products Co. No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------- 22 Hunt-Superior Pine Products Co. No. 2 ---------------------------------------------------- 22 Hunt-Superior Pine Products Co. No. 3 ---------------------------------------------------- 22 Hunt-Superior Pine Products Co. No. 4 ---------------------------------------------------- 23 Humble-Bennett No. 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23

Emanuel County Georgia Oil Co.-? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Beddingfield-Kennedy No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 24

Floyd County

Rome Petroleum No.1

Rome Petroleum No. 2

Glynn County LaRue-Massey No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 LaRue-CUlTY No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Humble-McDonald No. ST-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Humble-Union Bag Camp Paper Co. No. ST-1 -------------------------------------------- 26 Pan American-Union Camp Paper Co. No. 1 ------------------------------------------- 27

Heard County . Alfred-Williamson No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Adams-Middleb:rook s No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Cain-Shepard No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27

Houston County Tricon Minerals Inc.-Duke No. 1 --------------------------------------------------------------- 27
Tricon Minerals Inc.-Gilbert No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------- ---- 28

Jeff Davis County Hinson Oil & Gas Co. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Middle Georgia Oil & Gas Co.-Lillian B. No. 2 -------------------------------------------- 28

Jefferson County
Georgia Petroleum Co.-Black No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------Hembree-Kelly No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Hembree-Phillips No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Laurens County
Calaphor Manufacturing Co.-McCain No. 1 -----------------------------------------------Liberty County
LaRue-Jelks No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Macon County
Merica Oil Co-F orhand No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------Mruion County
Lee Oil & Natural Gas Co.-Bergin No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------Lee Oil & Natural Gas Co-Winkler No. 1 --------------------------------------------------Mitchell County
D. G. McElvey --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stanolin Oil & Gas Co.-Pullen No. 1 Montgomery County
Meadows Development Co.-Moses No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------Meadows Development Co.-Moses No. 2 ---------------------------------------------------Meadows Development Co.-Moses No. 3 ---------------------------------------------------Weatherford-Wilkes No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------Morgan County
Perry-Williams No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pierce County
Pan American Petroleum Co.-Adams & McCaskill No. 1 ----------------------------
Clark-Adams & McCaskill No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------Pulaski County
Ainsworth-Tripp No. 1 Leighton-Dana No. 1 Leighton-Tripp No. 2. Richmond County Three Creek s Oil Co. Screven County
McCain-Pry or No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seminole County
Warren-Harlow No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Warren-Bell No. 1-A------------"---------------------------------------------------------------------Pri nce-Spindletop No. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------GFA Oil & Gas C o. -Spi mll~top No. 4 -------------------------------------------------------Sealy-Spindletop No. 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Humble-Sealy No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pri nee-Gibson Construction Co. No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------Stewart County
Heinze & Spanel-Bradley No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------Sumter County
Georgia Oil & Gas Co.-Moore No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------Flinn-Steve ns No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Flinn-Sullivan No. 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hill-Moore No. 1-R -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Talbot County Cutler-Cook No. 1 Tattnall County
Prince-Ray No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Telfair County Telfair Oil Co.-Sample No. 1 ----------------------- ----------------------------- 39 Dixie Oil Co.Fitzsimmons No. 1 ------------------------------- 39 Parsons & Hoke-SpurlinNo. 1 ------------------------------------------- 3 9
Toombs County Tropic Oil Co.-Gibson No. 1 -------------------------------------- 40
Tropic Oil Co.-Brown No. 1-------------------------------------------------------------- 40
Guenzel-Green No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Treutlen County
Rose & Ray-Fowler No. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 41
Bamwell Drilling Co.-Gillis No. 1-------------------------------------------- 41
McCain & Nicholson-Gillis No. 1 --------------------------------------------------------- 42 McCain & Nicholson-Gillis No. 2 --------------------------------------------------------------- 42 McCain & Becsi-Gillis No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Twiggs County Haubelt & Walke-Patrick No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Walker County Posey-Close No. 1 ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Chapman-Fitzpatrick No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ 43 Posey-Close No. 1-B ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Posey-Fowler No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Ware County Waycross Oil & Gas Co.-Frede! No. 1 ---------------------------------- -------- 44
Merica Oil Co. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44
Washington County Middle Georgia Oil Co.-Lillian B. No. 1 ---------------------------------------------- 44
Wayn e County Oil Prospecting Co.-Gilson No. 1 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ 45 Califomia-Brunswick Peninsula Corp. No. 1 ----------------------------------- 45 Byars-Dean No. 1 ------------------------ ------------------------------------------- 45
Byars-Dean No. 2-------------------------------------------------------------------- 46
Wheeler County Telfair Oil Co.-Dugas No. 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Dixie Oil Co.-Wilcox No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Parsons & Hoke-Hinton No. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Davis-Jordan No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47
Bibliography ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48
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FIGURES

Figure

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Graph of number of wells drilled versus year drilled

Graph of number of wells drilled versus depth drilled --- 50

Relative age of formations in Georgia ------------------------------- 51

Table

Seismic surveys

TABLES

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ENCLOSURES

Enclosure

Oil and gas rules and regulations ------------------ -----------------

Seismic survey rules and regulations --------------------------

Act No. 317 - S.B. No. 315 ----------------------------------------..

Seismic permit --------------------------------------------------------------------

Drilling permit -------------------------------------------------------------------

Bond --------------------------------- ------------------------------------------

Organization report -------------------------------------------------

Well status report------------------------------------------------------

Plugging record ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Well completion report --------------------------------------------------

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PLATES

Plate

Well-location map ----------------------------------------------------

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INTRODUCTION

This information circular describes the oil and gas tests drilled in Georgia from 1903 to the present time. Most of the data have been compiled from the files of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, and from Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin No. 70, by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

All of the oil tests have been an-anged chronologically by counties and are listed with the formational tops if available. The relative age of these formations can be found in Figure 3. The following abbreviations have been used:

G.G.S. No.

The number assigned to cuttings which are filed in the sample library of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology.

D.P. No.

Drill permit number.

L.L.

Land lot. Georgia does not use the township, range and

section location system.

L.D.

Land district.

G.M.D.

Georgia Militia District.

G.L.

Ground level.

D.F.

Drill floor.

For the reader's information, any operator drilling for hydrocarbons in the state of Georgia is required by law to obtain a drilling permit ~d to post a bond before drilling commences. The regulations for drilling and seismic exploration, along with necessary forms, may be found within the back pbcket.

As of August, 1970, 141 oil tests have been drilled in Georgia with the peak drilling period being from 1950-1960 (figure 1). The deepest penetration has been in Seminole County by the C. E. Prince (J. R. Sealy) -Spindle Top No. 3 which bottomed in a shale at a total depth of 7620 ft. (Plate I). The average well depth has been 2939 ft. (figure 2).

The most recent drilling activity has been the Pan American Petroleum Corp. - Union Camp Paper Co. well in GlyJ?.Il County. In addition, there has been some renewed seismic interest, both on shore and offshore, in southeast Georgia (Table 1).

Although none of the wells have yielded commercial quantities of oil or gas, there have been some interesting shows, especially in Seminole County. Even though all of the tests have proved unsuccessful, the State of Georgia shouldn't be ignored. With the continuing exploration by some of the major petroleum companies there is yet hope for success in this area.

APPLING COUNTY

Operator: Felsenthal and Weatherford Landowner: W.E. Bradley No. 1 Location: 500ft. N. and 300ft. W. of
S.W. IA, W. Vz of L.L. 522, L.D. 2

G.G.S. No. 148 D.P. No. 7 Elevation: 219ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4106 ft. Completed: July 29, 1947

Description

Depth

Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) In M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm. ) In M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene & Paleocene U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous ? Basem*nt complex

0- 520 520- 650 650- 920 920-1530 1530-1690 1690-2095 2095-3050 3050-3960 3960-4075 4075-41 06

Remarks: Electlic log and samples 0-4098 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

ATKINSON COUNTY
Operator: Sun Oil Company Landowner: Doster & Ladson No. 1 Location: 1650 ft. N. and 660ft. E.
of S.W. comer of L.L. 71, L.D. 7
Description
No samples Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navru:ro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Basem*nt complex

G.G.S. No. 107 D.P. No.1 Elevation: 217ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4296 ft. Completed: January 30, 1945
Depth
0- 90 90- 260 260- 390 390- 780 780-1290 1290-1480 1480-1650 1650-1804 1804-2447 2447-2798 2798-3135 3135-3723 3723-3870 3870-4220 4220-4296

Remarks: Electric log, seismic survey, lithologic description, and samples 90-4260 ft. Petrographic analyses of samples 4279-4281.5 ft. Water analyses from 3261-3276 ft., 3454-3618 ft., and 39594296 ft. Formational tops from ~1804 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 1804-4296 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

BEN HILL COUNTY

Operator: Landowner: Location: 9 mL N.W. of Fitzgerald, Ga.

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: 140ft. G. L. Total Depth: 830ft.
Completed: 1919

BRAl\TTLEY COUNTY

Operator: Beddingfield, Fallin and Harris Landowner: Timberlands No. 1 Location: 150ft. N. of Nahunta to Jesup Hwy.,
600 ft. W. of E. line of L.L. 92, L.D. 2

G.G.S. No. 171 D.P. No. 3 Elevation: 66ft. G. L. Total Depth: 920 ft. Completed: Sent.P.mber 10, 1946

Remarks: Samples 240-790 ft.

BRANTLEY COUNTY

Operator: Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Landowner: W. F. Hellemn No. ST-1 Location: From the S.W. corner of L.L. 95, L.D. 2,
go S.E. ly 2590 ft. along the S.W. line of L.L. 95; thence at right angles, N.E. ly 2000 ft.

G.G.S. No. 720 D.P. No. 63 Elevation: 42 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4512 ft. Completed: March 20, 1961

Description

Depth

Pleistocene-Recent Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene No samples Paleocene In Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age)
U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series)

0- 40 40- 520 520- 560 560- 835* 835-1537** 1537-2198 1200-2200 2200-2470* 2198***-2470
247~3175*
3175-3680 3680-4093 4093-4150 4150-4500 4452-4500
450~4512

Remarks: l.E.S. log, microlog, microlaterolog and samples 0-4500 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick. Top of M. Eocene picked on first appearance of dolomitic rock, hence is questionable.
* Point picked from I.E.S. log. ** Point picked from I.E.S. log as these samples are missing from
Georgia Department of Mines samples.
*** Point obtained from Humble Oil & Refining Company.

BROOKS COUNTY

Operator: D. E. Hughes Landowner: E.M. Rogers, Sr. No. 1-B Location: 2780 ft. S. and 1445 ft. W.
of N.E. comer of L.L. 454, L.D. 12
Description
No samples In U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene ? (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age? or Taylor Age'!) U. Cretaceous (Ta}'lor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L.' Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series)

G.G.S. No. 184 D.P. No. 15 Elevation: 125 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3850 ft. Completed: April13, 1949
Depth
0- 690 690- 885 885-1385 1385-1605 1605-2230 2230-2330 2330-2550 2550-3090 3090-3390 3390-3620 3620-3850

Remarks: Electric log and samples 690-3850 ft. Formational tops from 0-2230 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 2230-3850 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

BROOKS COUNTY Operator: W. R. McGrew and Co. Landowner: Gerald M. Livingston No.1 Location: 15 mi. N. of Greenville, Florida
BURKE COUNTY Operator: Three Creeks Oil Co. Landcwner: W. G. Green No. 2 Location: 2.5 mi. E. of Greens Cut, Ga.
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G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: Total Depth: 292ft. Completed: 1936
G.G.S. No. 316 D.P. No. Elevation: 276ft. G.L. Total Depth: 1033 ft. Completed: January 7, 1923

Description
No samples In M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) In U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) No samples In basem*nt complex

Depth
0- 128 128- 320 320- 415 415-1028 1028:1033

Remarks: Drillers log and samples 128-1033 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

BURKE COUNTY

Operator: Three Creeks Oil Co. Landowner: W. G. Green No.3 Location: 2.5 mi. E. of Greens Cut, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 220 D.P. No. Elevation: Total Depth: 1002 ft. Completed: 1923

Description

Depth

Residuum U. Eoc~ne (Barnwell Fm.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.)

0- 30 30- 75 75- 195 195- 925.7

Remarks: Samples 0-925.7 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

CALHOUN COUNTY

Operator: Sowega Mineral Exploration Co.. Inc. (C. E. Walters)
Landowner: G. W. West No. 1 Location: 220ft. N. and 200ft. E. from S.W.
corner of L.L. 339, L.D. 4
Description
No samples In Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) U. Triassic ? (Newark Gp. ?)

G.G.S. No. 192 D.P. No. 18 Elevation: 345 ft. G. L. Total Depth: 5265 ft. Completed: January 13, 1950
Depth
0- 400 400- 560 560- 970 970-1420 1420-2100 2100-2650 2650-2920 2920-3850? 3850?-5265

Remarks: Electric log and samples 400-5265 ft. Formational tops from 0-560 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 560-5265 by Mrs. Esther R. Applin. This well was originally drilled to a depth of 358ft. by Mr. C. E. Walters.

CAMDEN COUNTY

Operator: The California Oil Co. Land owner : John A. Buie No. 1 Location : Beginning at the S.W. corner of the
John A. Buie tract go 660ft. N. 19 deg. 15 min. E. along property line; t hence 660ft. S. 70 deg. 45 min. E. This location is 6606.1 ft. S. 64 deg. 54 min. 10 sec. W. of B.M. 78 Bixley Chapel, Camden Co.

G.G.S. No. 153 D.P. No.2 Elevation: 52 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4960 ft. Completed: March 27, 1948

Desctiption

Depth

No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous L. Cretaceous Basem*nt complex

0- 150 150- 510 510- 660 660-2200 2200-3190 3190-4350 4350-4770 4770-4960

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log, core analyses aud samples 0-4960 ft. Formational tops by one of the major oil companies.

CATOOSA COUNTY

Operator: Art Craig Landowner: F. W. Brown No.1 Location: 1.9 mi. S. of R.R. crossing in
Ringgold, Ga.; thence tum left and go E. 0.8 mi. on dirt road; 100 yds S. of road.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
1625 ft. June, 1932

Description
Mississippian (Fl9yd Sh. & Ft. Payne Ch.) Devonian (Chattanooga Sh.) Silurian (Red Mountain Fro.) Ordovician (Chickamauga Ls.)
Remarks: Formational tops by Dr. G. W. Crickmay.

Depth
0- 290 290- 305 305-1245 1245-1625

CHARLTON COUNTY

Operator: Pennzoil
Landowner: 0. C. Mizell No.1
Location: 1400 ft. S.W. of U.S. Hwy 1;
2700 ft. N.E. of St. Mary's River;
6700 ft.S. E. of N. line of Mizell's
tract.

G.G.S. No. 876 D.P. No. 72 Elevation: 25ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4577 ft. Completed: August 1, 1963

Description

Depth

No samples In Pliocene ? - Pleistocene Miocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls. ) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Oldsmar Ls.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm. restricted) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous
Basem*nt complex

0- 40 40- 70 70- 410 410- 780 780-1390 1390-2050 2050-2340 2340-3210 3210-3580 3580-4010 4010-4150 4150-4410 4410-4490 4490-4577

Remarks: I.E.S. log, gamma ray log, sonic log, formation tester log, Baroid ppm log, sidewall core analyses, water analyses and samples
40-4570 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

CHATHAM COUNTY

Operator: Savannah Oil & Gas. Co. Landowner: Cherokee Hill No. 1 Location: 7 mi. N. W. of Savannah, Ga.; W. side
of Atlantic Coast Line R. R. and E. side of Travis Air Force Base at Port Wentworth, Ga.

G. G. S. No. 62 D. P. No. Elevation: 50 ft.G. L. Total Depth: 2130 ft. Completed: 1920

Description

Depth

Pleistocene to Recent Miocene No samples In Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) No samples In M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm. equivalent) No samples In M.Eocene (Tallahatta Fm. equivalent) No samples

0- 42 42- 221 221- 280 280- 360 360- 670 670- 710 710- 950 950-1010 1010-1360 1360-1390

In L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) No samples In Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age)

1390-1410 1410-1430 1430-1710 1710-2130

Remarks: Lithologic log, water analyses, and samples 10-2130 ft. Fotmational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: Winter Hardware Co. Landowner: J. E. Mathews No.1 Location: 5 mi. E. of Stockton, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 86 D.P. No. Elevation: 187ft. G.L. Total Depth: 180ft. Completed: 1942

Description

Depth

No samples In Pliocene to Recent Miocene

0- 10 10- 100 100- 180

Remarks: Samples 10-180 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

Operator: J. R. Gay Landowner: Dickerson No. 1 Location: L.L. 273, L.D. 12

CLINCH COUNTY

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed :

D.P. No. 135ft. G. L. 350ft. March, 1940

CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: J. R. Gay Landowner: Dickerson No.2 Location: S.E. corner of L.L. 273, L.D. 12

G.G.S. No. 123 D.P. No. Elevation: 140ft. G. L. Total Depth: 435 ftA Completed: July 15, 1940

Remarks: Lithologic description and samples 390435 ft. CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: Georgia Resources Co. Landowner: Gillian No.1 Location: 17 mi. S. of Homerville, Ga.; center
of L.L. 200, L.D. 12

G.G.S. No. 124 D.P. No. Elevation: 135 ft. Total Depth: 1507 ft. Completed: J uly, 1940

Description

Depth

No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls. ) No samples M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.)

0- 248 248- 445 445- 520 520- 815 723- 795 815-1507

Remarks: Lithologic desc1iption and samples 248-1507 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: Sun Oil Co. Landowner: W. J. Barlow No. 1 Location: 1478 ft. N. and 1754 ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L.L. 373, L.D. 12

G.G.S. No. 144 D.P. No. 5 Elevation: 167 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3848 ft. Completed: March 5, 1947

Description
Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene Samples not worked In M. Eocene L. Eocene (Salt Mountain Ls.) Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fro.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche selies) L. Ordovician ?

Depth
o. 390
390- 540 540- 700 700-1030 1030-2100 2 1 0 0- 2 3 2 0 2320-2420 2420-2860 2860-3060 3060-3360 3360-3608 3608-3788 3788-3835 3835-3848

Remarks: Electlic log, water analyses and samples 0-3835 ft. Formational tops from 0-1030 by Dr. S. M. Hemck and from2100-3835 by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.
CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: Hunt Oil Co. Landowner: Alice Musgrove No.1 Location: N.W. corner of S.W.% of
L.L. 198, L.D. 12

G.G.S. No. 481 D.P. No. Elevation: 148ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4088 ft. Completed: January 18, 1944

CLINCH COUNTY

Description
Samples not worked U. Oligocene (Suwanee Ls.) U. Eocene"(U. Ocala Ls.) U. Eocene (L. Ocala Ls.) U. M. Eocene (Avon Park Ls.) L. M. Eocene (Lake City Ls.) L. Eocene (Oldsmar Ls.) In Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) L. Ordovician

Depth
0- 390 390- 470 470- 620 620- 730 730- 940 940-1460 1460- ? 2370-2820 2820-2860 2860-3080 3080-3390 3390-3615 3615-3825 3825-3923 3923-4088

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-4088 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

Operator: Hunt Oil Co. Landowner: Alice Musgrove No.2 Location: 330ft. S. and 330ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 485, L.D. 12
Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-3513 ft.

G.G.S. No. 167 D.P. No. Elevation: 171 ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3513 ft. Completed: October 3, 1944

CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: George J. Marott, et al Landowner: Lem Griffis No. 1 Location: Center of L.L.36, L.D. 13
Description
Samples not worked In U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls. ?) No samples In U. Cretaceous (Taylo. Age) No samples In U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm. ) Pre-Cretaceous

G.G.S. No. 338 D.P. No. 25 Elevation: 110 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4588 ft. Completed: January 22, 1953
Depth
0-2790 2790-2810 2810-2900 2900-3100 3100-3800 3800-3843 3843-4588

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-4 540 ft. Formational tops from 2790-4588 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

CLINCH COUNTY

Operator: Wiley P. Ballard, Jr. (Merica Oil Co.) Landowner: Timber Products Co. No. 1 Location: 2050 ft. E. and 1760 ft. S. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 306, L.D.7

G.G.S. No. 496 D.P. No. 42 Elevation: 205ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4232 ft. Completed: February 8, 1956

Description

Depth

No samples In U. Eocene (U. Ocala Ls.) U. Eocene (L. Ocala Ls. ) M. Eocene L. Eocene (Wilcox Age) Paleocene (Midway Age) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm. ) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series)

0- 492 492- 680 680- 940 940-1680 1680-2020 2020-2560 2560-2880 2880-3020 3020-3360 3360-3790 3790-4010 4010-4232

Remarks: Electric log and samples 492-4210 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Rowland L. Taylor, et. al. Landowner: Mattie Knightwell No. 1 Location: 800ft. E. and 400ft. N. of S.W.
corner of L.L. 327, L.D. 6

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 238ft. 1210 ft. 1943

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co.
Landowner: Nina McLean No.1 Location: 660ft. N. and 1320 ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L.L.275, L.D. 1

G.G.S. No. 444 D.P. No. Elevation: 232ft. Total Depth: 383 ft. Completed: 1954

Remarks: Samples 0-377 ft. COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: Nina McLean No. 1-A Location: 200 ft. S. and 2000 ft. W. of
N.E. comer of L.L. 275, L.D.1

G.G.S. No. 445 D.P. No. Elevation: 193ft. Total Depth: 1903 ft. Completed: August 19, 1954

Descrip t io n

Dep th

Miocen e Oligocene Oligocene (Suwannee Ls.) U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocen e {Wilcox Gp. ) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.)
U. Cretaceous

0- 220 220- 300 300- 430 430- 675 675- 830 830-1010 1010-1230 1230-1520 1520-1903

Remarks: Electric log, drill time log, structural cross section, structural map and samples 1 0-1903 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. HetTick.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: Mrs. Susie Harper No.2 Location: 500ft. N. and 660ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 228, L.D.1

G.G.S. No. 446 D.P. No. Elevation: 259 ft. Total Depth: 1441 ft. Completed: August 5, 1954

Description

Depth

Miocene Oligocene Oligocene (Suwanee Ls.) M. Eocene Samples not worked

0- 375 375- 495 495- 790 790- 845 845-1441

Remarks: Electric log, drill time log, structural cross section, structural map and samples 0-1441 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: T. H. Knight No. 3 Location: 650ft. S. and 900ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 144, L.D. 1
Description
Miocene Oligocene (Suwanee Ls.) M. Eocene Samples not worked

G.G.S. No. 447 D.P. No. Elevation: 303ft. Total Depth: 1953 ft. Completed : August 12, 1954
Depth
0- 750 750- 915 915- 960 960-1953

Remarks: Electric log, drill time log, structural cross section structural map amd samples 0-1953 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.
COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: D. D. Byrd No. 4 Location: 660ft. S. and 660ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 176, L.D. 1

G.G.S. No. 448 D.P. No. Elevation: 300 ft. Total Depth: 1605 ft. Completed: August 26, 1954

Description

Depth

Miocene Oligocene Oligocene (Suwanee Ls.) U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene Samples not worked

0- 490 490- 740 740- 840 840- 980 980-1030 1030-1605

Remarks: Electric log, drill time log, structw:al cross section, structural map and- samples 0-1600 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: C.T. Thurman No. 1 Location: 660 ft. S. and 330 ft. W. of
N.E. corner of L.L. 189, L.D.1
Description
Miocene M. Miocene (Hawthorne Fm. ) Oligocene U. Eocene U. or M. Eocene M. or L. Eocene U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceou s (Austin Age) U. Cretaceou s (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanch e series) Pre-Cretaceous

G.G.S. No. 468 D.P. No. 43 Elevation: 308ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4130 ft. Completed: September 25, 1955
Dep th
0- 360 360- 440 440-1060 1 0 6 0 -1 2 6 0 1260-1360 1360-1830 1830-2260 2260-3015 3015-3250 3 2 50-3 7 5 0 3 7 50-4 1 1 0 4 110-4 1 3 0

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log, Baroid log and samples 0-4130

ft. Formation tops by Mrs. Esther R . Applin and are of composite

samples from the following wells:

1. Carpenter-Thurman No.1

surface- 100ft.

2. Carpenter-Thurman No.2

100ft. - 3510 ft.

3. Carpenter-Knight No.1

3510 ft. - 4080 ft.

4. Carpenter-Thurman No. 1

4080 ft. - 4130 ft.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: J. H. Knight No. 1 Location: llOO ft. N. and 660ft. W. of
S.E. corner of L.L. 144, L.D. 1

G.G.S. No. 508 D.P. No. 47 Elevation: Total Depth: 4151 ft. Completed: May 12, 1956

Description

Depth

Miocene M. Miocene (Hawthorne Fm.) Oligocene U. Eocene U. or M. Eocene M. or L. Eocene U. Cretaceous (NavalTa Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche selies) Pre-Cretaceous

0- 360 360- 440 440-1060 1060-1260 1260-1360 1360-1830 1830-2260 2260-3015 3015-3250 3250-3750 3750-4ll0 4ll0-4151

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-4100 ft. Formational tops by

Mrs. Esther R. Applin and are composite samples from the following

wells:

1. Carpenter-Thurman No.1

surface - 100 ft.

2. Carpenter-Thunnan No. 2

100ft. - 3510 ft.

3. Carpenter-Knight No. 1

3510 ft. - 4080 ft.

4. Carpenter-Thurman No. 1

4080 ft. - 4130 ft.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: C. T. Thurman No.2 Location: 450ft. N.W. of Thurman No. 1,
L.L. 189, L.D. 1
Description
No samples In Miocene Oligocene

G.G.S. No. 509 D.P. No. 46 Elevation: 299ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3550 ft. Completed: April 26, 1956
Depth
0- 100 100- 420 420- 530

Oligocene (Suwanee Ls.) U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.)

530-1060 1060-1230 1230-1620 1620-1840 1840-2020 2020-2260 2260-3015 3015-3250 3250-3550

Remarks: Electric log and samples 100-3550 ft. Formational tops from 100-2020 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 2020-3550 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

COFFEE COUNTY

Operator: Carpenter Oil Co. Landowner: W. D. Wall No. 1 Location: 660 ft. N. of center of S. line
of L.L. 86, L.D. 1

G.G.S. No. 510 D.P. No. Elevation: 286 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 2734 ft. Completed: May 24, 1956

Remarks: Samples 70-2730 ft.

COLQUITT COUNTY
Operator: R. T. Adams Landowner: D. G. Arrington No. 1 Location~ 210ft. N. and 760ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 270, L.D. 8
Description
No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series)

G.G.S. No. 170 D.P. No. Elevation; 270ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4904 ft. Completed: August 25, 1948
Depth
0- 120 120- 390 390- 460 460- 690 690-1200 1200-1290 1290-1680 1680-1900 1900-2440? 2440?-2806 2806-3290 3290-3510 3510-4904

Remarks: Electric log and samples 120-4900 ft. Formational tops from 120-1680 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 1680-4904 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

CRISP COUNTY

Operator: Kerr-McGee Landowner : Cecil Pate No. 1
Location : 660ft. S. and 660ft. W. of 1\.E. corner of L.L. 144, L.D. 13

G.G.S. o. 108 D.P. No.2 Elevatio n: 364 ft. G. L. Total Depth: 5015 ft. Completed: February 25, 1946

Description

Depth

No samples In M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Porters Creek Clay) Paleocene (Clayton Ls.) U. Cretaceous U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (U. Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (M.-L. Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous ? Samples not worked

0- 370 370- 485 485- 800 800- 835 835- 920 920-2405 2405-2495 2495-2970 2970-3130 3130-3250 3250-5015

Remarks: Electric log and samples 3 70-5015 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick. Owing to poor quality of samples, all formational tops above 1200 ft. were picked from an electric log and from neighboring wells having similar stratigraphic sections.

DADE COUNTY

Operator; Arnold J. Wilks Landowner: J. C. Wallen No.1 Location: 11 mi N. of Townsend's Store at
Wildwood , Ga.
DADE COUNTY

G .G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
292ft. 1954

Operator: A.J. Alexander LiJ.Udowner: Trenton No. 1 Location: 2000 ft. N. and 50 ft. E. of
S.W. comer of L.L. 255, L.D. 10 Sec.4
R emarks: Samples 345-1609

G.G.S. No. 1021 D.P . No. 69 Elevation: 750ft. D.F. Total Depth: 1617 ft. Complet ed: October 27, 1964

DECATUR COUNTY

Operator: Hunt Oil Co. Landowner: Metcalf No.1 Location: Center of N.E.% of L.L. 260,
L.D. 21
Description
No samples In Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navan-o Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age)
U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.)
U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Samples not worked

G.G.S. No. 168 D.P. No. Elevation: 104ft. D.F. Total Depth: 6152 ft. Completed: August 19, 1944
Depth
0- 138 138- 265 265- 535 535- 810 810-1200 1200-1520 1520-2050 2050-2100 2100-2480 2480-2900 2900-3320 3320-3600 3600-5250 5250-6152

Remarks: Electlic log and samples 138-6110 ft. Formational tops from 138-2050 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 2050-5250 by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

DECATUR COUNTY

Operator: D. E. Hughes Landowner: H. W. Martin No. 1 Location: 660ft. N. and 660ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 189, L.D. 15

G.G.S. No. 191 D.P. No. 11 Elevation: 132ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3717 ft. Completed: December 17, 1947

Descliption

Depth

Samples not worked U. Cretaceous (Navan-o Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanch e selies)

0-1670 1670-1880? 1880?-2500? 2500?-2770 2770-3190 3190-3450 3450-3717

Remarks: Electric log and samples 50-3700 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

DECATUR COUNTY
Operator: H. H. Chapman (Calvary Development Co.) Landowner. W. P. Scott No.1 Location: 660ft. N. and 990ft. E. of S.W. corner
of L.L. 25, L.D. 22
Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-4200 ft.

G.G.S. No. 206 D.P. No. 23 Elevation: 270ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4200 ft. Completed : June 17, 1950

DECATUR COUNTY

Operator: J. R. Sealy Landowner: J. R. Sealy No.1 Location: 183ft. S. and 1677 ft. W. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 247, L.D. 21

G.G.S. No. 387 D.P. No. 27 Elevation: 78ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3005 ft. Completed: Aplil17, 1953

Remarks: Lithologic log, gas analysis and samples 1120-3005 ft.

DECATUR COUNTY

Operator: J. R. Sealy Landowner: Spindle Top No.2
(Ruth Rambeau No. 1) Location: 330ft. S. and 330ft. W. of N-E.
corner of L.L. 235, L.D. 21

G.G.S. No. 832 D.P. No. 30 Elevation: 70 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4005 ft. Completed: 1954

Remarks: Electric log and samples 990-3394 ft. This well was reentered in 1954 and renamed Spindle Top No. 2.

DECATUR COUNTY
Operator: Renwar Oil Co. Landowner: G. E. Dollar No.1 Location: 1183 ft. S. and 1183 ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 111, L.D. 15
Remarks: Electlic log and samples 0-2180 ft.
DOOLY COUNTY
Operator: Merica Oil Co. Landowner: B. F. Hill No. 1 Location: 330ft. N. and 330ft. W. of S.E. corner
of L.L. 74, L.D. 1
Description
No samples In Paleocene

G.G.S. No. 540 D.P. No. 52 Elevation: 124ft. G.L. Total Depth: 5000 ft. Completed: April 7, 1957

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 38 371ft. D.F. 2319 ft. July 3, 1954

Depth

0- 100 100- 510

U. Cre taceous U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm. ) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) No samples In Basem*nt complex

510-1730 655- 940 940-1730 1730-2300 2300-2317 2317-2319

Remarks: Electric log and lithologic log. Formational tops by Mrs. Katherine H. Keene.

DOOLY COUNTY

Operator: Georgia-Florida Drilling Co. Landowner: H. E. Walton No. 1 Location: 811ft. S. and 1333 ft. W. of N.E. corner
of L.L. 163, L.D. 6; 9 mi. E.S.E. of Vienna, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 619 D.P. No. 57 Elevation: 443ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3748 ft. Completec: June 3, 1960

Description

Depth

Miocene No samples In L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (post-Eutaw) U. Cretaceou s (Eu taw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa F m.) L. Cretaceous? (Com anche series) Basem*nt complex

0- 110 110- 640 640- 724 724- 827 827-2138 2138-2210 2 2 1 0- 2 9 5 2 2952-3512 3512-3748

Remarks: Electric log, neutron log, petrographic analysis of core material from 3740-3748 ft. and samples 0-3748 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

DOUGHERTY COUNTY

Operator: J. R. Sealy Landowner: Reynolds Lumber Co. No.1 Location: 330ft. N. and 330ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 116, L.D.2

G. G. S. No. 11 D.P. No. Elevation: 197 ft. G. L. Total Depth: 5012 ft. Completed: March 24, 1942

Description

Depth

No samples In M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) No samples In Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Providence Sd. & Ripley Fm. ) U. Cretaceous (Cusseta Sd. & Blufftown Fm.)

0- 280 280- 465 465- 558 558- 575 575- 770 770-1100 1100-2365

U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (M. Marine Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche Series)

2365-2505 2505-4455 2805-2851 4455-5012

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log and samples 280-5012 ft. Formational tops from 280-2805 by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 28055012 by Mr. M. W. Sherwin

DOUGHERTY COUNTY
Operator: J. R. Sealy Landowner: Reynolds Lumber Co. No. 2 Location: 1097 ft. N. and 380ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 374, L.D. 2

G.G.S. No. 183 D.P. No. Elevation: 187 ft. D.F. Total Depth: 5310 ft. Completed: June 3, 1942

Remarks: Electric log and samples 136-5310 ft.

EARLY COUNTY

Operator: Mont Warren, et. al. Landowner: A. C. Chandler No.1 Location: 250ft. N. and 968ft. W. of S.E.
comer of N. 1/3 of L.L. 406, L.D. 26.

G.G.S. No. 121 D.P. No. Elevation: 182 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 7320 ft. Completed: October 2, 1943

Description

Depth

No samples In Paleocene (Clayton Fro.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fro.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) U. Triassic? (Newark Gp; ?) M. Devonian? (Weathered? shale) M. Devonian (Black Shale) L. Ordovician ?

0- 615 615-1200 1200-1358 1358-1830 1830-2395 2395-2915 2915-3140 3140-5670 5670-6600 6600-6781 6781-7240 7240-7320

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log and samples 615-7284 ft. Formational tops from 615-1200 by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 12007320 by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

EARLY COUNTY

Operator: Banis G. Anderson, et. al. Landowner: Great Northern Paper Co. No.1 Location: 1650 ft. W. and 1450 ft. N. of S.E.
comer of L.L. 387, L.D. 26; 2 mi. S.W. of Cedar Springs, Ga.
20

G.G.S. No. 1145 D.P. No. 77 Elevation: 190ft. G.L. Total Depth: 7580 ft. Completed: April12, 1969

Remarks: Dual induction-laterolog, sonic log, formation density log, neutron porosity log, formation tester log and samples 0-7580 ft .
EARLY COUNTY

Operator: Harris G. Anderson, et. al. Landowner: Great Northern Paper Co. No. 2 Location : 917ft. W. and 984ft. S. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 406, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 2135 D.P. No. 78 Elevation: 182 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 7346 ft. Completed : July 12, 1969

Remarks : Dual induct ion-laterlog, sonic log and samples 0-7346 ft.

EARLY COUNTY

Operator: Sun Oil Co. Landowner: R. V. Ellis No. 1 Locatio n : 1738 ft. S. and 11ft. W. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 341, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 483 D.P. No. Elevation : 158ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3175 ft. Completed : December 2, 1954

Description

Depth

No samples In M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm. )

0- 80 80- 200 200- 320 320- 640 640-1120 1120-2450 2450-3175

Remarks: Samples 80-3175 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick

EARLY COUNTY
Operator: Sun Oil Co. Landowner: W. B. Martin No. 1 Location: 673ft. N. and 113ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L .L. 330, L.D. 26.

G.G.S. No. 484 D.P. No. Elevation: 158ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3100 ft. Completed: December 8, 1954

Remarks: Samples 0-3100 ft. EARLY COUNTY

Operator: Sun Oil Co. Landowner: Mrs. Edith Harvey No. 1 Location: 707ft. S. and 605ft. W. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 233, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 485 D.P. No. Elevation: 122ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3250 ft. Completed: December 21, 1954

Remarks: Samples 0-3250 ft.

EARLY COUNTY

Operator: Sun Oil Co. Landowner: J. S. Willoughby No. 1 Location: 194ft. S. and 293ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 364, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 486 D.P. No. Elevation: 170 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3130 ft. Completed: January 26, 1955

Remarks: Samples 03130 ft.

ECHOLS COUNTY

Operator : Hunt Oil Co. Landowner: Superior Pine Prod. Co. No. 1 Location: L.L. 364, L.D. 13

G.G.S. No. 166 D.P. No. Elevation: 181 ft..G. L. Total Depth: 3865 ft. Completed: October 11, 1944

Remarks: Electric log and samples 10-225 ft., 260-430 ft. Core 2182-2186 ft. and 3828-3833 ft.

ECHOLS COUNTY

Operator: Hunt Oil Co. Landowner : Superior Pine Prod. Co. No.2 Location: S.W. corner of L.L. 317, L.D. 13

G.G.S. No. 169 D.P. No. Elevation: 142ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4062 ft. Completed: April 7, 1945

Description

Depth

Samples not worked In U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Ordovician

0-2890 2890-3070 3070-3460 3460-3578 3578-3730 3730-4062

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-4060 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

ECHOLS COUNTY
Operator: Hunt Oil Co. Landowner: Superior Pine Prod. Co. No. 3 Location: 218 ft. E. and 242 ft. N.- of S.E.
corner of L.L. 532, L.D.13
Description
Samples not studied U. Cretaceous (U. Lawson Ls.?) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age)

G.G.S. No. 150 D.P. .No.8 Elevation: 135 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4003 ft. Completed: July 29, 1947
Depth
0-2590 2590?-2670 2670-2950

U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.?) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series?) M. Ordovician

2950-3320 3320-3465 3465-3625 3625-3657 3657-4003

Remarks: Electric log and samples 15-3680 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

ECHOLS COUNTY

Operator: Hunt Oil Co. Landowner: Superior Pine Prod. Co. No.4 Location: 1978 ft. E. of N.W. corner and 1106 ft.
S. 8 deg. W. from this point; L.L. 219, L.D. 13

G.G.S. No. 158 D.P. No. 13 Elevation: 156ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3916 ft. Completed: March 16, 1948

Description

Depth

Samples not studied In U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) M. Ordovician

0-2620 2620-2680 2680-2950 2950-3272 3272-3440 3440-3629 3629-3911 3911-3916

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-3916 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

ECHOLS COUNTY
Operator: Humble Oil and Refining Co. Landowner: Bennett&" Langsdale No.1 Location: 660ft. S. and 660ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 146, L.D. 12
Description
No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) No samples In M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp. ) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age)

G.G.S. No. 189 D.P. No. 16 Elevation: 181 ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4182 ft. Completed: May 5, 1949
Depth
0- 170 170- 245 245- 440 440- 505 505-1300 1300-1750 1750-2295 2295-2810 2810-3050 3050-3340

U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) U. Silurian

3340-3550 3550-3760 3760-4120 4120-4182

Remarks: Electric log, baroid log and samples 170-3372 ft. Formational tops from 170-2810 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick, and from 2810-4182\ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

EMANUEL COUNTY
Operator: Georgia Oil Co. Landowner: Location: Near Graymont, Georgia

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
2232 ft. January, 1932

EMANUEL COUNTY

Operator: Bedingfield & Fallin Landowner: J. J. & Perry Kennedy No.1 Location: 0.7 mi. S. & 300 ft. W. in
GMD57
Remarks : Samples 0-1855 ft.

G.G.S. No. 172 D.P. No. 10 Elevation : 200ft. D.F. Total Depth 1855 ft. Completed: October 2, 1948

FLOYD COUNTY

Operator: Rome Petroleum and Iron Co. Landowner: No. 1 Location: 4.5 mi. N.W. of Rome, Ga.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
1200 ft.? 1903

Remarks: Started in Floyd shale, stopped apparently in the Red Mountain Formation.

FLOYD COUNTY

Operator: Rome Petroleum and Iron Co. Landowner: No. 2 Location: 8 mi. W. of Rome, Ga.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
1850 ft. 1903

GLYNN COUNTY

Operator: E. B. LaRue Drilling Co. Landowner: Roy H. Massey No.1 Location : Begin at intersection of Hwy. 50 and
Fancy Bluff Bridge,.S. along Hwy. 5773 ft., then S. 14 deg. 54 min. W. 1500 ft.; Colonel's Island, L.L. 16, GMD 27.
24

G.G.S. No. 362 D.P. No. 33 Elevation: 20ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4614 ft. Completed: November 25, 1953

Description
Pliocene - Recent Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) Samples not worked

Depth
0- 180 180- 580 580- 600 600-1000 1000-1400 1400-4614

Remarks: Electric log, gamma ray log, lithologic log and samples 0-4614 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

GLYNN COUNTY

Operator: E. B. LaRue Drilling Co. Landowner: C. E. P. Curry No.1 Location: 1650 ft. N. 1237 ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L.L. 12, L.D. 92, GMD 27

G.G.S. No. 376 D.P. No. 36 Elevation: 20ft. D.F. Total Depth: 2050 ft. Completed: March 25, 1954

Description

Depth

Pliocene - Recent Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp., undifferentiated) Samples not worked

0- 150 150- 580 580- 600 600- 980 980-1350 1350-2050

Remarks: Samples 0-1580 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

GLYNN COUNTY

Operator: Humble Oil and Refining Co. Landowner: W. C. McDonald No. ST-1 Location: N. 59 deg. 10 min. W. 14,050 ft.
from U.S.C. and G .S. "Sky", GMD 1499; 11 mi. N.W. of Brunswick, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 719 D.P. No. 64 Elevation: 15ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4737 ft. Completed: April17, 1961

Description

Depth

No samples In Pliocene ? Miocene Oligocene No Samples In U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.)

0- 40 40- 140 140- 560 560- 600 600- 660 660- 931

M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Oldsmar Ls.) Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm., restricted) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Basem*nt complex

931-1598 1598-2300 2300-2548 2548-3130 3130-3663 3663-4100 4100-4132 4132-4506 4455-4506 4506-4700 4700-4737

Remarks: I.E.S. log, sonic log, microlaterolog and samples 40-4720 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

GLYNN COUNTY

Operator: Humble Oil and Refining Co. Landowner: Union Bag Camp Paper No. ST-1 Location: N. 45 deg. 10 min. W. 11,300 ft.
from U.S.C. and G.S. "Falk" in GMD27
Description
Pliocene - Recent Pliocene? Miocene Oligocene No samples In U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) In M. Eocene (Avon Park Ls.) M. Eocene (Lake City Ls.) L. Eocene (Oldsmar Ls.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Lawson Ls.) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age} U. Cretaceous. (Eutaw Fm., restricted) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous? (Comanche series?)

G.G.S. No. 724 D.P. No. 65 Elevation: 14ft. G.L. Total Depth.: 4642 ft. Completed: May 28, 1961
Depth
0- 65 65- 95 95- 550 550- 580 580- 600 600- 920 920-1200 1200-1775 1775-2220 2220-2650 2650-3405 3405-3793 3793-4235 4235-4255 4255-4615 4615-4642

Remarks: l.E.S. log, sonic log, microlaterolog, and samples 60-4640 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

GLYNN COUNTY

Operator: Pan American Petroleum Corp. Landowner: Union Camp Paper Co. No.1 Location: 335'6 ft. N. 59 deg. 57 min. E. from
the most northerly northeast corner of Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. 190.7 acre tract, 4 mi. S.E. of Everett, Ga.

G. G.S.No.1197 D.P.No.79 Elevation: Total Depth: 4435 ft. Completed: August 6, 1970

Remarks: I. E. S., sonic, gamma ray, caliper logs and samples from 0-4435 ft. will be made available to the public six months from the above date.

HEARD COUNTY

Operator: C. C. Alfred Landowner: Williamson No.1 Location: 265ft. S. and 410 E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 133, L.D. 15
HEARD COUNTY
Operator: Adams Massey Co. & L. D. Cain Landowner: Middlebrooks No. 1 Location: 1232 ft. S. and 403ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 133, L.D. 15
HEARD COUNTY
Operator: -L. D. Cain Landowner: D. H. Shephard No. 1 Location: 335ft. No. and 200ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L.L. 167, L.D. 15

G.G.S. No. D.P. No.9 Elevation: Total Depth: 1100 ft. Completed: 1947?

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 21
1000 ft. April 24, 1950

G. G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 24
1000 ft. April 24, 1950

HOUSTON COUNTY
Operator: Tricon Minerals, Inc. Landowner: J. D. Duke No. 1 Location: 130ft. S. and 500 ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 44, L.D. 14
Remarks: Samples 30-1494 ft.

G.G.S. No. 193 D.P. No. 19 Elevation: 419ft. D.F. Total Depth: 1494 ft. Completed: September 7, 1949

HOUSTON COUNTY

Operator: Tricon Minerals, Inc. Landowner: H. B. Gilbert No.1 Location: 300 ft. W. of Elko Rd. about
midway between N. and S. lines of L.L. 267, L.D. 13

G.G.S. No. 194 D.P. No. 20 Elevation: 364 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 1698 ft. Completed: September 25, 1949

Description

Depth

Oligocene & Eocene No samples In Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Providence Sand) U. Cretaceous (Ripley Fm. & Cusseta Sand) U. Cretaceous (Blufftown Fm. & Eutaw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm. ) L. Cretaceous? (Comanche series ?) Basem*n t complex

(). 150 15(). 190 19(). 205 205- 385 385- 820 82(). 910 910-1555 1555-1685 1685-1698

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-1693 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
Operator: Hinson Oil and Gas Development Co. Landowner: Location: Near Town Bluff Ferry

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 256ft. G.L. 828ft. 1933

Remarks: Lithologic log

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
Operator: Middle Georgia Oil and Gas Co. Landowner: Lillian B. No.2 Location: 12 mi. W. of Hazelliurst, Ga.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 225 ft., G.L. 1375 ft. 1922

Remarks: Lithologic log.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Operator: Georgia Petroleum Co. (A. F. Lucas) Landowner: Black No. 1 Location: 3.5 mi. S.W. of Louisville, Ga.

G.G.S.No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
1143 ft. 1907

Remarks: Lithologic log.

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Operator: Owen Hembree Landowner: En9la Kelly No.1 Location: GMD 82, N. of Louisville, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 480 D.P. No. Elevation: 355ft. G. L. Total Depth: 787ft. Completed: October 9, 1955

Description

Depth

Miocene U. Eocene (Barnwell Fm.-.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.)

0- 30 30- 130 130- 320 320- 750

Remarks: Samples 0-750 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Operator: Owen Hembree Landowner: J. R. Phillips, Jr. No.1 Location: GMD 82, just N.W. of Louisville, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 1159 D.P. No. Elevation: 259ft. G. L. Total Depth: 550 ft. Completed : November 12, 1955

Remarks: Samples 0-550 ft.

LAURENS COUNTY

Operator: Calaphor Manufacturing Co. Landowner: Grace McCain No. 1 Location: 0.5 mi. S. of Minter, Ga.; 10 mi.
E. of Dublin, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 51 D.P. No.
Elevation: 280ft. Total Depth: 2548 ft. Completed: July 11, 1945

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log and samples 1260-2548 ft.

LffiERTY COUNTY

Operator: E. B. LaRue Landowner: Jelks & Rodgers No.1 Location: Longitude 81 deg. 20 min. 25 sec.
W., Latitude 31 deg. 41 min. 15 sec. N.; 6,5 mi. S.E. of Riceboro, Ga. in S.W. !A of L.L. 20, L.D. 35, GMD15
Description

G.G.S. No. 363 D.P. No. 35 Elevation: 26 ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4254 ft. Completed : January 14, 1954
Depth

Plioc ene-R ec e n t Miocene Oligocene

0- 110 110- 375 375- 465

U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene {Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (post-Eutaw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm., restricted) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) Basem*nt complex

465-1040 1040-1435 1435-1505 1505-1840 1840-2280 2280-3470 3470-3615 3615-4250 4250-4254

Remarks: Electric log, gamma ray log, and samples 0-4254 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick
MACON COUNTY

Operator: Merica Oil Co. Landowner: J. F. Forhand No. 1 Location: 500ft. S. and 600 ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 182, L.D. 1

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 39 290ft. D.F. 2140 ft. July 23, 1954

Description

Depth

No samples In Paleocene U. Cretaceous U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche serit:s) No samples In Basem*nt complex

0- 100 100- 340 340-1510 520- 765 765-1510 1510-2130 2130-2139 2139-2140

Remarks: Electric log. Formational tops by Mrs. Katherine H. Keene.

MARION COUNTY
Operator: Lee Oil and Natural Gas Co. Landowner: J. S. Bergin No. 1 Location: 1716 ft. S. and 1441 ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 207, L.D. 31.
Description
Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) No samples In U. Cretaceous (Providence Sand)

G.G.S. No. 476 D.P. No. 44 Elevation: 600 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 1770 ft. Completed: April19, 1956
Depth
0- 10 10- 20 20- 180

U. Cretaceous (Ripley Fm. and Cusseta Sand)

180- 480

U. Cretaceous (Blufftown Fm. and Eutaw Fm.)

480- 960

U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.)

960-1590

Basem*nt complex

1590-1770

Remarks: Samples 0-1770 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

MARION COUNTY
Operator: Lee Oil and Natural Gas Co. Landowner: F. N. Winkler No. 1 Location: N. lf.z of L .L. 33, L.D. 25

G.G.S. No. 505 D.P. No. 51 Elevation: 600 ft. G. L. Total Depth: 4010 ft. Completed: October 5, 1956

Remarks: Samples 150-4010 ft. MITCHELL COUNTY

Operator: D. G. McElvey Landowner: Location: 2.5 mi. N. of Pelham, Ga. and
1 mi. from County Hwy. 3

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
125 ft. 1932

MITCHELL COUNTY

Operator: Stanolin Oil and Gas Co. Landowner: J. H. Pullen No.1 Location: 750ft. S. and 700ft. W. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 133, L.D. 10

G.G.S. No. 109 D.P. No. Elevation: 330 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 7487 ft. Completed: August 14, 1944

Description

Depth

Miocene Oligocene M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) In.L. Eocene ? (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) U. Triassic? (Newark~ Gp.)

0- 310 310- 810 810- 955 955-1315 1315-1445 1445-1695 1695-1910 1910-2350 2350-2830 2830-3360 3360-3640 3640-6220? 6220?-7487

Remarks: Electric log, petrographic report of cores and samples 0-7487 ft. Formational tops 0-1695 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick, and 1695-7487 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Operator: Meadows Development Co. Landowner: Moses No. 1 Location: GMD 1810

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed :

D.P. No. 194ft. 1180 ft. 1938

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Operator: Meadows Development Co. Landowner: Moses No.2 Location: 1 mi. S.W. of Uvalda, Ga. Railroad
Station: 200 yds S.W. of Uvalda High School and on S. slope of small hill; 75 yds. E. of MeadowsMoses No. 1 and 100 yds. S.E. of older unnamed well

G.G.S. No. 128 D.P. No. Elevation: 199ft. G.L. Total Depth: 1619 ft. Completed: May 20, 1939

Remarks: Lithologic description and samples 1050-1589 ft.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Operator : Meadows Development Co. Landowner: Moses No. 3 Location: GMD 1810

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 188ft. D.F. 1906 ft. December 15, 1939

Remarks: Electric log.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Operator: J. E. Weatherford Landowner: Lonnie Wilkes No.1 Location: 330 ft. N. and 330 ft. W. of S.E.
corner of AB 10001, GMD 1567

G.G.S. No. 190 D.P. No. 4 Elevation: 287 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3443 ft. Completed: May 9, 1946

Remarks: Electric log and samples 10-3426 ft.
MORGAN COUNTY
Operator: Pen-y, et. al. Landowner: A. 0. Williams No.1 Location: 7 mi. S. of Madison, Ga.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
1105 ft. 1916

PIERCE COUNTY
Operator: Pan American Petroleum Corp. Landowner: Adams-McCaskill No.1 Location: 1.5 mi. E. of Offerman, Ga.;
L.L. 329. L.D.4

G.G.S. No. 119 D.P. No. Elevation: 77ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4375 ft. Completed: May 13, 1938

Description
No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp. ) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous ?(Comanche series) Basem*nt complex

Depth
0- 120 120- 585 585- 600 600- 865 865-2055 2055-2255 2255-2720 2720-3875 3875-4246 4246-4348 4348-4375

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log and samples 120-4375 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

PIERCE COUNTY

Operator: Pan American Petroleum Corp. Landowner: Adams-McCaskill No.1 Location: 2 .3 mi. N.E. of Offerman, Ga.;
1000 ft. S. and 1000 ft. W. of N.E. comer of L.L.332, L.D.4

G.G.S. No. 120 D.P. No. Elevation: 70ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4355 ft. Completed: May 15, 1939

Description

Depth

No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) Cretaceous Basem*nt complex

0- 111 111- 650 650- 701 701- 875 875-2095 2095-2385 2385-2750 2750-4348 4348-4355

Remarks: Electric log, lithologic log and samples 111-4355 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick. Samples of poor quality and formational tops are approximate.

PULASKI COUNTY

Operator: Ainsworth, Inc. Landowner: E. H. Tripp No. 1 Location: 320ft. from the N.W. and S.W.
lines of L.L. 306, L.D. 21

G.G.S. No. 472 D.P. No. Elevation: 280ft. G.L. Total Depth: 2684 ft. Completed: November 7, 1954

Description

Depth

Residuum Oligocene L. Oligocene (Cooper Marl) U. Eocene (Barnwell Fro.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fro.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fro.) U. Cretaceous (postrTuscaloosa Fro.) In U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fro.) In L. Cretaceous ? (Comanche series ?) No samples

0- 80 80- 100 100- 135 135- 255 255- 380 380- 450 450-1370 1370-2160 2160-2488 2488-2684

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-2488 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

PULASKI COUNTY

Operator: R . 0. Leighton Landowner: John Dana No. 1 Location: 330ft. S. 330ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 280, L.D. 12

G.G.S. No. 491 D.P. No. 45 Elevation: 328 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 6035 ft. Completed: April26, 1957

Description

Depth

No samples In Miocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls. ) U. Cretaceous U. Cretaceous (Eutaw Fro.) U. Cretaceous (U. Tuscaloosa Fm. ?) U. Cretaceous (marine Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Basem*nt complex

0- 200 200- 220 220- 270 270-1480 450- 550 550- 770 770- 920 920-1480 1480-2350 2350-6035

Remarks: Electric log, microlog and samples 200-6035 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Eleanor T. Caldwell (Humble Oil and Refining Co. ).

PULASKI COUNTY
Operator: R. 0 . Leighton Landowner: E. H. Tripp No. 2 Location: 330 ft. .$. of the center of Bleckley
County line in L.L. 307, L.D. 21
Remarks: Samples 100-2929 ft.
RICHMOND COUNTY

G.G.S. No. 960 D.P. No. 53 Elevation: 305ft. D.F. Total Depth: 2929 ft. Completed: May 11, 1959

Operator: Three Creeks Oil Co. Landowner: Location: Allen's Station, 9 mi. S. of
Augusta, Ga.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No.
400 ft. 1921

SCREVEN COUNTY
Operator: F. W: McCain Landowner: Helen H. Pryor No.1 Location: Beside Oglethorpe Trail 7.5 mi.
S.E. of Newington, Ga. and H5 mi. W. of Savannah River. Also about 20 mi. S.E. of Sylvania, Ga.
Description
Recent - Pleistocene Miocene Oligocene No samples In M. Eocene L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanch e series) Basem*nt complex

G.G.S. No. 855 D.P. No. 71 Elevation: 130 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 2677 ft. Completed: June 13, 1963
Depth
0- 20 20- 190 190- 200 200- 600 600- 735 735- 830 830- 900 900-1360 1360-1630 1630-1695 1695-1782 1782-2605 2605-2674 2674-2677

Remarks: I.E.S. log and samples 0-2140 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herriek. All formational tops below 2140 ft. picked from I.E.S. log.

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Operator: Mont WalTen, et. al. Landowner: W. E. Harlow No. 1 Location: 660ft. N. and 660ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 82, L.D. 27

G.G.S. No. 187 D.P. No. 17 Elevation: 137 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3572 ft. Completed: February 27, 1949

Description

Depth

Residuum U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) No samples In M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series)

0- 40 40- 60 60- 663 663- 720 720- 910 910-1430 1430-1510 1510-2150 2150-2540 2540-3050 3050-3279 3279-3572

Remarks: Electric log and samples 0-3550 ft. Formationatl tops from 0-1430 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 1430-3572 ft. by Mrs. Esth er R. Applin.

SEMINOLE COUNTY

Operator: Mont Warren Landowner: Grady Bell No. 1-A Location: 560ft. N. and 660ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L.L. 61, L.D. 27

G.G.S. No. 204 D.P. No. 22 Elevation: 108ft. G.L. Total D epth: 3810 ft. Completed: March 10, 1950

Description

Depth

Samples not worked In Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson F m.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series)

0-1860 1860-1900 1900-1955 1955-2400 2400-2700 2700-3110 3110-3420 3420-3810

Remarks: Electric log and samples 1230-3780 ft. Formational tops by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Operator: C. E. Prince, et. al. (J. R. Sealy) Landowner: Spindle Top No.3 (Lena R. Sealy) Location: L.L. 142, L.D. 21

G.G.S. No. 513 D.P. No. 41 Elevation: 100ft. G.L. Total Depth: 7620 ft. Completed: June 15, 1962

~emarks: Electric log, gamma ray-neutron log, temperature log, Casingcollar log and perforating record, and samples 5-7550 ft.

SEMINOLE COUNTY

Operator: GFA Oil and Gas Corp. Landowner: Spindle Top No.4 (J. R. Sealy) Location: 330ft. N. and 1482 ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 214, L.D. 21

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. 54 Elevation: Total Depth: 247ft. Completed: July 18, 1958

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Operator: J. R. Sealy Landowner: Spindle Top No.5 Location: 450ft. N. and 150ft. W. of S.E.
comer of L.L. 214, L.D.21

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. 55 Elevation: 98ft. G.L. Total Depth: 5318 ft. Completed: December 31, 1962

Remarks; Electric log.

SEMINOLE COUNTY

Operator: Humble Oil and Refining Co. Landowner: J. R. Sealy No.1 Location: 795ft. N. and 170ft. E. of S.W.
corner of L .L. 42, L.D. 14

G.G.S. No. 654 D.P. No. 61 Elevation: 96ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4500 ft. Completed: January 12, 1961

Remarks: I.E.S. log, proximity microlog and samples 73-4500 ft.

SEMINOLE COUNTY

Operator: C. E. Prince Landowner: Gibson Constmction Co. No.1 Location: 660ft. N. and 660ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 170, L.D. 14

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. 74 Elevation: 119ft. G. L. Total Depth: 386ft. Completed: June 3,1964

STEWART COUNTY
Operator: W. 0. Heinze and A.N. Spanel Landowner: W. C. Bradley Co., Inc. No.1 Location: 1350 ft. S. and 1150 ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 135, L.D. 21

G.G.S. No. 716 D.P. No. 56 Elevation: Total Depth: 2916 ft. Completed: September 5, 1958

Remarks: I.E.S. log, microlog and samples 160-2910 ft.

SUMTER COUNTY

Operator: Georgia Oil and Gas Co., Inc. Landowner: Smith Moore No. 1 Location: N. of Shiloh Church and 0.5 mi. N.E.
of Shiloh School; L.L. 194, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 296 D.P. No. 66 Elevation: 530 ft.G. L. Total Depth: 2998 ft. Completed: 1952

Remarks: Samples 2-154 ft.

SUMTER COUNTY
Operator: Flinn-Austin & Co. Landowner: Walter F. Stevens No.1 Location: 330ft. N. and 330ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 210, L.D. 17

G.G.S. No. 442 D.P. No.4 Elevation: 431 ft. G. L. Total Depth: 5240 ft. Completed: December 2, 1955

Description

Depth

M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.)
L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) In U. Cretaceous (Providence Sand and Ripley Fm.) In U. Cretaceous (Cusseta Fm., Blufftown Fm. and
Eutaw Fm.) In U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) Samples not worked

0- 75 75- 155 155- 275 275- 900
900-1635 1635-2430 2430-5240

Remarks: Samples 0-5120 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Renick.

SUMTER COUNTY

Operator: W. B. Flinn Landowner: Walter Sullivan No.1 Location: 335ft. S. and 335ft. W. of N.E.
comer of L.L. 211, L.D. 17

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 48
375ft. G. L. 2250 ft. May 8, 1956

SUMTER COUNTY

Operator: Ernest Hill, et. al. Landowner: Sm ith Moore No. 1-R Location: 7.5 mi. N.E. of Americus, Ga.; 0.8 mi.
E. of Shiloh Church and School; L.L. 193, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 725 D.P. No. 58 Elevation: 532ft. D.F. Total Depth: 2980 ft. Completed : November 25, 1960

Remarks: ElectJ.ic log, contact log and samples 808-2326 ft. and 2680-2980 ft.

TALBOT COUNTY
Operator: Charles H. Cutler Landowner: Rena W. Cook No.1 Location: 722 fLN. 16 deg. 57 min. W. of
a certain signal light on the south side of Central of Ga. R.R. tracks; L.L. 50, L.D. 10
TATTNALL COUNTY
Operator: C. E. Prince Landowner: 0. C. Ray No.1 Location: 7 mi.. N.W. of Glennville, Ga.;
960 ft. N. and 250 ft. W. of S.E. corner of GMD 40
TELFAIR COUNTY Operator: Telfair Oil Co. Landowner: H. G. Samples No.1 Location: 0.8 mi. S.W. of Scotland, Ga.;
L.L. 303, L.D. 15
TELFAIR COUNTY
Operator: Dixie Oil Co. Landowner: Fitzsimmons No. 1 Location:
TELFAIR COUNTY
Operator: Parsons & Hoke Landowner: Henry.Spul"lin No.1 Location: 588ft. from S.W. line and 410ft.
from S.E. line of L.L. 260, L.D. 7
Description
No samples In Miocene Oligocene In U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) No samples In M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) No samples In L. Eocene and Paleocene No samples In U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.)

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 62 422ft. G.L. 94ft. October 24, 1960

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 76
20ft. 1967

G .G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: 130ft. G.L. Total Depth: 450ft. Completed: 1920?
G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: Total Depth: 3384 ft. Completed: August, 1923

G.G.S. No. 375 D.P. No. 31 Elevation: 236ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4008 ft. Completed: October 25, 1953
Depth
0- 30 30- 225 225- 315 315- 510 510- 810 810- 870 87 0-1344 1344-1810 1810-1990 1990-2900

In U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous ? (Comanche series ? )

2900-3590 3590-4008

Remarks: Electric log, hycalog (lithologic log and drilling rate) and samples 30-4000 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick. Top of U. Cretaceous, as based on electric log, probably at approximate depth of 1870 ft.

TOOMBS COUNTY

Operator: Tropic Oil Co. Landowner: Gibson No.1 Location: 4.5 mi. S. of R.R. in Lyons, Ga.
via U.S. Hwy. 1, 1.4 mi. W. of U. S. Hwy 1 \lia E. W. dirt road on N. side of said road at top of prominent hill
Description
No samples In Miocene Oligocene No samples In U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fro.) In L. Eocene? (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fro.) U. Cretaceous ? U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fro.) L. Cretaceous? (Comanche series?) Basem*nt complex

G.G.S. No. 95 D.P. No. Elevation: 198ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3681 ft. Completed: June, 1945
Depth
0- 375 375- 448 448- 486 486- 506 506- 760 760-1090 1090-1310 1310-1455 1455-1700 1700-1851 1851-2670 2670-3510 3510-3663 3663-3681

Remarks: Electric log and samples 375-3661 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Henick.

TOOMBS COUNTY

Operator: Tropic Oil Co. Landowner: B. M. Brown No. 1 Location: 8 mi. S.E. of Vidalia, Ga.;
GMD 1536

G.G.S. No. 146 D.P. No. 6 Elevation: 198ft. G. L. Total Depth: 3185 ft. Completed: September 25, !947

Description

Depth

No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Wilcox-Midway Gp.) U. Cretaceous U. Cretaceous (possible L. Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (in possible Eagle Ford Age) U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.)

0- 30 30- 655 655- 795 795-1020 1020-1350 1350-1935 1935-3145 2400-2855 2855-3100 3100-3145

Remarks: Samples 30-3145 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

TOOMBS COUNTY
Operator: Paul B. Guenzel Landowner: T. M. and W. B. Green No. 1 Location: 1905 ft. S. and 1774 ft. W. of N.E.
corner of Green lease; GM D 1536 and 1823

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 73 241ft. G.L. 3665 ft. January 9, 1964

TREUTLEN COUNTY
Operator: Rose and Ray Landowner: James Fowler No.1 Location: 6 mi. W. of Soperton, Ga.;
L.L. 221, GMD 1386

G.G.S. No. 127 D.P. No. Elevation: 291ft. Total Depth: 2125 ft. Completed: October? 1940

Description
No samples In M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) In U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.) No samples In U. Cretaceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.)

Depth
0-765 765-1085 1085-1255 1255-1315 1315-2005 2005-2035 2035-2125

Remarks: Lithologic log, samples 765-2125 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

TREUTLEN COUNTY
Operator: Barnwell Drilling Co. Landowner: James Gillis No. 1 Location: 1950 ft. N . and 14 deg. E. of
N.E. corner of intersection of Hwy. 46 and Hwy 227, Soperton GMD 1386

G.G.S. No. 730 D.P. No. 67 Elevation: 351 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3240 ft. Completed : August 24, 1961

Description
In M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Midway Gp.) U. Cretaceous U. Cretaceous (Atkinson Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Triassic?

Depth
640- 796 796-1030 1030-1131 1131-1330 1330-2491 1825-2380 2380-2491 2491-3053 3053-3240

Remarks: I.E.S. log and samples 640-3230 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick. Formational tops picked from I.E.S. log.

TREUTLEN COUNTY

Operator: McCain and Nicholson Landowner: James Gillis No.1 Location: From Vidalia, Ga., go N. on Ga. Hwy.
297 (Church St.) for 8 mi. to junction Ga. Hwy 298.; thence N.W. 4 .6 mi. along Ga. Hwy. 298; drill sight is 500 ft. S. of Ga. Hwy. 298; GMD 1386
Description

G.G.S. No. 789 D.P. No. 68 Elevation: 349 ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3180 ft. Completed: June 11, 1962
Depth

No samples In Miocene No samples In Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) No samples In M. Eocene (Lisbon Fm.) M. Eocene (Tallahatta Fm.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (post-Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (U. Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (M. Tuscaloosa Fm.) U. Cretaceous (L. Tuscaloosa Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Basem*nt complex

0- 20 20- 260 260- 270 ~ -l60 460- 490 490- 530 530- 815 815-1250 1250-1490 1490-1660 1660-2025 2025-2455 2455-2620 2620-2650 2650-3166 3166-3180

Remarks: I.E.S. log, sonic log and samples 20-3180 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.
TREUTLEN COUNTY

Operator: McCain and Nicholson Landowner: James Gillis No.2 Location: 2100 ft. S. 45 deg. E. from
Gillis No.1 ; Soperton GMD 1386

G.G.S. No. 964 D.P. No. 70 Elevation: 344ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3253 ft. Completed: July 26, 1964

Remarks: I. E. S. log, Baroid log (lithologic and drilling rate) and samples 90-3200 ft.

TREUTLEN COUNTY
Operator: F. W. McCain and John Becsi Landowner: James Gillis No. 1 Location: 1.5 mi. N. of Soperton, Ga. and
330ft. E. of Hwy. 221; GMD 1386

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. 75 Elevation: 358ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3100 ft. Completed: 1967

TWIGGS COUNTY
Operator: R. 0 Haubelt and W.W. Walke Landowner: Cline B. Patrick No.1 Location: 330 ft. S.E. of public rd. and 330 ft.
N.W. of S.W.line of L.L. 16, L.D. 27, "Hammock" GMD 1322

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. 59 Elevation:
Total Depth: 300ft. Completed: 1960

WALKER COUNTY

Operator: T. P. Posey Landowner: Vernon Close No. 1 Location! 225ft. E. and 660ft. S. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 5, L.D. 7
Description

G.G.S. No. 382 D.P. No. 28 Elevation: 870 ft. G. L. Total Depth: 1925 ft. Completed: August 11, 1953
Depth

Mississippian (Fort Payne Ch.) No samples
In Devonian (Chattanooga Sh.) Silurian
Ordovician (Maysville-Trenton Ls.)

0- 160 160- 185 185- 235 235-1040 1040-1925

Remarks: Samples 10-1920 ft. Formational tops by Vaux Owen Jr.

WALKER COUNTY
Operator: H. L. Chapman Landowner: J. H. Fitzpatrick No.1 Location: 330 ft. S. and 330ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 251, L.D. 26

G.G.S. No. 344 D.P. No. 29 Elevation: 900ft. D.F. Total Depth: 2064 ft.
Completed: December 24, 1954

Description
Mississippian (Floyd Sh.) Mississippian (Gasper-St. Genevieve Ls.) Mississippian (St. Louis Ls.) Mississippian (Fort Payne Ch.) Devonian (Chattanooga Sh.) Devonian (Armuchee Ch.) Silurian (Red Mountain Fm.) Samples not worked
Remarks: Samples 42-1384 ft.
WALKER COUNTY Operator: T. 0 . .Posey Landowner: Vernon Close No. 1-B Location: 250ft. S. and 880ft. W. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 33, LD. 7, sect. 4
Remarks: Radioactivity log. WALKER COUNTY

Depth
0- 990 0. 780 780. 892 892- 990 990-1008 1008-1046 1046-1106 1106-1384
G.G.S.No. D.P. No. 32 Elevation: 815ft. Total Depth: 3008 ft. Completed: April 5, 1954

Operator: T. 0 . Posey Landowner: Calvin Fowler No. 1 Location: 1250 ft. S. 250ft. E. of N.W.
corner of L.L. 270, L.D.7
Remarks: Samples 10.2490 ft.

G.G.S. No. 477 D.P. No. 37 Elevation: 830 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 2490 ft. Completed: October 14, 1954

WARE COUNTY

Operator: Waycross Oil.,a.I1d Gas Co. Landowner: Fredel No. 1 Location: 10 mi. S. of Waycross, Georgia, at
Fredel, Georgia, in L.L. 443, L.D. 8

G.G.S. No. 63 D.P. No. Elevation: 130ft. G.L. Total Depth: 3040 ft. Completed: March, 1918

Remarks: Driller's log; lithologic log and saiDP.les 100-3000 ~.

WARE COUNTY

Operator: Merica Oil Co. Landowner: Location: 600ft. S. and 600ft. E. of N.W.
comer of L.L. 465, L.D.8

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: 13.5 ft. G. L. Total Deptli: 4200 ft. Completed: 1957

WASHINGTON COUNTY
Operator: Middle Georgia Oil & Gas Co. Landowner: Lillian B. No. 1 Location: 12 mi. N.W. of Sandersville, Ga.

G.G.S. No. 223 D.P. No. Elevation: 480ft. G. L. Total Depth: 605ft. Completed: January 1, 1921

Description

Depth

No samples In U. Creta.ceous (Tuscaloosa Fm.) Basem*nt complex

0- 300 300- 392 392- 605

Remarks: Samples 300-605 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S.M. Herrick.

WAYNE COUNTY
Operator: Oil Prospecting Co. Landowner: C. A. Gilson No.1 Location: 1 mi. S. of Doctortown, Ga.;
L.L. 161

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: 74ft. G.L. Total Depth: 1901 ft. Completed: May, 1906

Remarks: Lithologic log.

WAYNE COUNTY

Operator: California Co. Landowner: Brunswick Peninsula Corp. No.1 Location: 625ft. N. and 2500 ft. E. in
L.L. 7, GMD 333

G.G.S. No. 52 D.P. No. Elevation: 60 ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4626 ft. Completed: December 17, 1944

Description

Depth

No samples In Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls. ) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navarro Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (U. Atkinson Fro.) U. Cretaceous (L. Atkinson Fro.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Pre-Cretaceous ?

0- 74 74- 680 680- 739 739- 895 895-2205 2205-2545 2545-2862 2862-3497? 3497?-3571 3571-3889 3889-4308 4308-4462 4462-4570 4570-4626

Remarks: Electric log, petrographic analysis of core and samples 74-4625 ft. Formational tops from 0-2862 ft. by Dr. S. M. Herrick and from 2862-4626 ft. by Mrs. Esther R. Applin.

WAYNE COUNTY
Operator: Harry Byars Landowner: Dean No. 1 Location: L.L. 127, L.D. 3, 4.5 mi.
N.W. of Jesup, Ga.

G.G.S. No. Elevation: Total Depth: Completed:

D.P. No. 175ft. G. L. 345ft. 1945

WAYNE COUNTY

Operator: Harry Byars Landowner: Dean No. 2 Location: 300ft. N.W. of Byars-Dean
No.1; L.L. 127, L.D. 3
WAYNE COUNTY

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: 175ft. G. L. Total Depth: 1965 ft. Completed: February 6, 1945

Operator: Humble Oil and Refining Co. Landowner: Union Bag and Paper Co. No.1 Location: 14,150 ft. E. of N.E. corner of
L.L. 54, "Gardi" GMD 333; 20,587 ft. S. 44 deg. 39 min. 8 sec. W. to USC and GS Sta. "Granger"
Description
Pleistocene Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene L. Eocene (Wilcox Gp.) Paleocene (Clayton Fm.) U. Cretaceous (Navru.To Age) U. Cretaceous (Taylor Age) U. Cretaceous (Austin Age) U. Cretaceous (Atkinson Fm.) L. Cretaceous (Comanche series) Basem*nt complex

G.G.S. No. 651 D.P. No. 60 Elevation: 49ft. G.L. Total Depth: 4552 ft. Completed : November 22, 1960
Depth
0- 40 40- 450 4 50- 500 500- 910 910-2030 2030-2440 2440-2850 2850-3180 3180-3440 3440-3695 3695-4204 4204-4356 4356-4552

Remru.ks: I._E.S. log, proximity-microlog, sonic log and samples 404552 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick.

WHEELER COUNTY
Operator: Telfair Oil Co. Landowner: Dugas No.1 Location: A few miles S. of Alamo, Ga.

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. Elevation: Total Depth: 2100 ft. Completed: 1919

Operator: Dixie Oil Co. Landowner: Wilcox No.1

WHEELER COUNTY

G.G.S. No. 221 D.P. No. Elevation: 240ft. G.L.

Location: N. 1.4 L.L. 219, L.D. 10; near McRae, Ga.
Remarks: Lithologic log and samples 338-3216 ft.

Total Depth: 3384 ft. Completed: August 9, 1923

WHEELER COUNTY
Operator: Parsons and Hoke Landowner: Clyde E. Hinton No.1 Location: 240 ft. S. and 172ft. W. of N.E.
corner of L.L. 288, L.D. 10
Remarks: Electric log.
WHEELER COUNTY
Operator: T. R. Davis (Natural Resources Corp.) Landowner: Charles M. Jordan Heirs No.1 Location: 330ft. N. and 330 ft. W. of S.E.
corner of L.L. 486, L.D. 7
Description
Miocene Oligocene U. Eocene (Ocala Ls.) M. Eocene (Claiborne Gp.) In L. Eocene and Paleocene U. Cretaceous (Providence Sand and Ripley Fm.) Samples not worked

G.G.S. No. D.P. No. 34 Elevation: 206 ft. D.F. Total Depth: 3630 ft. Completed: October 26, 1953
G.G.S. No. 336 D.P. No. 26 & 50 Elevation: 195ft. D.F. Total Depth: 4002 ft. Completed: June 23, 1956
Depth
0- 360 360- 450 450- 860 860-1330 1330-1780 1780-2180 2180-3995

Remarks: Electric log, microlog, baroid log {lithologic log and drilling rate) and samples 0-3995 ft. Formational tops by Dr. S. M. Herrick. This is an OWDD with an original TD of 2268 ft.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Applin, Esther R. and Paul L., 1964, Logs of Selected Wells in the Coastal Plain of Georgia: Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Bulletin No. 74, pages 1 -2 2 9 .

2. Applin, Paul L., 1951, Preliminary Rer.ort on Buried Pre-Mesozoic Rocks in Florida and Adjacent States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular No. 91, pages 1-28.

and Esther R., 1944, Regional Subsurface Stratigraphy and Structure of

Florida and Southern Georgia: Bulletin of AAPG Volume 28, No. 12, pages 1673-

1753.

4. Carsey, J. Ben, 1950, Geology of Gulf Coastal Area and Continental Shelf: Bulletin AAPG Volume 34, No.3, pages 361-385.

5. Furcron, A. S., Editor, 1965, Oil Tests in Georgia: Georgia Circular 19, Third Edition.

6. Herrick, Steven M., 1961, Well Logs of the Coastal Plain of Georgia: Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Bulletin No. 70, pages 1-462.

7. McCallie, S. W., 1908, A Preliminary Report of the Underground Waters of Georgia: Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin No. 15, pages 128-131, 190-192, and 159-160.

8. Milton, Charles and Vernon J. Hurst, 1965, Subsurface "Basem*nt" rocks of Georgia: Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Bulletin No. 76, pages 1-56.

9 . Prettyman, T . M. and H. S. Cave, 1923, Petroleum and Natural Gas Possibilities in Georgia: Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin No. 40, pages 1-164.

10. Richards, Horace G., 1945, Subsurface Stratigraphy of Atlantic Coastal Plain Between New Jersey and Georgia: Bulletin of AAPG Volume 29, No.7, pages 885-955.

11. Ross, Clarence S., 1958, Welded Tuff From Deep Well Cores From Clinch County, Georgia: American Mineralogist, No. 43, pages 537-545.

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GROUP, FORMATION AND MEMBER

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Recent and

Recent Deposits Undi fferentiated Pleistocene

::1 0'

Pleistocene Terrace Material

Pliocene Charlton Fm.

Mi ocene

Duplin Mar l Hawthorn Fm. Tampa Ls.

Oligocene Vicksburg Gp.

Suwanee Ls.-Flint River Fm. Byram Fm. Cooper Marl

WESTER N GA. & DOWN DIP

CENTRAL & EASTERN GA.

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Jackson Gp.

Ocala Ls

~ndersville Ls. Mem.,

Tivo1a

T ongue

M em.

Irwinton Sd. Mem. Barnwell Fm . Twiggs Cl. Mem.

WESTERN GA.

CENTRAL & EASTERN GA.

DOWN DIP FACIES

Eocene

Claiborne Gp.

Lisbon Fm. Tallahatta Fm.

McBean Fm.

Avon Park Ls. Lake City Ls.

WESTERN GA.

CENTRAL & EASTERN GA.

DOWN DIP F ACrES

Wilcox Gp .

Hatchetigbee Fm . Bashi Marl Mem. Tuscahoma Fm .
Nanafalia Fm.

Undiffent iated

Oldsmar Ls.

Paleocene Midway Gn.

Clayton Fm.

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Upper

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Lower Jurassic T r i assic Permi an Pen n sy lv a nia n Mississippian
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician

Cambrian

Navarro Gp.

WESTERN & CENTRAL
Providence Sd. Perote Sd. Mem.
Ripley Fm.

Taylor Gp.

Cusseta Sd. Blufftown Fm.

Austin Gp.

Eutaw Fm.

Eagle Ford Gp.
& Woodbine Gp.

Tuscaloosa Fm.

Comanche Gp.

Undiffe r e n tia t e d

Not Recognized

Newark Gp. Not Present

Lookout Fm.

Floyd Sh. & Undiff. Limestones Ft. Payne Ch.

Chattanooga Sh. Armuchee Ch.

Red Mt. Fm.

Sequatchie Fm. Chickamauga Ls.

Knox Dol. Conasauga Ls.
Rome Fm. Shady Dol. Weisner Qtzite

EASTERN GA. U n dif fer e n tiated

DOWN DIP FACIES Lawson Ls.
JAtkinson Ls.

Not subdivided beneath Georgia Coastal Plain

P R ECA MB R IA N

Undifferentiated Crystalline Rocks

Table 1.
Operator
The Pure Oil Co: Pan American Petr. Cm:Q. ~an American Petr. Corp. The California Oil Co.
The California Oil Co.
Texaco1 Inc. Cities Service Oil Co. Mobil Oil Corp. Ray Geophysical Div.
Triangle Refineries, Inc.
Continental Oil Co. Shell Oil Co. Shell Oil Co. Mobil Oil Co.
McClure Oil Co. Pan American Petr. CorQ. Pan American Petr. CorQ. Pan American Petr. CorQ. Pan American Petr. CorQ. Pan American Petr. Coq~. Pan American Petr. CorQ. Pan American Petr. Corp. Self-Potential GeoQhysical Co. U.S. Geolog!cal Survey Pan American Petr. Corp. Pan American Petr. Corn.

SEISMIC SURVEYS Contractor

Methoci

Offshore ExQloration GrouQ1 Inc. GeoQhysical Service1 Inc. Western GeoQhysical Co. of Amer. Independent Exploration Co.
Western Geophysical Co. of Amer.
GeoQhysical Service1 Inc. GeoQhysical Service1 Inc. Mobil Oil CorQ. Ray Geophysical Div.
Triangle Refineries, Inc.
Delta ExQloration Co.1 Inc. Shell Oil Co. Shell Oil Co. Mobil Oil Co.
Teledyne ExQloration Co. Western GeoQhysical Co. of Amer. Western GeoQhysical Co. of Amer. Western GeoQhysical Co. of Amer. Western Geo:Qhysical Co. of Amer. Dig!con's Atlantic Seal Marine Western Geo:Qh ysical Co. of Amer. Western GeoQhysical Co. of Amer. Self-Potential GeoQhysical Co. Marine Resources Inc. Western GeoQhysical Co. of Amer. Western Geo:Qhysical Co. of Amer.

Reflection
Reflection
Reflection Gravity and Echo Sounder
Reflection & Renaction Reflection Reflection Reflection Marine Vibroseis Drilling & Sam lin Vibroseis
SQarker SQarker
Seismic, Gravity and Magnetic SQarker
Vibroseis Vibroseis Vibroseis
Vibroseis Air Gun Vibroseis
Vibroseis Self-Potential
Air Gun Vibroseis Vibroseis

Date

Permit No.

Aug. 1960-Jan. 1961

Aug. 1960-Nov. 1960 2

May 1962-Aug. 1962 3

April1964-May 1964 4

Au g. 1964-Sept. 1964 5

SeQt. 1966-0ct. 1966 6

SeQt. 1967-Nov. 1967 7

Oct. 1967-Nov. 1967

Jan. 1968-April1968 9

March 1968-May 1968 10

June 1968-Aug. 1968 11

SeQt. 1968-SeQt. 1968 12

Oct. 1968-Nov. 1968 13

May 1969-May 1969 14 AQril1969-June 1969 15 June 1969-Aug. 1969 16 Aug. 1969-0ct. 1969 17 Oct. 1969-Dec. 1969 18 Nov. 1969-Jan. 1970 19 Dec. 1969-Feb. 1970 20 Feb. 1970-AQril1970 21 Feb. 1970-Feb.1970 22 Mar. 1970-Mar. 1970 23 AQril1970-June 1970 24 July 1970-Sel!t. 1970 25

STATE MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION
Department of Mines 19 Hunter Street, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
APPLICATION FOR EXPLORATION PERMIT
DATE; ____________ --------------------------------------

doing exploration work for ________ _

(Name and Address of Applicant)
- ---- PHONE; ____________________________________ _

(Name and Address of Company or Individual for Whom Exploration Work is to be conducted)
hereby applies for a permit to conduct geological or geophysical explorations or other surveys and investi-
gations for a period of not less than seven (7) days by the _________________________________ -----------------------------------------method in the following area owned by the State of Georgia or within the jurisdiction of the State of
Georgia described as follows: __________ ----------------------------------

for a period of _

these dates are inclusive.

_________________ and ending

NUMBER OF APPLICANT'S FIELD PARTY: _____ _

.. ____ (not less than seven days) beginning
- --------------------------------------------------,

NAME OF FIELD PARTY CHIEF OR MANAGER: __ ______________ -----------------------------------------

-NAME AND~LOCATION OF. DOCKS WHERE VESSEL MAY BE BOARDED-BY INSPECTOR __ ---PHONE; ____________ _

NAME OF VESSEL__________________________ _

______ CALL LETTERS: __ ---------- ___ ---------------------

Stipulation:

_ The permit issued hereunder is subject to all rules and regulatians promulgated by the State Min-
eral Leasing Commission pursuant to statute (Ga. Laws 1945, pp. 352-354; 1959, pp. 270-274). Copy of said rules being attached hereto and by reference made a part hereof.

Above stipulation agreed to and application made by:

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of:

(Name of Applicant)

BY: ____ _

(Signature)

Notary Public

(Title)

EXPLORATION PERMIT

PERMIT NO. ___ _

Pursuant to the foregoing application, I, J. H. Auvil, Jr., State Geologist, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the State Mineral Leasing Commission, do hereby authorize the applicant therein to conduct explorations on the area therein described for the period therein requested.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this the ______ ------------------ _____ day of _ _________________________________ , 19__ _

STATE MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION

By: __

STATE GEOLOGIST

Note

Applicant will be the person, firm or corporation who, or shall have the right to direct, supervise and control th~

whos.e officers, agent~ o1 detatls of the operatiOns

employees, to be con-

ducted under the permit herein applied for.

Note 2: This form is to be stibmitted in sextuplet,:;two executed copies of which will be returned to applicant.

OIL WELLS
ACT NO. 317-S.B. NO. 315
1958 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT
To implement Article VII, Section I, Paragraph II, Subparagraph I of the Constitution; to provide for the payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) to the first person, firm or corporation, or combination thereof, which puts down and brings in the first commercial oil well in the State of Georgia; to provide for the required production of such oil well to be one hundred (100) barrels of oil per day at least, and for the determination as to whether such well is producing this amount by the Director of the State Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; to provide for the distribution of said amount between the company or individual who drills or causes to be drilled said well, the contractor who furnishes the equipment, workmen and employees actually engaged in the job, the mineral and/or property owner where the well is drilled; to provide for the payment of such amount by the G.overnor, and the method of payment; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. There shall be paid the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) to the first person, firm or corporation, or combination thereof, which puts down and brings in the first commercial oil well in this State, subject to the following provisions: Such well must produce at least one hundred (100) barrels of oil per day, and the determination as to whether such well is producing this amount is hereby vested in the Director of the State Department of Mines, Mining and Geology.
Section 2. The said amount of $250,000.00 shall be distributed as follows: (1) Fifty Thousand dollars ($50,000.00) to the mineral and/or property owner, or owners, where the well is drilled, to be divided, where there are multiple owners of the minerals, among them in the proportion of their respective interests therein; provided, however, that the owner or owners, of mineral interest which does not include oil shall not share in said payment. (2) One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to the company or individual, or combination of persons, firms and corporations, who drills

or causes to be drilled the said oil well, being those persons, firms or corporations who own the working interest in the well as "working interest" is known and defined in the oil industry. (3) Eighty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($87,500.00) to the contractor who furnishes the equipment for the drilling of said well, and who performs the job of drilling and completion of the well, provided that if there are more than one contractor the said sum shall be divided only between or among those who engage in drilling the well and in completing same for production and who carry out and complete their contracts. (4) Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.00) to be equally divided among the workmen and employees actually engaged in the job of drilling and completing the well, being those persons certified to the Governor by the contractor or contractors, or owners of the working interest, or both, as being his or their bonafide employees who were working on the job when the drilling, or completion of the well for production, or the contractor's contract, was completed, or who otherwise carried out and completed their employment.
Section 3..The Governor shall be, and he is hereby authorized, to make the payments provided for herein from the surplus and/or contingent funds of the State.
Section 4. The provisions of this Act are severable, and if any provision herein shall be held unconstitutional, or to be for any reason inoperative, by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved March 25, 1958.

RULES AND REGULATIONS
Governing
Geological, Geophysical
And Other'
Surveys and Investigations
STATE MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION Department of Mines 19 Hunter Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING GEOLOGICAL, GEOPHYSICAL AND OTHER SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS IN AREAS WITHIN THAT PORTION OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AS PROMULGATED BY THE STATE MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO STATUTE (GA. LAWS, 1945, pp. 352-354; 1959, pp. 270-274). THESE RULES SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE THE 22nd DAY OF JUNE, 1960.
I.
Whenever the word "explorations" is referred to in these Rules, it shall mean geological, geophysical and other surveys and investigations, including seismic methods for the discovery and location of oil, gas or other mineral prospects, and which may or may not involve the use of explosives. The word "seismic explorations" shall mean any geophysical exploration method which involves the use of explosives. The word "shot" as used in these Rules shall mean the use and detonation of powder, dynamite, nitroglycerin or other explosives.
II.
No explorations on unleased areas within that portion of the Atlantic Ocean under the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia shall be conducted until permit therefor has been issued by the State Geologist. Applications for such permit shall be made upon forms prescribed by the State Geologist by the person, firm or corporation who, or whose offices, agents or employees, shall have the right to direct, supervise and control the details of the exploration operations to be conducted under the permit applied for and showing thereon the name and address of the company or individual for whom the exploration is to be conducted. Before commencing exploration operations under any permit, each exploration party shall give notice to the State Geologist by letter or telegram of the date and place such operations are to be commenced. Such notice shall be given so that it will be received by the State Geologist at least one week in advance of the beginning of operations. Im-
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mediately after the expiration date of a permit i,

the permittee thereunder shall file with the State Geologist a report under oath in form

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designated by the State Geologist showing all

days during which any part of the operations

necessary or incident to such survey, investiga-

tion or explorations, including locative survey-

ing, drilling, shooting and pipe pulling opera-

tions was conducted in any area within that

portion of. the Atlantic Ocean under the juris-

diction of the State of Georgia, during the

period covered by the permit, and if seismic

operations are conducted under any permit is-

sued by the State Geologist, shot point location

maps shall be maintained and kept by the per-

mittee or the person, firm or corporation for

whom the permittee performs such operations

and such shot point location maps shall be made

available for inspection to the State Geologist,

the Game and Fish Commission of Georgia and

the U. S. Corps of Engineers or their represen-

tatives, should it become necessary to deter-

mine the exact location of any such shot points.

III.

No shots shall be discharged within five

hundred (500) feet of any dredged channel, nor

within three hundred .(300) feet of any dock,

pier, causeway and other structures, nor a

marked oyster bed or marked red snapper bank.

No shots shall be discharged except during day-

light hours. No shots shall be used in excess of

forty (40) pounds. The State Geologist may,

upon application and after investigation, permit

shooting in' other than daylight hours and may

also permit the use of larger shots in areas

'' specified by the State Geologist and upon such

terms and conditions as will be in keeping with

,I the intent and purpose of these rules. The appli-
cation for use of shots in excess of forty (40)

pounds shall specify the maximum size shots

to be used, describe the area by tract number
for which such application is made and specify the period of time for which permit is requested, not to exceed sixty (60) consecutive days.

IV. Expect as hereinafter provided, all shots dis-

charged in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean

shall either be suspended in the water at a
depth not greater than one half the distance from the surface to the bottom and in no event nearer to the bottom than five (5) feet or
buried at least ten (10) feet below the bottom. No shots shall be discharged closer than one
mile to any pass, jetties, mouth of river or other entrance from inland water to the Atlan-
tic Ocean without a permit applied for and issued in accordance with the procedure speci-
fied herein for securing permits for shots larger than forty (40) pounds. Irrespective of the
minimum depth specified above, all buried shots
shall be placed below the bottom at a sufficient depth to prevent cratering..All shot charges
suspended in the water by floats shall be of such type and packaged in such manner that
same will disintegrate and neutralize in the
water within a short time, and any suspended charge which fails to discharge shall be im-
mediately removed from the water if same can,
in the opinion of the party chief or manager, be done without endangering the life of any
member of the party, but, in no event, shall any
such undischarged suspended charge be aban-
doned withont destroying the floats attached
thereto. Where inflated floats are used, all charges will be suspended from dual floats,
either of which will be capable of retaining the charge at the proper depth.

When shots are buried in the Atlantic Ocean,

they shall be buried at least ten (10) feet be-

low the bottom through pipes. Where charges

are buried beneath the bottom through pipes

and the .pipes are allowed to remain in place

until the charge is fired, a substantial float or

suitable device shall be attached securely to the

pipe to prevent it from being lost when the

charge is fired. Buried charges, if properly an-

chored at the required depth where all pipes are

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removed or properly anchored two (2) feet be-
low the bottom of the pipes where pipes are left standing, may be left overnight and discharged
the following day provided all wires are prop-
erly shunted so as to prevent accidental discharge. No charges left over night shall be lo-

See Also

Main Calendar - Bradwell Institute

cated closer than one thousand three hundred

twenty (1320) feet to any shore line generally

open to the. public. Where shots are discharged

within the pipe all the pipe remaining above

the shallowest seismic shot will be removed immediately. All pipes, buoys and other markers not constituted of easily destructible materials used in connection with the seismic work shall be distinctly marked with the name or initials of the permittee using same and, if not constituted of easily destructible materials so they will cause no substantial damage to any boat which may collide therewith shall be properly flagged in the daytime and properly lighted at night so that they are visible for one nautical mile on a clear, dark night. All buoys and other markers shall be anchored by sash weights or similar weights which cannot cause injury to the nets of commercial fishermen, and all such buoys and markers not constituted of easily destructible materials and all weights and markers placed in the offshore waters shall be removed after they have served their purpose, except those buoys placed in the water in accordance with Rules and Regulations of the Department of the Army of the United States Coast Guard.
No seismic operations may be conducted in or on any of the islands, salt water lakes, bays, inlets, marshes and reefs owned by the State of Georgia and that portion of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia and landward from that fifteen (15) foot depth line without the presence of an inspector assigned to the operation by the State Geologist or his designated representative.
v.
Before any shot is discharged in the Atlantic Ocean, the exploration party shall employ methG ods approved by the industry to frighten or drive away the fish and/or marine life which may be in the area where the shot is to be discharged. If there is a school or schools of fish in the area to be shot, operations must be suspended in that particular area until said school or schools of fish have been driven away.
VI.
If any person, firm or corporation should drill a well or wells in the Atlantic Ocean, he shall drill said well or wells in such manner as will so far as practicable prevent the pollution of said
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waters, and in such manner as to interfere as little as possible with the fishing and/or shrimping industries. Upon the abandonment of such well, all of the rigging and material shall be removed, and the bottom the Ocean where said well was drilled shall be restored to its former condition as nearly as possible.
VII.
Each exploration party shall furnish representatives of the State Geologist and the State Game and Fish Commission with transportation facilities from the field office of the exploration party upon reasonable notice 'at any time they desire to enable them to visit the working area. The exploration party shall also furnish said representatives with meals and sanitary living quarters while they are on the ships engaged in such work when the ships are equipped for such services.
VIII.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of these Rules after due notice has been given shall be prohibited from further exploring the public lands covered by these Rules, except upon such terms and conditions as the Mineral Leasing Commission may expressly stipulate.
IX.
The approval of the State Geologist, through his duly authorized officer, of any permit, is granted subject to any future rules and regulations which may be, from time to time, adopted by the State Mineral Leasing Commission. In the event any changes in the rules and regulations are effected, ten (10) days written notice shall be given to all permittees whose permits are still in effect.
X.
No shot shall be detonated within one mile of a shrimping fleet previously and in good faith operating in the area. By "shrimping fleet" is meant ten or more boats trawling for shrimp within an area or not more than one mile in diameter.
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XI. As a safety precaution, caps and primers will not be stored in the same container with other explosives. All extra caps and lead wides will remain short circuited until ready to fire. All caps will be stored in a properly insulated magazine and kept. at a safe distance from other explosives.
XII. No shots shall be detonated during the months of May, June, July, August and September within one and one-half miles of a major resort beach.
. XIII. These Rules shall not be construed to enlarge or restrict the rights of any properly licensed fisherman or of an owner of a mineral lease. STATE MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION
BY------~~~~---------- J. H. Auvil, Jr. State Geologist
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ORGANIZATION REPORT
Full ~a me of the Company, On.ranizatlon, Ol' Indhidtwl
Po~t Of'fiC'f' _\d<lrN<t< ( Rox Pr ~trt>t>t .\th1rf'f<l'l)
Plan of Or~:anlzation (StRtt- whether organization IR-a corporation, joint Atock asRoclatlon, flrm or partnerahlp, or Individual)

If n reorganlzaUon, give name and addrl'l'lt<~ or previous organization .

If n foreign corporation, ghe (1) Stat' where inC'orporaterl

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(;!} Xanw anrt pofltofriC'e addrel'lR or fltate agent (3) Date ot permit to do bulnu In atate

Principal Officers or Partners (If partnershlll)
~AME

TTTLE

POSTOFFICE ADDRESS

DIREC'TORS ~AME

POSTOFFICE ADDRESS

Exe-cuted this the _ _ _ _ _ _,day of~--------------"--State of_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _} County of_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___

Signature of Affiant

Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeare

nown to me to be the

person whose name Is subscribed to the above Instrument, who being by me duly sworn on oath states, that he Is duly authorised to make the

above report and that he has knowledge of th,, facts stated herein; and that said report Is true and correct.

Subscribed and sworn to before me thl'-~---'--day of_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 1 9 - - -

SEAL My commission expires _________________________________

Notary Publlc In and for--------------~CountY--------,------

Name of Regulatory BodY-----------------Organization Report
Form No. Al
Authorized by Order No. ---------------------------------Eifectlve__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 1 9 ' - - - -

WELL STATUS REPORT AND GAS-OIL RATIO TESTS

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Pressures

Lease Name & Code No.

Well Date. of Sta- Choke No. '!'est tus Size

Tbg.

Csg.

Begin nlng

End

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Sepa-
rat'or

Separator Temp. F

Dally Allow-
able

Length of Teat
(Hrs.)

Production During Test

Wtr. Bbls.

Grav. Oll

Oll
Bbls.

a..
M:CF

Gas-on Ratio Cu.FL
Per-BbL

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an~ All Tests Reported herein were mtt.de ln accordance with the A,ppllca.ble Rulea, Resuiatlona

llU!Itructtona of the ------------------------Commlsslon.

Executed th1a th
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I Signature of ~lant

Before me. the undersigned authority, .on thla day pM'IIOnally appeared

,...nown to me to

be the person whose name Is subscribed to the above 1Datrument, who being by me duly sworn on oaUJ, states, that h& ta duly

~ ' t L authorised. to make the above report and that he hu IDI.owled&'e of the facta stated therein, and that said report 1s true and

Subecrtbed and sw~rn to before me thl..L------""'ayo"'

SEAL
My oommlalon -'Ire'"--------------------

Notary Publlc In and tor------__l_r----~----------

County------------------:;C-

Name of Regulatory BodY:----------------Well Status Report and Gas-OU RaUo Teats
Form No, P-9
Authorized by Order No. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ElrecUv.._______________~ l l l l - - - -

INSTR'UCTIONB
Show all 4at& requested for eaclf- well separately, and determine the gas-oil ratio according to the following prOcedure:
(1) General: (a) lDaoh well sh&ll have produced lts current dally allowable, lt such well Is capable of productnc auoh allow&ble, d111'1Da the .84. hour period Immediately preceding the test, and the well. ehall be producing &t the time the actual
tat beiliu. (b) The volume of gas used In computing the gas-oil ratio and reported a.s .being produced ,during th8 t81!1t (ascept testa on I'U lift or jetting wells) shall be the total vol~e of. gas produced from the' well in the teat period. Thla total volume of saa shall Include all gas withdrawn troiri the casing as well as th&t produced through the tubtnc. (c) The amount of oll produced during the test shall not be leSs than the well's then c-urrent dally allowable (It the well ts capable of productDg Its allowable) and sha.ll not exceed the dally allowable by inore tli&n ten (10) per cent. excePt that In the case of a well having an allowable already pena.Uzed due to Ita gas otl ratio, the _or.erator maY- ulect any rate he desires between the penalll;ed allowable a.nd ten (10) per cent above the unpenallzed allOw-
able.
(2) Flowing Well That are Produced ContinuouIY: The oU ftow shall be stabllh::ed during the 2t-hour period Immediately preceding the teat. Adjustments In the rate Or ftow llhould be made during the ftrst 12 hours Or the stabtllzatlon period and no adjuatmente shall be made ~urlac the lalt 11 hou"n or during the time IJl which the well la being tested.
(S) Flowing Welle That are Produced Intermittently (8top.co*cked): In computing the operatlns gas-on ratio, the total volume of gas al'!:d tJte total ~ 9.f oU produced duitnc the It hour teet Period must be used z:ega'rdlese of the Oowing time In the 24 hour period. On welle which are ~P coclta4, both the closed-in casing preaure at the beglnnlns of the teat _period and the closed-In caalng preaure at the coaclwdon or t_he teet must be shown and protJerly ldentlfted on the report. The closed-In oaalng pressure at the ea4 of the It hour teet peiiod shall not exceed the cloaed-ln oaalng preaure at the beglnntng of the teat J)e rlod by more than IJI.s:-tenths (0.8) pounds per equare Inch per barrel of otl produced during the tee:t.
~- ""!J~~-(4)-Qii"l;;ltt-!""oPJettJ*'i:-,W-*u.-~o--""..._...,,......,..........,...,..._ _..,---:"'~--~.--_..,.~~-""""'-~!'::==::;;::~:'!"".':~.-,_~-:"'~-~-~-:.::;:;::::;;;:;"'_.;;:: IIi 1n1bmltttng gU-otl raUo t81!1ta for gu lift or jettl'ng weUe, the total Input and total output gas volum8e shall be reJ)Orted eeparately. These volumea ehall be properly ldentlfted and determined by continuous meuurement during the teet. The volume of gas used In determining the operating gas-oU ratio hereunder shall be the volume remalnlns after the total Input gaa baa been deducted from.the tOtal output volume.
(I) Pumping Welle: In computing the operating ga.s-oll ratio, the total volume of gaa and the total barrels of oil p~'Oduced during the teet perto4 must be used regardlMfll of the pumPing time In the test periOd.
(I) Definition: Under Status, use the following symbols: F-Flowlns, P-Pumptng, GL-Gas Lift, SI-Bhut In, D-Dead, TATemporarll7 Abandoned, GI-Gas Injection, WI-Water InJection. Under Preuure, ehow the stabilized working pressures on the tubing, and caelng, at the rate'. at Which the well 1a ta~~ted. The Gas Production listed shall be the total volUme of gas produced during the teat In thoueands of cubic fe:et (MCF) measured at a base pressure of----pounds per square Inch, absolute, and a at&~ base and flowiDc temperature of so Fahrenheit; correction to be made for preaaure according to Boylea Law, and for epeclflc gravity aecordlns to teat made by the Balance Method. All well statue and gu-oll ratio testa submitted to the Com.: mtulon (Board, Department) on this form shall be made by a person quallfted by training or experience to make aucb testa. Methods of gas measurement used shall be those prescribed by the (Name of Regulatory .Body)

Operator Name of Lease Location of Well

PLUGGING RECORD
Address
I I Well No. Field & ReservOir
I Sec-TWJ)-Rge or _Block 6 Survey County

AppUcatlon to drill this well was flied

In name ot

Date plugged::

Has this well ever produced oil or gas Total depth

Name of each formation containing otl or gas. Indicate which formation open to wellbore at time of plugging

Fluid content of each formation

Character of well at completion (tnltlal production):

I I I 011 (bbls/day)

Gas (MCll'/day)

Dry?

I I Amount well producing when plugged:

on (bblo/<IQ)

Oaa (KCI!'/d&y)

I Water (bblo./day)

Depth Interval ot each fonnatlon

Slse, kind & depth of pluga used In41cate son811 equeese cemented, gtvlD8' amount oement.

Slze pipe

Put .In well (ft.)

Pulled out (ft.)

CASINO RECORD Lett In well (ft.) Give depth aad
methocl of~ coal. . (ill>ot,
rlppid ll>l

Packers and ahoea

Was well filled with mud-laden fluid, according to regUlations?

In4tcate deepest fonnaUon contatnhur treah water.

Name
.

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ADJACENT LIDASE OPERATORS OR OWNBJRS .OF THE SURFACBJ

Address

Direction from thle well:

1n addition to other information required on .this form, If thla well was plugged back for uee u a frelh water well, gtve aU pertinent 4etalla ot

r.luggtng operations to base of fresh water sand, perforated Interval to frelh water sand, name. and &ddrea of eurtace owner, and attacll
etter from surface owner authorizing completion of this well as a water well and ~ng to aaaume full Uablllt)" for any eubaeq_uent Plug-

gtng which might be _required.

1--~----------~------------------------------------------~ me reverSe side tor additlo~~t detail File th1s form In duplicate WI

E:J:ecuted this th State of

! day o f - - - - . , - - - - - - - - - " - - -

Sl.gna.ture of Affiant

County of BefOre me, the undersigned authority, on Uits day' personally appears"'

~ O'fnl"to me to

be the person whose name 1s aubacribed to th above lnstrumBDt, who b~ing by me dully sworn on oath staLes, that he Ia dUb' authorli:ed to

make the above report and that he has knowledge of the facta stated therein, and that said report Ia true and correct.

Subscribed and sworn .to before me tbi

day 0

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My coni.mlaslon expire"-~------------

Notary PubUo In and tot . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
CountY.------~----------.-
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Name of Regulatory Bod7----------------------

Form" No. P-16

Pl~ng Record

Authorized. by Order No.-------------------

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0 New
Well Operator Lease Name Location

Work-
Over

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- WELL COMPLETION OR RECOMPLETION REPORT AND WELL LOG DESIGNATE TYPE OF COMPLETION:

0 Deepen

0 BPlauc~

D 0 Same
Reservoir

Different Reservoir

0 011

0 Gas

0 Dry

DESCRIPTION OP' WELL AND LEASE

I Address

'Veil Number
I

IField & Reservoir Sec. TWP-Range or Block & Survey

County

IPermit number

-~ Date Iuued

I I Previous permit number Date Issued

Date spudded Total depth

IDate total depth reached I P.B.T.D.

I I I Date completed, ready to produce .

Elevation

Elevation of casing

(DF, RKB, RT or Gr.)

hd. flange

teet

feet

ISingle, dual or triple ~ompletlon?

I If this Is a dual or triple compleUon, furnish separate report for each completlon.

Producing Interval (s) for this completion

I Rotary toola used (lntervnl)

ICable tools used (interval)

Was this well dlrectlona.lly drilled?! WR.s directional survey made?

IWaa copy of directional survey flied?

IDate flied

Type of electrical or other logs run (check loge ftled. with the comml1slon)
~

IDate flied

CASINO RECORD

Casing (report all strings set In well-conductor, eurtaoe, Intermediate, producing, etc.)

Purpoae

Size hole drilled

Size casing 1et

Weight (lb./ft.)

Depth set

Sacks cement

Amt. puUe4

Size

I I TUBING""R~RD

Depth set

Packer set at

Size

ln.

ft.

PERFORATION RECORD

Number per ft.

Size & type

Depth Interval

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Top
tn.

filNER-RECORD -

IBottom

Sacks cement

ft.

~ Screen (ft.)

ACID, SHOT, FRACTURE, CEMENT SQUEElZlll RElCORD

Am't. & kind of material used

Depth InterVal

Date of first prod.uctloil

I INITIAL PRODUCT.ION Producing method (Indicate tf flowing, gaa lift or pumping-If Pumping, ehow size A tne of pump:)

I I I Date of teat Hrs. tested

Choke size

Oil prod. during test

bble.

I I I I I I I Tubing preBBure

Casing pressure

Cal'ted rate ductlon per

oSffPrhor-&~

Oil

Gas prod. during test Water prod. during teet

MCF

bbls.

Gao bbll!l.

Water MCF

bbls.

Oil gravity API (Ccrr)
Gae-on ratio

Disposition of gas (state whether vented, 1:1sed for fuel or eold) :

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Executed this th

da.y of

State o' County o'

Signature of Affiant

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Be the

fore me, ihe gerson whos

undersl e name

,n s

ed authority, on this day personally subscribed to the above Instrument,

awpgeoabe'""t:f.

dully

.
sworn

oath

states,

that

1rnown to me to duly authorized to

make t e above .report and that he has knowledge of the facts stated ther n, and that said report Is true and correct.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

"ay ot

SlllAL

My commla.lon expireS

NOtary Public In .and for
.
C_ounty,

Name of Regulatory Body Well Completion or Recompletlon Report and Well Loc

Form No. P-7

Authorized by Order No.

Etrectlv

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Forma.tlon

DETAIL OF FORMATIONS PENETRATED

Top

Bottom

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Show all Important zones of porosity, detail of all cores, and all drill-stem tests, Including depth Interval teated, cuehlon uaecl, Ume tool open, flowlllJI' and ahut~tn pressures, and recoveries.
INSTRUCTIONS: Attach drillera log or other acceptable log of \veil. Tht1 Well Completion or Recompletlon report andwelllog shall he filed with the not later tha"-------------.Gays after project. completion.

APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DRILL, DEEPEN OR PLUG BACK

APPLICATION TO DRILL 0

DEEPEN 0

PLUG BACKD

NAME OF COMPANY OR OPERATOR

.DATE

Address

City

State

Name of leue Well location

DESCRIPTION OF WELL AND LEASE
'Well number

IBJ.evatlon. (_..ound)_

(give footage from eectlon lines)

Sectloti-towru~hlp..-n.nge or block 6 eurvQ'

Wield & reaervolr (If wildcat, so state)

ICounty

Dletance, In miles, and direction from nearest town or post office

Nearest distance from propoSed location to property or lease line: Proposed depth:

I teet Rptary or cable tools

IDistance from propoaed location to neareR 4riJUac, completed or aoolled-for well on the eame teue:

IApprox. date work will etart

Number of acres tn lea.ae: If lease, r.urcbased 'with one or more wells drt led, from whom purchased:

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Name

Number of wells on leue, Including thl8 well. completed In or drl111nl' to thl reae"ott':
Addrea

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Remarks: (If this Is an application to deepen or plug back, briefly describe work to be done, giving present producing zone and expected. new producing zone)

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Executed this th State of County of

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Signature of Afttant

tru s'etore me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeare"'
be the gerson whl)se name Ia subscribed to .the above Instrument, who betn~

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make t e above report and that he has knowledge of the facts stated there n, and that said report Is

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Subscribed and sworn to before me this

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SEAL My commission exptrel!l

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Notary Public In and for:

County,

Permit Number:
Approval Date:
Approved By:
Nottce: Before sending In this form be sure that you have given all Information requested. Much unnecessary correspondence wtll thus be avoided. See Instruction on Reverse Side of Form

'0 Name of Regulatory Body

Application

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Form No. P-1

Authorized by Order No.

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INSTRUCTIONS
READ CAREFULLY AND COMPLY FULLY
For the purpose of this determination attach hereto a neat, accurate plat, map or sketch of this lease, section, block or lot locating thereon the proposed site tor this tocatlon. Plat shall be drawn to a scale which wiD permit the tache observation of ali pertinent data. Show distances of the proposed well from the two nearest lease and section lines, a.nd from the nearest wells on the same lease completed In or drilling to the same reservoir. It the location requested Is not In co"ntormance with the applicable wellspaclng rules, show all otf'setting wells to the proposed-well, and the namee and addresses of all adJoining l-ease or property owners.
, In event plat Is filed tor the purpose of designating the drilling and producing unit, or proration unit, on which the proposed well Is to _be drllled, the boundaries of such unit shall be shown, also the boundaries of all other such unite attributed to other wetis on the same lease comPleted In .or drilling to tbe same reservoir. The acreage contained wtthln each unit shall also be shown.
Do not confule survey linea ,with lea.e llne1. The 1ketch or plat should thow your entire ltatirl If pottlble. If It It not practical to show the entire le81e and the plat shows only a section, block or lot out of your lease, you ahould clearly show that aame is only a P!-rt of the lease.
Designate ccale to which plat or sketch it drawn. Alto designate northerly direction on the akftch or plat.
NOTE
Instructions concerning the protection of fresh water sands-Inasmuch as each state has a dUferent method of determining requirements for protection of fresh water sands, eaeh state should Include an appropriate lftl!ltrucUon for that purpose.
Spaee Is lett on the baek of the form for states desiring to do eo to have the plat drawn on the back of the' form; however, some states may prefer to have a separate plat attached to the form.

BOND

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,

That

we:

of the

in the

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ns Principal.

and

as surety, authorized to do hu~int'l:<!< in thl!< State, are held and firmly bound unto the State In the penal sum as Indicated, lawful money of the United States, for. which payment, well and truly to be made, .we bind ourselves, and each of us, and each of our heirs, executors, administrators or successor:t~, and n~!<l,tms jolnth and ~t'\'erally, firmly hy these preRents.
The condition of this obliAatlon is that whereas the above bounden Principal proposes to drill a well or wells for oil, gas, or stratigraphic pur~ poses In and upon the followin~ described land toltuated within the State, to wit:

(:\Jay he used as blanket hond or for single well)

~0\V, THEREFORE, if the above llOunden principal ~hall comply with all of the provisions of the laws of this State and the rulEis, regulations and orders of the rontler,atlon Commis1lion of the State, especially with reference to the proper plugging of said well or wells, and flUng with the 011 and Gas Consenatlon CommiM~ion of this State all notices and records required by said Commission, in the event said well or wells do not produce oil or gas In commercial quantities, or cease to produce oil or ga~ in commercial quantities, then this obligation Is void; otherwise, the same shall be and remain In filii forcf' and effect.

\VItness our hand~ and ~eal~. thi~------------------day of---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Principal \\'ltness our hands and seals, thl~-----------------day of-----------------,---------------------------------------------------------------

Surety
(It the principal is a corporation, the bond should be executed by its duly authorized officers, with the seal of the corporation atfixed. \Vhen principal or surety executes this bond by agent, power of attorney or other evidence of authority mi.1st accompany the bond.)

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STATE OF GEORGIA OIL AND GAS COMMISSION

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Information Circular 38 Geological Survey of Georgia
Plate No. 1

St:at:e of Georgia
OIL AND GAS.
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CONSERVATION ACT 1945

PUBLISHED BY
OIL AND GAS COMMISSION
Commissioner Jesse H. Auvil. Jr. State Geologist and Director Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology

ACT NO. 366
House Bill No. 284
AN ACT
To prevent waste, foster, encourage and provide conservation of crude oil and natural gas, and products thereof, and protect the vester.l, co-equal or correlative rights of owners of crude oil or natural gas, a.s defined in this Act and in furtherance thereof, creating an Oil and Gas Comrnis:;;ion; authorizing it to prescribe rules, regulations nnd orders: authorizing it to provide for the spacing of wells and to designate drilling units; providing penalties for the violation of the p!ovisions of this Act, and of the rules, regulations and orders of the Commision; providing that the provisions of this Act are sevcrabie; repealing all laws in conflict herewith, and for other purposes.
BEl IT ENACTED BY THE GF.NERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED EY AUTHORITY OF -SAME:
SECTION 1 The General Assemb1y having knowledge that gas and oil leases are bei;1g entered into ou<:>r a large area of the State, that oil wells are being drilled in different sections seeking the discovery of oil, and recognizing the evils that would become imminent on the .discovery of oil in the State were the State without legal means of regulation, therefore, enacts this law for the protection of the public and private interests against such evils as would likely result under such Circ*mstances.
SECTION, 2 There is hereby created the "Oil and Gas Commission,'' composed of three members hereinafter in this Act called the "Commission," to be appointed by the Governor immediately after this Act takes effect for terms of the following duration: One member for a term of two years, one member for a term of four years, and one me.mber for a term of six years; provided that at the expiration of the term for which each of these appointments is made, each successor member shall be a-ypointed for a term of six years, and in the event of a vacancy, the Governor shall by appointment fill such unexpired term. The Governor sha"!l d:.:::!::ignate one of sa:.d' members as Chairman of the Commission. All of the members of said Commission shall be residents and citizens of the State. Each member shall qualify by ta Jdng an oath of office, and shaH hold office until his successor: is appointrd and qm:..lificd. The Commission shall establish an office at the County scat of some county in Gzo"Lgla, which place shall be designated by re::-colution of the Commission, and at which the r-ecords of the Commission shall be kept. The Commission shall meet or hold hearin;:;:s at such times and places as may be found by the Commission to
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be necessary to carry out its duties, and each m-ember shall receive as compensation for his servire the sum of $10.00 for each day he attends a meeting or hearing, and in addition thereto, all necessary traveling expenses.

SEUI'ION' S

A majority of said Commission shall constitute a quorum, and two affirmative votes shall be neces,;ary for adoption or promulgation of any rule, regulation or order.

SECTION 4

The Attorney qeneral shall be attorney for the Commission

provided, that in cases of emergency the Commission may call upon

the Solicitor General of the Circuit where the action is to be brought

or defended to represent the Commission until such tirile as the Attorney General may take charge of the litigation. Any member of

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the Commission, or the Secretary thereof, shall hav.e power to admin ister oaths to any witness in any hearing, investigation or Proceeding contemplated by this~Act or by any other law of this State relating to the conservation of oil or gas.

an., SI!JOTION 5
The Commission may 8.ppoint one Director of Production

Consenratfon at a salary not to exceed $4,000.00 per annum and may

at its discretion appoint such other assistants, patroleum and natural

5as engineers, bookkeepers, auditors, guagers, and stenographers, and

other employees as may be necessary properly to administer and en-

force the provisions of this Act.

The Director of Production and Conservation shall be ex-offic:o Secretary of the Commission and shall keep all minutes and records

of the Commission, and in addition thereto, shall collect and remit to the State Treasurer all monies collected. He shall ,as such Secretary,

gjve bond in such sum as the Commission may direct with corporate

surety to be approv.ed by the Commission, conditioned that he will well
and truly account for all funds coming into his hands as such Secre-
tary,

SECTION 6

The Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to pro-

mulgate and set up rules and regulations to control the production of oil and gas from crude oil and natural gas where the common sourCes

of supply are discovered after January 1, 1945. The Commission is fU:r-

t1Jer authorized to assess against each barrel of oil produced and saved a charge of not to exceed five (5) mills, and against each thousand

cubic feet of gas produced and saved from a gas well a 'c'harge not to e;ceed one-half (1-2) mill on each one thousand cubic feet of gas. All

monies so collected shall be paid into the State Treasury. Should

charges be assesed against oil or gas any person purchasing oil or

gas in this State at the .well, or any person taking oil or gas from any well in this State for use or re~8.Ie, is hereby authorized, empower

ed and required to deduct from the sum due the owner the amount of the charges due the Commission on such oil and gas and to remit the

same to the Commission.

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SECTION 7
There is hereby created in the State Treasury Department a special account to be known as the Oil and Gas Conservation fund, and all monies collected under the provisions of this Act, when paid to the Treasurer of the State shall be deposited to the credit of .such fund. The said fund is hereby made available to the Commission for the purpose of administering this Act and shall be withdrawn and used by the Commission for such purposes in the same manner as State funds are now administered under the Budget Act in force in this State.

SECTION 8

Unless the context otherwise requires the words defined in this

section shall have the following meaning when found in this Act:

A. "Commission" sha.ll mean the Oil and Gas Commission as

created by this Act.

B. "Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, as-

sociation, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian .executor adminis-

trator, fiduciary or representative of any kind.

C. "Oil" shall mean crude petroleum oil, and other hydro-

carbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the well in liquid

form by ordinary production methods, and which are not the result of

condensation of gas after it leaves the reservoir.

D. uaas" shall mean all natural gas, including casing-head

gas, and all other hydro-carbons not defined as oil in sub-section C

above.

E. "Pool" shall mean an underground reservoir containing a

common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both.

Each zone of a general structure which is completely separated from

any other zOne in the structure is covered by the :term "pool" as used

herein.

F. "Field" shall mean the general area which is underlaid or

appears to be uriderlaid by at least one pool; and "field" shall include

the underground reservoir or reservoirs containing crude petroleum

oil or natural gas, or both. The words "field" and "pool" mean the

same thing when only one underground reservoir is involved; how-

ever, "field" unlilt~ "pool" may relate to twa or more pools.

G. "Owner" shall mean the person who has the right to drill

into and produce from any pool, and to appropriate the production

either for himtelf or for himself and another, or oth-ers.

H. ~Producer" shall mean the owner of a well or wells capable

of producing oil or gas or both.

I. "Waste" in addition to its ordinary meaning, shall mean

"Physical waste" as that term is generally understood in the oil and

gas industry, it shall include:

(1) The inefficient, excessive or improper use or dissipation

of reservoir energy; and the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping,

operating or producing of any oil or gas well or welts in a manner

which results or tends to result, in reducing the quantity of oil or gas

ultimately to be recovered from any pool in this State.

(2) Th~ inefficient storing of oil; and the locating, spacing,

driliing, .equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well or

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weJls in a manner causing, or tending to cause, unnecessary or ex

cessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas;

(3) Abuse of the correlative rights and opportunities of eacb

owner of oil or gas in a common reservoir due to non-uniform, dis-

' proportionate, and unratable withdrawals causing undue drainage be-

tween tracts of land.

(4) producing oil of gas in such manner as to cause unneces-

sary water ch'anneling or zoning.

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(5) The operation of any oil well or wells with an inefficient

gas-oil ratio.

(6) The drowning with water of any stratum or part thereof

capable of producing oil or gas.

(7} Underground waste however caused and W1lether or not

defined.

(8) The creation of unnecessary .fire hazards.

(9) The escape into the open air, from a well producing both

oil and gas, of gas in excess of the amount which is necessary in the

efficient drilling or operation of the wen.

(10) The use of gas for the manufacture of carbon black.

(11) Permitting, gas produced from a gas well to escape into:

the air.

J. "Product" means any commodity made from oil or gas, and

shall include refined crude oil, crude tops, topped crude, processed

crude.. petroleum, residue from crude petroleum, cracking stock, un-

cracked fuel oil, fuel oil, treated crude oll, residuum, gas oil, casing-

head gasoline, natural gas- gasoline, naphtha, distillate gasoline, kero-

sene, benzine, wash oil, waste oil, blended gasoline, lubricating oil,

b~eJids or mixtures of oil with one or more liquid products or by-

products derived fromi oil or gas, and blends' or mixttrres of two or

morel liqutd products or by-products derived from oil or gas, wheth:er

hereinabove enumerated or not.

K. "Illegal oil" shall mean oil which has been produced within

the State of Georgia from any well during anY, time that that well

ha<> produced in excess of the amonnt allowed by rule, regulatiori or

o;-der of the Commission, as distinguished from oil produced within

the State of Georgia from a well not producing in excess of the

amount so allowed, 'which is "legal oil."

L. "Tilegal gas" shall mean gas which has been produced with-

in the State of Georgia from any well during any time that that well

has producesJ. in excess of the amou~t allowed by any rule, regulation

or order of the Commission, as distinguished from gas produced with-

in the State of Georgia from a well not producing in excess of the

amount so allowed, which is "legal gas."

M. "lllegal product" shall mean any product of oil or gas,

any part of which was processed or derived, in whole or in part, from

megal oil or illegal gas or from any product thereof as distinguished

from "legal product." which is a product processed{ or derived tO no

extent from illegal oil or illegal gas.

N. "Tender'' shall mean a permit or certificate of clearance

fflr the transportation of oil, ga": or products, approved and issUed or

registered under the authority of tbe Commission.

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SECTION 9
Waste of oil or gas as defined in this "Act is hereby prohibited.
SECTION 10
The Commission shall have jurisdiction and authority of and over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce effectively the provisions Gf this Act and all other acts relating to the conservation of oil and gas.
The Commission shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to make such inquiries as it may think proper to determine whether or not waste over which it has jurisdiction exists or is im minent. In the exercise of such power the Commission shall have the authority to collect data; to make investigations and inspections; to examine properties, leases, papers, books and records; to examine, check, test and guage oil and gas wells, tanks, refineries and means of transportation; to hold hearings; and to Provide for the keeping of rEcords and the making of reports; and to take such action as may be reasonably necessary to enforce this Act.
SECTION 11
The Commission shall have authority to make, after hearing and notice as hereinafter provided, such reasonable rules, regulations and orders as may be necessary from time to time in the proper' administration and enforcement of this. Act, including rules, regulations or orders for. the following purposes:
A. To require the drilling, casing and plugging of wells to be done in such manner as to pr.event the escape of oil or gas out of one stratum to another; to prevent t'he intrusion of water into an oil or ~;as stratum from a separate stratum; to prevent the pollution of fresh water supplies by oil, gas or salt water; and to require reasonable bond and conditioned for the performance of the duty to pl~g C'ach dry or abandoned well.
B. To require the making of reports showing the location of oil and gas wells, and the filing of logs and drilling records.
C. To prevent the drowning by water of any stratum or' part thereof capable of producing oil or gas in paying quantities, and to r~event the premature and irregular encroachment of water which reduces, or tends to reduce, the total ultimate recovery of oil or gas from any pool.
D. To require the operation of wells with efficient gas-oil ratios, and to fix such ratios.
E. To prevent "blow outs," "caving" and "seepage" in the ~ense that conditions indicated by such terms are generally under~tood in the oil and gas business.
F. To prevent fires. G. To identify the ownership of all oil or gas wells, producing lases, refineries, tanks, plants, structures, and all storage and transportation equipment and facilities. H. To regulate the "shooting," perforating and chemical treatment of wells. I. To regulate secondary recovery met'hods, including the in-
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traduction of gas, .oil, water, or other,substance into producing formations.
J. To limit and prorate the production of oil or gas or both, from any pool or field fcir the prevention of waste as herein defined.
K. To require, .either generally o~ in or from particular areas, certificates of clearance or tenders in connection with the transportation of oil or gas.
L. To regulate the spacing of wells and to establish drilling units.
M. To prevent, so far as is practical, reasonably avoidable drainage from each, developed unit which is not equalized by counter-
drainage.
SECTION 12 A. The Commission shall prescribe its rules or order or procedure in hearings or other! proceedings before it under this Act, but iu all hearings the rules of evidence as established by law shall be applied; provided, however, that the erroneous ruling by the Com mission on the admissibility of evidence shall not of itself invalidate any rules, r-egulations or order. B. No rule, regulation or order, including change, renewal, or extension thereof, shall, in the absence of an emergency~ be made by the Commission under the provisions of this Act except after a public
hearing!. held at such time, place and m such manner, and upon at
least se~n days notice, as may be prescrtbed by the Commission. Any person havfng any interest in the subject matter of the h-earing shall be entitled to be heard.
C. In the event an emergency is found to exist by the Commission which in its judgm.ent requires the making, changing, renewal or extension of a rule, regulations or order without first having a hearing, such emergency rule, regulation or order shall have. the same validity as if 3l hearing with respect to the same had been held after due notice. The emergency rule, regulation or order permitted by this section shall remain in force no longer than ten days from its effective date, and, in any event, it shall expire when the rule, regulation or order made after due notice, and hearing with respect to the subject matter of such emergency rule, regulation or order becomes effective.
D. Should the S,9mmission elect to give notice by personal .service, such service may be made by any officer authorized to serve proce~s or by agent of the Commission in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of sUmmons in Civil actions in the courts of this State. Proof of the service by such agent shall be by the affidavit of the person making personal service.
E. All rules, regulations and orders mad.e by the Commission EhaH be in writing and Shall be entered in full by the Director in a book to be kept for such purpose by the Commission, which book shall be a public record and be open to inspectiorl at all times during reasonable office hours. A copy of such rule, regulation or order, certified by such Director,. shall be received in evidence in all courts of this State with the same effect as the original.
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Commission call a hearing for the purpose of taking action in respect of any matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission by making a Iequest thereof in writing. Upo~ the receipt of any 1such request the Commission shall promptly call a hearing thereon, and, after such hearing, and with all convenient speed and in any event within thirty days after the conclusion of such hearing, shall take such action with regard to the subject matter as it may deem appropriate.
SECTION 18
A. The Commission, or any member thereof, is hereby empowered to issue subpoenas for witnesses, to require their attendance and the giving of testimony before it, and tq require the production of books, papers, and records in any proceeding before the Commission, as may be material upon questions lawfully before the Commission. Suc'h subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any other officer authorized by 18.w to serve process in this .State. Noi person ~hall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers and recordg before the Commission' or a court, or from obedience to the subpoena of the Commission or a court, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or Otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring any person to produce any books, papers or records, or to testify in response to any inquiry, not pertinent to some question lawfully before the Commission or Court for determination. No evidencd given by, or r.equired uf, any natural person shall be used or admitted against such a person in;' any criminal prosecution for any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may be required to testify or produce evi!lence, documentary or otherwise, before the Commission in obedience to its subpoena; provided, that no person testifying shall be exempted from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
B. In case of failure orl refusal on the part of any person to coinply with any subpoena issued by' the Commission or any member hereof, or in case of the refusal of anjf witness to testify or answer as to any matter regarding which he lnay be lawfully interrogated, any Judge of any Superior! Court in this State, on application of the Commission, may in term time or vacation, issue an attachment for such person and compel him to comply with such subpoena and attend before,...the Commission and produce such documents, and give his testimony upon such matters, as may be lawfully required, and such court shall haVe the power to punish for contempt a.s in case of disobedience of like subpoena issued by or from such court, or for refusal to testify therein.
SECTION114
For the prevention of waste and to avoiq the augmentiQ.g and accumulation of risk arising from the drilling of excessive number of wels, the rCommission shaTl, after due investigation and hearng. have full power and authority to establish such drilling unit or units as may, in their discretion, seem most reasonable and practfcable. Said
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Commission shall have control of the allocation of production over r.uch units and shall, after investigation and hearing, set up, establish and allocate to each unit its just and equitable share of. _production, and Shall make such orders, rules and regulations as will give to each pro.. ducer the opportunity to use his just and equitable share of the reser.. voir energy of any pool. The Commission shall have power to review and approve, or disapprove, agreements made between owners or operators, or both, in the interest of conservation of oil or gas or both cr for the prevention of waste, and to do such other acts as will as sure just and fair dealing between lessors, lessees, producers and other interested parties.

SE<lTION 14 A

(a) When two or more separately owned tracts of land are

embraced within an estaQ~ished drilling unit, the owners. therof may

validly agree to integrate their interests and to develop their lands

a!1 a drilling unit. Where, however, such owners have not agreed to

integrate their interests, the Commission shall, for the prevention Of

waste or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, require such

owners to do so and to develop their lands as a drilling unit.

(b) When two or more aeparately owned tracts of land. are

embraced within a pool or a portion of a pool suitable for gas cycling,,

the owners thereof may. validly agree to integrate their interest there

in and develop their lands1as a unit. "Where, however, such owners

have not agreed to so integrate their interest the Commission may,

in order to prevent waste and to avoid the drilling' of unnecessary

wells, after notice and upon hearnng, .determine the feasibilitY of, and

require, the cycling of gas in any pool or :Portion of a pool productive

of gas from which condensate may be separated or natural gasoline

extracted, and promulgate rules to unitize separate ownersbip and

to regulate production of gas and re-introduction of gas! into produc

tive formation, after sepa!'ation of condensate or extraction of natural

gasoline for such gas.

notice and hearing and shall be upon terms and conditions that are

just and reasonable, and will afford to the owner of each tract the

opPortunity tO: recover or receive his just and equitable share of the

oil and gas in the pool without unnecessary expense, and will prevent

or minimize reasonably avoidable drainage from each integrated unit

which is not equalized by counter drainage. The portion of t'he pro

duction allocated to the own.er "of each tract included in an integrated

unit formed by an integration order shall, when produced, be cOnsid ,

ered as if it had been produced from such tract by a well drilled

thereon. In the event such integration is required, the operator de

signated by the Commission to develop and operate, the hitegrated

t.:.nit -shall have the right to charge to each other inter.ested. .owner

the actual expenditures required for such purpose not in exCess of

what are reasonable, including charges for superVision, and the opera.;

tor shall have the right to receive the first production: from anY well

ct:illed by him thereon, which otherwise would be deliver-ed or paid to

the other parties jointly interested in the drilling of the well, so that

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the amouni due by each of them for his share of the expense of drill~ mg, equipping and operation of the well maY be paid to the operator ~->f the well out of production, with the value of the production calcu~ lated at the market price in the field a'4 the time such production is received by the operator or placed to his credit. Inthe ev-ent of any dispute relative to such costs, the Commission shall determine the proper costs.
(d) Should the own-ers of separate tracts embraced within a drilling umt fail td agree upon the integration of the tracts and the drilling of a well cin the unit, and should it be established that the Commission is without authority to require integration as provided for in sub-division (a) of this section, then subj-ect to all other applicable provisions of this Act, the owner of eac:Q tract embraced within the drilling unit may drill on his tract but the allowable production from said tract shall be. such proportion o~ the allowable for the full drilling unit as the area of such separately owned tract bears to the full drilling unit.
(e) Agreements made in the interest of conservation of oil or gas or both,. or for the_ prevention of waste, betw-een and among owners or operators, or both, owning separate holdings in the same oil or gas pool, or in any areal that appears from geological or other Oata to be underlined by a common accumulation of oil or gas, or both, or between and among such owner~ or operators, or both, and royalty owners therein, or the pool or area, or any part thereof, as a unit fori establishing and carrying out a plan for the cooperative development and operation thereof, when such agreements are approved by the Commission, are hereby authorized and shall not be held or construed to violate any of the statutes of this State relating to trust, monopoli-es, or contracts and combinations in restraint of trade.
SECTION 15
Any;interested person adversely affected by any statute of this State with respect to con::ervation of oil or gas or both, or by any provisions of this Act, or by any rule, regulatiori or order made by' the Commission thereunder, or by any act done or threatened thereunder, "lnd who- has exhausted his administrative remedy, may obtain court review and seek relief by a suit for injunction against the Commission as defendant or the inembers ther.eof by suit iit the Superior Court of the county in which the property involved is located. In r.uch trial, the burden of proof shall be upon the plaintiff, and all pertin"nt evidence with respect to the validity and reasonableness of the order of the Commission complained of shall be admissible. The tight of. review accorded by this section shall be inclusive of aU other remedies, but the right of appeal shall lie as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 16
No temT)ora.ry reRtraining order or injunction of any klnd shall be ,!Z'rantcO: against the Commission, its members, employees, or representatives r:cstraining the enforcement of any statute of this State or any rule, reguJation or order made thereunder except after three <iays notice served upon some person in the principal office of said
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Commission of t'he time, place and court before which applications for &uch order shall be made.
SECTION 17
Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating, or threatening to violate, any statute of this State with respect to the conservation of oil or gas, or both, or any provision of this Act, or any rule, regulation or order made thereunder by any act done in the 0peration of any well producing oil or gas, or by omitting any act required to be done thereunder, the' Commission, throug'h the Attorney General, may bring suit against such person in the .Superior Court in the county in which the well in question is located, to restrain such person or persons from continuing such violations or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the Commission may obtain injunctiohs, including temporary restraining order's and temporary injunctions, as the facts may warrant, including when appropriate, an injunction restraining any person from moving or di~Posing of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, and any or all such commodities may be ordered to be impoundecf. or placed under the control of an agent appointed by the court if, in the judgment of the court, such action is advisable...
SEUI'ION 18
Any person who, for the purpose of .evading this Act, or of evading any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder, shall intentionally make or cause to be made any false entry or statement: of fact in any report required to be made by this Act on by any rule, regulation, or order made: hereunder; or w'ho, for such purpose, shall make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record ,or memorandum kept by any person in -connection with the provisions of this Act or of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, or who, for such purpose, shall omit to make, or cause to be omitted, full, true and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of an facts and transactions pertaining to the interest or activities in the petroleum industry of such pers-ons as may be required by the Commission under authority given in this Act or by any rule, regulation, or order made hereunder; or w'ho, for such purpose, shall remove out of the jurisdiction of the State, or who shall mutilate, alter, or by ~my other means falsify, any book, recordi: or other paper, pertaining to the transactions regulated by} this Act, or by any rule, regulation, or order made hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor !'lnd upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
SECTION 19
Any person who knowingly! and wilfully violates any provision of this Act, or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commission made 'lereunder, shall, in the event a pena1ty for such violation is not otherwise provided for herein, be subject to a penalty of not to exceed One Thousand DoJJars ($1,000.00) a day for each and every day of. such violation, and for each and every act of violation, such penalty to be recovered in a suit in the Superior Court of the county where the defendant resides, or in the county of t11e residence of any defendant if
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there be more than one defendant, or in 'the Superior Court of the

county where the violation took place. The place of suit shall be se

l.Cted by the Commission, and such suit, by direction of the Commis-

sion, shall be instituted and conducted in the name: of the Commis

sian byl the Attorney General. The payment of any penalty as pro

vided for herem shall not have the effect of changing illegal oil into

legal oil, illegal gas into legal gas, or illegal product; into legal pro-

duct, nor shall such payment have the effect of authorizing the sale or

purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing, or
li.andling in any other way, of such illegal oil, illegal gas or illgal
proudct,_ but to the contrary, penalty shall be imposed forf each pro hibited transaction relating to such illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal

product.

Any person knowingly and wilfully aiding or abetting any other

person in the violation of any statute of this State relating to the

conservation1 of oil 'or gas~ or the violation of any provision of this

Act,, or any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder, shall be sub--

ject to the same penalties as are pr:escribed; herein for the violation

by such other person.

SECTION 20 (A) 'I'he sale, purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or 'handling in any other way of illegal oil, -illegal gas or illegal product is hereby prohibited. (B) Unless and until the Commission provides for certificates of clearance or tenders or some other method, so that any person may have an opportunity to, determine whether any contemplated transaction of sale, purchase or acquisition, or of handling in any other way, involves illegal oil, illegal gas or illeg-al product1 no penalty shall be imposed.- for the sale, purChase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or handling ih any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, except under circ*mstances hereinafter stated. Penalties shall be imposed for the commission of each transaction prohibited in this section when the person committing the same knows that illegal oil illegal gas or illegal prodUct is involved in such trans action, or when such person could 'have known or determined such fact by the exercise of reasonable diligence or from\ facts within his knowledge. However, regardless of lack of actual notice or knowledge, penalties as provided in thi~ Act shall apply. to any sale pur chase or acquisition, and to the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way, of_ illegal oil, illegal gaS or illegal product, where administrative provision is made for identifying the C'haracter of the commodity arl to its legality. It shall likewise be a violation for which penalties shall be -imposed for any person to sell, purchase or acquire, or- to transport. refine, process: or handle in- any other way any oil, gas or any- product without complying with any rule, regulation or order of the ~ommisSion relating thereto.

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SECTION 21

Apart from, and in addition to, any other remedy or procedure

which may be available to the Commission, or any penalty which may

be sought against or imposed upon any person with respect to viola-

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tions relating to illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product, all illegal oil, illegal gas and illegal product shall except under such circum~ stances as are stated herein, be contraband and shall be seized and sold, and the proceeds applied as herein provided. Such sale shall not take place unless the court shall find, in the proceeding provided for in this paragraph, that the commodity involved, is contraband. W.henever the Commission believes that illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product is Sl!bject to seizure and sale, as provided herein, it shall through the Attorney General, bring a civil action in rem for that purpose in the Superior Court of the county where the commodity is found, or the action may be maintained in connection with any sUit or cross action for ir.junction or for penalty relating to any prohibit~ ed tra1~~action involving such illeg3.1 oil, illegal gas or illegal product: Any interested person who may show himself to be adversely effected by any such seizure and sale shall have the right to intervene in such
suit to protect his rights. SECTION 22
The action referred to in Section 21 shall be strictly in rem and shall proceed in the name of the State against the illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product seized or sought to be condemned as contra~ l::and. Upon the filing of the complaint the judge of the court wherein filed shall issue a show cause order reqUiring any and all interested parties to show cause within thirty days why 'such illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product, as defined in this Act, and mentioned in the complaint should not be decreed to be contraband and ordered sold. The show cause order shall be served by the sheriff upon any person knoWn to be interested therein, and by publishing a certified copy of the order in the official newspaper of the county wherein legal no~ tlces are published for once a week for two weeks. After thirty days from the date of the order, where defense on claim is filed or where no dEfense or claim is filed, the judge of said court shall proceed to hear evidence and to determine the trut'h of the complB.int. Should the otl, gas or product be found to be illegal within the sense of this Act, the same shall be decreed to be contraband and ordered sold under such terms as the judge, in hiS order may direct. The judge may order same sold in bulk.: in lots or parcels or under such other regulations as may be deemed to be proper. No illegal oil, gas, or product shall he sold for less thEm the average market value at the time of tbe sale of similar products of like grade and character. When complaint i3 presented the judge may order such alleged illegal oil, gas, or pro~ Cuct held by the sheriff, a conservator, or agent or employee of the Commission. When held or sold by a sheriff or conservator the court shall provide by order for t'he payment of a. reasonable remuneration for services rendered by such officer. Nothing in this section shall drny or abridge any cause of action of a royalty owner, or lien holder, or other claimant. may have because of the forfeitUre of the illegal oil; illegal gas, or illegal product, against the person whose a.ct resulted in such forfeiture. Funds ariPing from the sale of illegaL oil, gas, or products, after payment of a!l cost and expenses approved by order of the court shall be paid to the Treasurer of the State for credit to the Conservation Fund provided for by this Act.
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SECTION 23

Before any well, in search of oil or gas shall be drilled, the per-

son desiring to drill the same shall notify the Commission under such

form as it may prescribe and shall pay a fee of Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00) for each well. Th. drilling of any well is hereby prohibited

until such notice is given and such fee has been paid and permit

grarited.

Each abandoned w-ell and each dry hole promptly shall be

plugged in the manner and within the time required by regulations

to be prescribed by the Commission, and the owner of such well shall

give notice, upon such form as the Commission may pr.escribe, of the

drilling of each dry hole and of the owner's intention to abandon. No

well shall be abandoned until Such notice haS been given, provided,

however, that the drilling of shot-holes and core-holeS for geophysical

and geological explorations Shall not be considered to be the drilling

of a well Within the meaning of this Act.

SECTION 24 (A) After pennit to drill a well has been .granted, th.e owner, operator, contractor, driller or other person responsib~c for the conduct of the drilling operations shall furnish the Comrllission a surety bond in the amo.unt of Two Thousand ($2,090.00) DoEa:s to insure the faithful performance of the requirements of this .Act with respect to the filing of reports required thereunder within a period of three (3) years from its date. If during said three (3) year period the opera tions of the person furnishing said bond in the di-illing of wells shall be so extensive that in the discretion of the Commission the amount
of said bond is not sufficient to insure prompt filing Or. the reports,
it may require an increase of said bond in an 8.mount not exceeding Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars to cover all of said op~ratiorrs ami said responsible person shall also file a report describing progressively the Strata, water, oil, and other minerals encountered in drilling the well with such other and additional information as to gas volumes, pressures, rate of fill-up, water depths, caving strata, ca!":ing .records and such other information as is u.SuaUy recorded in the normal proceedure of drilling. It shall be the duty of the Director of Petroleum and Conservation, as Secretary of the Commission, to furnish aU such information to the Department of Mines and Geology of the State, and to cooperate with such division of the State, in assemblying and supplying informatio~. and in the conservation of any other mineral respurces di.;>covered thr_ough drilling wells for oil and gas.

(B) Within six months after the completion of a well, the complete record, duly si<rned and sworn to before a notary !'ilblic, including. logs, electrical logs and drilHng records, and the lodgment in the office of the State Geologist .of a typical s~t of drill cuttings or cores, i:t;' cores are taken, .shall be filed in triplicate with the State Geologist on form to be prescribed by the Commission. This record sha.H include the name, number and location of U:e well; name and address of the well Owner and drilling contractor; driling dates; e1evation of derrick above mean sea level; depth and thickness of oil or g-as sands and important water sands; a. full casing record; mudding and
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cementing record; shooting and treating record; results-of drill stem and other .tests; records of deviation surveys; a complete electrical

lc.g, if such was taken. It shall include also_ a complete formation log

which shall specify the formations yielding water, the, rate of water

inflow, and the elevations to which water rose .in the hole; it shall

also give in detail the formations passed through, their depth and thickness; it shall also give data regarding upper oil and gas shows,

and any additional pertinent information, including a drilling time log.

(C) VVithin six months a_fter the completion of abandonment of a well a complete set of cuttings or cores, if cores have been taken,

correctly labeled and id-entified as to depth, shall be filed with the

State Geologid.

(D) If the reports, cuttings and cores herein required, shall be

furnished to the commission and the State G2ologist befor-e the expi-

ration of the six (6) months' period, they shall in all respects be confidential and shall not be subject to examination in whole or in part

by any member of the public, nor shall a...'"ly information contained th'.~rein be made public by the Commission or a~y employee or member thereof, or by the State Geologist, or any other person until with-

in six (6) months aft-er the report shall have been filed, or the well a,bandoned, if the owner or operator or other person furnishing said

report or drill cutting or cores shall so request in writing.

SECTION 25
In order to protect further the n"atural gas fields and oil fields in this State, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to permit negligently any gas or oil well to go wild or to' get out of control. The owner of any such well shall, after twenty-four (24) hours' written notice by the Commission given to him or to the person in posssession of such well, make reasonable efforts to control such well.
In the event of the failure of the owner of such well within twenty-four (24) hours after service of the notice above Provided for, to control the same, if such can be done within the period, or to begin in ,good faith upon service of such notice, operations to control such well, or upon failure to prosecute diligently such operationS, then the Commission shall have the right to take charge of the .work of controlling such well, and it fl.hall have the right to.proceed, through its own agents or by contract with a responsible contractor, to control the well or otherwise to prevent the escape or Joss of gas or oil from such well, all at the reasonable expense of the owner of the well. In order to secure to the CommiSsion the payment of the reasonable cent and expense of controlling or plugging such well, the Commission shall retain the poss'ession of the same and shall be entitled to receive and retain the rents, revenues and incomes therefrom until the costs and expenses incurred by the Commission shall be repaid. Vlhen aU such costs and expenses have been repaid, the Commission shall restore possession of such well to the owner; provided, that in the event the income reCeived by the Commission shall not be sufficiC'nt to reimburse the Commis::.ion as provided for in this .Section, the Commission shall have a lien or privilege upon all of the property of
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t:1e owner of such well, except such as to exempt by law, ahd the Commission shall proceed to enforce such lien Or privilege by suit brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, the same as any othei' like civil action, and the judgment so obtained shall be executed in tlh.' same manner now proVided by law for execution of judgment. Any excess over the amount due the Commission which the property wized and sold may bring, after payment of court costs shall be paid over to the owner of such welL

SECTION 26
If any part or parts of this Act be held ta be unconstitutional, ct:ch unconstJtutionality shal! not aff<Jct the validity of the remaining. portio::1 of this Act. The G~neral Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed tJ:te remaining parts of. this Act if it had known tll::lt ~;uch part or parts thereof \vould b~ declared uncon,stitutional.

SECTION 27
That all laws and pe.rts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same arc hereby repealed.

ROY V. HAHRIS, S11ealwr of The House of Reples..;ntative~;.

FRANK C. GROSS PreSlcknt of The Senate.

P. T. :;vrcCUTCHEN, .JR. Clerk of The House of Representatives

Approved by L;LLIS ARNALL, Governor.

MRS. HENRY W. NF.VIN SeCretary of The Senate

~.lhis 9th day of March, 1945.

I, John B. \Vi!son, Secretary of State of the State of Georgi-a, Uc. hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Act No. :1G6 of the 1945 General Ass:-::mby, as the sarnc appears of file in this office.

This 21st day of March, 1945.

JOHN B. WILSON Secretary of State

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General Rules and Regulations
Governing The
Conservation of Oil and Gas In Georgia

Georgia

Commissioner Jesse H. Auvil, Jr. State Geologist and Director, Department of Mines, Mining and

Geology

Introduction

Pursuant to the power and authority delegated to the Oil and Cas Commission of the State of Georgia by an Act approved March
9, 1945 {Act. # 366, H. B. 284) after notice and public hearings,
duly advertised, and held at Waycross, Georgia, June 26, 1945, and August 27, 1945, the Oil and Gas Commission of the State of Geor gia, hereinafter designated as the Commission, do hereby . make, adopt and promulgate the following general rules and .regulations deemed by the Commission to be reasonably necessary to prevent waste of oil or gas as defined by law, and otherwise to carry out the ' purpose of the Act. These rules and regulations shall become effe'ctive the ninth day of November, 1945.

RULE A-1

The following ru11es and regulations have been adopted. by the Oil and Gas Commission and are General Rules of state-wide application, applying to the conservation and prevention of waste of oil and gas, as defined in Section 8 of the Act approved March 9, 1945, in the State of Georgia, and protection of the vested, co-equal or correlative rights of owners of oil-and,gas. Special rules, regulations and orders will be issued when req~red and shall prevail as against general rules, regulations and orders if in conflict therewith.

RULE A-2

the Regulations and rules other than ones herein adopted, all spe-

cial rul:es, orders, changes to the rules this day adopted, and renewals

of orders and regulations shall be made under the terms and condi.:

tiona provided for in Section 12 of tile Act. Hearings shall be held

at the office of the Commission at Waycross, Georgia, unless other~

wise specified in the notice of the Commission. Notice to the public

and interested parties shall be given seven dayg before the hearing is

held. The Commission may provide in its notice a longer period of

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time if in its opinion a longer perio~ is desirable. . After notice of hearing is once given, the hearing may be continued to another day by order of the Commission entered on the day advertised for hearing. The notice shall specify the date of hearing, the place of hearing,_the subject mattex: of the hearing, and shall be served on intere:;ted parties by mail and publicity in newspapers. Any interested party may bring a petition to the Commission requesting, a hearing for consideration of the adoption of rules, regulations, special rules, otders or changes. In case of an emergency any rule, regulations or order 'Jlecessary to meet the emergency may be passed, changed, modified, renewed or extended without first having had a hearing. When so entered, the same shall beJof force for ten days only. The Commission shall immediately, on the adoption of such emergency order, call a public hearing for c<ms~deration of same. Notice of said hearing shall be given as herein provided. At such hearing the order :may be extended, made permanent, changed or modified as may appear to be just and equitable to the Commission.
RULE A-8-DEFINITIONS
Unless the context otherwise requires, t'he words defined .shall have the following meaning when found in these rules, to-wit:
"BARREL" OR BARRELS OF OIL" shall mean 42 United \,nited States gallons of oil at a test of 60 degreeSI Fahrenheit, with ~eduction~ for the full per cent of basic sediment, water and other impurities present, ascertained by centrifugal or other recognized and customary test.
BLOW-OUT shall mean a sudden or violent escape of oil or gas, as from a drilling well, when high formation pressure is encountered.
BLOW-OUT PREVENTER shall meani a heavy casing head control filled with special gates or discs which may be closed around the drill pipe, . or which completely closes the top of the casing if the pipe is withdrawn.
BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE shall mean the pressure in pounds per square inch at or near the bottom of an oil or gas well determin cd at the face of the producing horiZOJ\ by means of a pressure recording instrument, adopted and recognized by the oil and gas in dustry.
CASING PRESSURE shall mean the pressure built up between the casing and tubing when the casing and tubing are paclted off at the top of the well.
CASINGHEAD GAS shall mean any gas or vapor, or both gas and vapor, indigenous to an oil stratum and produced from suCh stratum with oil.
CHRISTMAS TREE shall mean an assembly of valves and fittmgs at tha head of the casing of a well to control the flow. Also opoken of as "well head connections."
CIRCULATION shall mean the passing of an approved fluid down through the drill stem and up, to the surface in the process of rotary drilling or .in setting casing.
COMMISSION shall mean t'he Oil and Gas Commission, as defin-
ed in.Section 2 of Act. # . 366.
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COMMON SOURCE OF SUPPLY shall niean geographic. 8.rea or horizori. definitely separated from any other such area of horizon arid

which contains, or from competent evidence appears to contain, a

C'Ommon! accumulation of oil or gas or both. Any oil or' gas fieid or

part thereof which complises and inclUdes arly area Which is under- . iaid, or which from geographical or other scientific data or experi-.

menta or from drilling operations or other Elvidence appears to be

umlerlaid by a common pool or accumulation of'oil and gas or both

oil and gas.

CONDENSATE shall mean the liquid produced by the condensation of a vapor or gas eit'her after it leaves the reservoir or while

still in the reservoir. Condensate is often called distillate, drips, white oil, etc.

CONSERVATION shall mean the conserving, preserving, guard-

ing or protecting the oil and gas resources of the state by obtaining

the maximum efficiency with minimum waste in the production,

transportation, processi'Ilg, refining, treating and marketing of the

unrenewable oil and gas resources of the state.

CUBIC FOOT OF GAS shall mean that amount of gaseous

hydrocarbons contained in a cubic foot of space at a base tempera-

ture of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 8.'Il absolute pressure of 14.4 lbs.

per squar.e inch plus 4 ozs. per square inch, which temperature and

prPssure are referred to as the base temperature and pressure, res-

pectively.

DAY shall mean a period of twenty-four (24) cOnsecutive hours,

from 7:00 a. m, one day to 7:00 a. m. the following day. '

DRY GAS shall mean- natural gas obtai'l'lcd from sands that pro-

duce gas only; or natural gas obtained which does not contain the teavier fractions which may easily condense under normal atmosphe-

ric conditions; not casinghead gas.

FIELD shall mean the general area Which is underlaid or appears

.to be underlaid by at least one pool; and "Field" shall include the

underground reservoir or reservoirs containing crude petroleum oil

or natural gas, or both. The words "field" 8.'Ild "pool" mean the same

thing when only one underground reservoir ' iS involved; however,

''fiU.d," unlike "pool,'' may' relate to two or more pools.

GAS shall mean all natural gas, including casi'll.g-head gas, and

all other hydro-carbons not defined as oil.

"ILLEGAL OIL" shall mean oil whiCh has been produced within

the State of Georgia from any well durin~ any time that tl"'.at well has

produced ion excess of the amount allowed by rule, regulation or order of the Commission, as distinguished from oil produced within the

State of Georgia from a well not producing in excess of the amount

So allowed, which is "legal oil."

"ILLEGAL GAS" shall mean gas.whtch has been produced within

the State of Georgia from any well during any time that that well

has produced i-n excess of the amount allowed by_ any rule, regulation

or order of the Commission, as distinguished from gas produced with-

in the State of Georgia," from a well not producing' in excess of the

amount so allowed, which is "legal gas;''

"ILLEGAL PRODUCT" shall mean any produCt of oil or gas,

any part of which was processed n" derived, in whole or in part, from

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illegal oil or illegal gas or from any prod.uct thereof, as diStinguished from "legal product," which is a product processed or derived to no

e)>.t.ent from illegal oil or illegal gas. LEASE TANK shall mean the tank or other receptacle into
wbich oil is produced either directly from a well or from a well through gas separator,, gun barrel or similar equipment.

MONTH AND CALENDAR MONTH shall mean the period or
interval of time from 7 a. m. on the first day of any month of the c.alendar to 7 a. m. of the first day of th~ next succeeding month of
the calendar.

MUDLADEN FLUID shall mean any approved mixture of water nnd clay or other materials as the term is commonly used in the in dustry whicb will effectively seal the formation to which it is a.pplied.

OIL' shall mean crude petroleum oil, 8.'1'ld other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the well in liquid form

by ordinary production methods, .and which are not the result of con-

densli.ticm of gas after it leaves the reservoir.

OPERATOR shall mean any person w'ho, duly authorized, is in charge of the development of a lease or the operation of a producing wc.ll.

OWNER shall mean the person who has the right to drill ~nto and to produce from 8.'1'ly pool, and to appropriate the production either for himself or for himself and ar.other, or ot'ers.

PERSON s'hall mea.n a.ny natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative of any kind.

POOL shall mean a.n underground reservoir containing a oommon
accumUlation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both. Each '!.One of a general structure which is completely separated from any other zone in the structure Is covered by the term "Pool'' as used herein.

PRESSURE BASE shall mean an absolute pre~sure agreed upori or set aa a base for converting the volume of gas metered to a correct volume.

PRESSURE MAINTENANCE shall mea'll (1) the reintroduction

{lu the early stages of field development) of gas or liquid produced

1rom an oil or gas well to maintain the pre!:isure of the reservoir;

(~) the introduction of gas or fluid for' the same purpose but obtain~

ed from an outside source.

PRODUCElR shall mean the, owner of a well or wells capable of

producing oil or gas or both.

PRODUCT me8.'1'la any commodity made from oil .or gas and shall include refined crude oil, crude tops, topped crude, processed crude Jetroleum, residue from crude petroleum, cracking stocl{, uncracked fuel oil, fuel oil, treated crude oil, gas oil, casinghead gasoline. natural gas gasoline, naptha, distillate, gasoline, kerosene, benzine, wash oil, waste oil, blended gasolind l.ubrlcating oil, .blends or mixtures of oil with one or more liquid products or by-products de rived from oil or
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gas. and blends or mixtures of two or more liquid products or by-

products derived from oil or gas, whether here!nafter enumerated or not.
PURCHASER shall mean any person who directly or indirectly

purchases, transports, takes or otherwise removes production to his account from a well, lease or common sources of supply.

SEPARATOR shall mean an apparatus for.. separating oil, gas,

water, etc., with relative efficiency, as it is produced. SHUT IN PRESSURE shall mean the pressure noted at the we!l
head when the well is completely shut in. Not to .be confused with

Bottom Hole Pressure.

TENDER shall mean a permit or certificate of' clearance for the transportation of oil, gas or products, approved and issued or registered under the authority of the Commission.

TRANSPORTER Shall meam and include any person engaged in
the transportation of oil and gas. WASTE, in addition to its ordinary meaning, shall mean 41physi
cal waste" as that term iEP generally understood in th'e oil amd gas
industry. It shall include:

(1) The inefficient, excessive or improper use or dissipation of 1e~ervoir energy; and the locating, spacing, drilling, e<J_uipping, oper-. ating or producing of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which r.sults or tends to result in reducing the quantity of oil or gas ulti-

mately to be recovered from any pool in this state.

(2.) The enefficient storing of oil; and ihe locating, spacing,
drilling, equipping, operati'llg' or producing of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner causing, or tending to cause, unnecssary or u-

cessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas.

(3) Abuse of the correlative rights and opportunities of each owner 6-fl oil or gas in a common reservoir due to non-uniform, dis-

proportionate, and Uhratable withdrawals causing undue drainage

between tracts of land.

(4) Producing! oil or gas in such manner as to cause unneces-

sary water channeling or coning.

(5) The opreation of any oil well or wells with -am inefficient

gas-oil ratio.

(6) The drowning with water of any stratum or part thereof 1
capable of .producing oil or gas.

(7) Underground waste however caused, and whether or not

ciefined. (8) The creation of unnecessary fire hazards.

(9) The escape into the open air ,from a well producing both oil and gas, or gas in e:rcess of the amount which is necessary in the dfiCient drilling or operation of the well.
(10) The use of gas for the manufacture of carbon black.

(11) Permitting . gas produced from a gas well to escape into the air.

WELL LOG shall mean the written record progressively describ-

ing the strata, water, oil or gas encountered in drilling a well with

such additional information as to gas volumes, pressures, rate of fill-

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up, water depths, caving strata, casing r.ecord, etc., as is usually re~ Corded in the normal procedure of drilling~

Drilling--Production

RULE B-1-APPLIOATION TO DRILL
Before:. any person, firm or corporation shall spud in and begin
. the actual drilling or deepening of any well. in search of oil and;or ~as in the State of Georgia, such person, firm or corporation shall file with the Oil and Gas Commission its application in such form as the Commission sball require for a permit to drill or deepen said well.
The application shall be accompanied by the sum of $25.00, which ~urn is fixed as the f.ee for granting of a permit to drill. !There is no 1(.6 for the permit to deepen a: well previously drilled under Commis~ sion permit. The permit so issued by the Commission shall be in ~uch form as it may by its rules and regulations prescribe. A permit to drill will be given by the Commission to th~ applicant, on which will be noted the Commission's approval of the location if it complies
with all requirements of applicable state-Wide or field rules. Locations which do not comply with applicable spacing rules shall be ap-
proved or rejected by the Commission after notice and hearing have
been given to all interested parties. Drilling or deepening shall not begin until the approval i~ obtained. An operator shall be required to obtain a permit to deepen: w'hen the well is to be recompleted in another reservoir, but not as long as the well does not exceed its ori-
ginal permit depth or as long as the well is recompleted in the same reservoir. No permit is required for workover as long as the well ~f-mains' completed in the same reservoir.

RULE B-2-BOND TO BE FUBNlSHED P.EFORE "SPUDDING IN''

After permit to drill a well has been granted, the owner, opel-a-

tor, contractor~ driller or other person responsible for the conduct of

the drilling operations shall furnish the Commission a surety bond,

in the amount of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars to insure th~
faithful performance of the requirements of Act # 36~ with respect

to the filing of reports required thereunder within a period of three

(3) years from its date;, amd further conditioned that the well when

abandoned shall be propCrly plugged as required by said Act and in

the manner .and according to the method and procedure as outlined

by the Comffiission in Rule B-8 and Rule B-9, this day adopted. If

during said three (3) year period the operations of the person fUr-

nishing said bond in the drilling of wells shall be so extensive that in

the discretion of the Commission the amount of said bOnd is not suf-

ficient to i-nsure prompt filing of the reports, it may require/ an in-

crease of said bond in an amount not exceeding Five Thousand

($5,000.00) Dollars to cover all of said Operations and said responsible

person shall also file a report describing progressively the strata,

water, oil, amd other minerals encounter-ed in drilling the well, with

such other and additional information as to gas volumes, pressures,

rate of fill-up, watel1 depths, caving strata, casing records and such

other information as is usually recorded in the normal procedure of

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drilling. It shall be the duty of the Director of Petroleum &l!ld Con&ervation, as Secretary of the Commission, to furnish all such infor~ation to the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology of the State, and to co-operate with such division of the State, in assemblying and supplying information, and in the conservation of any other mineral resources discovered through drilling wells for oil and gas.

RULE B-8--SLUSH PITS
Before commencing!. to drill, proper and adequate slush pits shall be constructed for the reception of mud.

RULE B-4-SPACING OF W1ELLS

A. The spacing of wells in !proven oil and gas fields, or ~ areas

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that the Coq~.mission may designate; shall be governed by speciAl rules

for that particular field or area, adopted after notice and hearing.

B. All oil wells

(1) must be located on a drilling unit col}Sisting of at least forty
(40) surface col}tiguous acres upon which no other. drilling or producible well is located; and .the location of the well sh8.11 not be greater
than 330 feet from the center of the drilling unit, unless a special ex
ception is granted after notice and hearing.

(2) the difference between any two points farthest apart on the

drilling unit upon which the well is located must not exceed a dis

t.a.nce of 2100 feet.

(3) no poJ;'tion of the drilling unit attributed to the well shall

fall Within 330 feet of any other drillmg or producible well located on

the same lease or property; ii.nd

(4} the tirilling unit Upon which the well is located must not be .

.attributed in whole or in part to any other drilling or producibie well

!n the same reservoir; and .

(5) all separate property interests in the _drilling unl~ upon

which the well is located must first be consolidated;' and

. (6) the well must be located at least 660 feet from every otlier

drilling ()r producible well; and

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(7) the well must be "located at least' 330 feet from every lease

!ine, property line aond subdivision line separating unconsolidated

property interest; and . .

(8) if any well drilled in conformity with the provisions of . this

paragraph is completed as a gas or condensate well it shall not be

produced except to provide fuel for drilling or tuel for other lease op.o erations or for testing' the well for a period of not ~xceedlng fifteen (15) days ~tii authorization has been granted by the, Oil and Gas

Commission after hearing.

c. Every gas well or gas-condensate well
(1) 'must .be located on a drilling unit consisting of ~t least 640

contiguous surface acres upon which no; other drilling or producible

well is located; and

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' attributed ion whole or in part to acy other drilling or producible

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drilling unit upon which the well is located must not exceed a distance of 8500 feet; and
(4) all _.!!eparate property interests in the drilling unit upon wblcll the well is located must first be consolidated; and
(5) the well must be located at least 5280 feet from every other drilling or producible well; and
(6) the well must be located at least 1320 feet from every lease line, property line and subdiVision line separating unconsolidated property i'llterests.

D. The Oil and Gas Commission, in order to prevent waste or to prevent the confiscation o property, may grant exceptions to permit drilling within shorter distances of the above prescribed, whenever the Commission shall determine, after hearing, that such exceptions are necessary to prevent waste or to prevent the confiscation of prop&rty. When exception to such rule is desired, application therefor shall be made to the Commission in duplicate on a form prescribed by the Commission, which application shall be accompanied by' a plat or sketch drawn to the scale of one inch equalling 400 feet, accurately showing to scale the property on which the permit is sought to drillfig a well under an exception to these rules, and accurately showing to scale all other completions, drilling and permitted wells on said ~rperty and accurately showing to scale all adjoining surrounding properties and well. Such application shall be verlfed by some person acquainted with the facts, stating that all facts therein stated are within the knowledge of the affiant true and that the acc<;>mpany!ng plat is accurately drawn to scale and correctly reflects pertinent and required data. Such exception shall be gra.nted only after at least seven (7) days notice to all adjoining less3es affected thereby 'has been given, after public hearing at which all interested parties may appear and be heard, and after the Commission has determined that an exception to such rule is necessary either to prevent waste or to protect property belonging to the applicant from confiscation.
~. No well drilled in Violation of these rules without special permit obtained issued or granted in the manner prescribed in these rules and no well drilled under such special permit which r-roes not conform in all respects to the terms of such special permit shall be permitted to produce oil, gas or condensate and any such well so drilled in vio1ation of these rules shall be plugged.

-RrLE B_i:-IDENTIFICAT.ION OF WELLS

Hereafter every person drilling fo:r- oil or gas in the State of Georgia; or operating, ownil:ig or controlling or in possession of any well drilled for oil or gas, shall paint or stencil and post and keep posted in ;a conspicious place near the well. the name of the person, corporation, company or . association drilling operating, owning or contro'I' ng the well; the name of the farm, the number of the well and the number of the permit for the well, together with the name of the county. the land lot number and the land district number.

RUI..E B-6-WEL.L REOOlW (LOG)

Dudng the drilling of every well, the owner, operator, contractor

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driller, or other person 'responsible for the conduct of drilling opera-

tJons, shall keep at the well a detailed and accurate record of the well,

rcriuced to writing from day to day, which shall be accessible to the

Commission am.d its agents at all reasonable times. A copy of the

record shall be furnished to the Commission upon Form Number 9,

prescribed by the Commission, within thirty (30) days after the com-

Tnetion of any well. Well logs and_ electric logs shall be kept confi-

dential, if the ope:rator so requests in writing, for a periOd not to ex-

C'eed_ six months. The well record shall describe progressively the ~lrata, Water, oil or gas. enCountered in drilling a well with such ad-

ditional information as to gas volumes, pressures, rate' of fill-up,

water depths, caving strata, casing record, shooting, perforating,

1 chemical treatment, etc., as "is usually recorded in the nOrmal proce-

dure of drilling.

Any electrical logging or surveying of the well shall also be re-

corded and copy furnished the Commission within six months after

completion.

l'ULE B-7-0U., GAS AND. WATER TO !JE Pll.OTECTED

A. Protection of. fresh and artesian waters =

All fresh waters and waters of present or probably future valuetor domestic, commercial or stock purposes shall be confined to their re.~pective strata and shall be adequately prOtected. Speci~ precau-

tiolls shall be taken in drilling and abandoning wells to guard against a;.1y loss of artesian water from the strata in w'hich it occurs, and the contamination of fresh water by objectionable water, oil, or gas.

B. Strata to be sealed off and produced separately

Before any oil or gas well is completed as a_producer, all oil, gas and water strata above and below the producing horizon shall bEf seal.. 'e.d or separated in order to prevent their conte'nts_ from passing into other strata. No well shall be permitted to produce oil or gas simUltaneously frOm different strata throUgh the sainEi strill_g of casing._

RULE B-8--NOTIGE OF INTENTION TO

ABANDON SUPERVISION (PLUG)

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Before any work is commenced to abandon any well_drilled for the di~Covery of oil "or gas, including any well drilled b~low the fresh

water level, except such holes as. are described in Rule B--11, the own-

er or operator thereof shall give Written: notice to the Co~mission of

his intent to abandon such well and submit Foi-m Number 10 Within

iive days. Upon reccip~ of such notice, the Commission: or its duly

authorized representative shall either approve or reject the lnanner
nr' Plugging propoSed and may send a duly aUthorized representative

to the location specified, to bef present at the time indicated in such

notice, to supervise the plugging of such well.

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RULE B-9-PLUGGING METHODS AND PROCEDURE

- ThE1 methods and procedure for plugging a well shall be as fol-

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A. The bottom of the hole shall be filled 'to th;~ tOP of each pro-

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cueing formation, or a bridge shall be placed at the top of each producing format!on, and jn either event a cement plug not less than 15 tE:;et in length shall be placed immediately above each producing formation whenever possible.
B. A cement plug not less than 50 feet in length shall be placed 4t approximately 50 feet below all fresh water-bearing strata.
c. A plug shall be placed at the surface of the . ground in each
. l1ole plugged in such manner as not to interfere with soil cultivation.
D. The inter\ral between plugs shall be filled with an approved havy mud-laden fluid.
E . An uncased rotary drilled hole may be plugged with approved heavy mud up to the base of the surface string, and in the lower part of the surface pipe a plug of not less than 50 feet of cement shall be placed. The hole shall also be capped similar to other abandoned holes.
F. Any other method approved by the Commission may be used.
RULE B-10-AFFIDAVIT ON PLUGGING CO'l\IPLETION.....(JOPIES
Within 30 days after the plugging of any well has been accomplished , the owner or operator thereof shall file Form Number 11 with the Commission, setting forth in detail the method used in plugging the well.
RULE B-11-SEISl\UC CORJ!l AND OTHER EXPLORATORY HOLES TO BE PLUGGED: METHODS: AFFIDAVIT
Before any hole is abandoned which is drilled for seismic core or other exploratory purposes below the fresh water formation, it shall be the duty of the owner or driller of any such hole to plug the same in such manner as to properly protect all water-bearing formations.
RULE B-12-WELLS USED FOR FRESH !WATER
When the well to be plugged may safely be used as a fresh water well and such utilization is desired by the landowner, the well need not be filled above the required sealin~ plug set below fresh water; pl'ovided, that written authority for such use is secured from the landowner and filed with the Commission.
RULE B-18-0RGANIZATION REPORTS
Every person acting as principal or agent for another or indepenuent engaged in the production, storage, transportation (except railroads} , refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing or processing of c:rude oil or natural gas shall immediately file with the Commission on Form No. 1: the name under wpicb such business is being operated or conducted; the name and postoffice address of such person, the business or businesses; in which he is engaged; the pla!Il of organization and, in case of a corporation, the law under which it is chartered; and the names and postoffice addresses of any persoos acting as
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t~ustees, together with the names of the manager, agent or executive

thereof, and the names and postoffice addresses of any officers there~

<:of. In case where such business is t;onducted under an assumed

r,ame, such rePort shall show the names and postoffice addresses of all owners in addition to the other infonnation required. Immediate~ ly after any change occurs as to facts stated in the report filed, a

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supplementary report under oath shall be immediately filed with the

Commission with respect to such change.

RULE B-14-CASING REQUffiEMENTS

All oil wells shall be completed with an oil string of casing which

shall be properly cemented at a sufficient depth adequately to protect

the' oil-bearing stratum. Cement shall be allowed to stand at least a

total of 24 hours before drilling plUg. Gas-producing wells shall Pe

cased in a similar manner.

RULE B-15--BLOW-OUT PREVENTION
In drilling il\ areas where high pressures are likely to exist, all proper and necessary precautions shall be taken for keeping the well under control, including the use of blow:-out- preventers and high pressure fittings attached to properly anchored and cemented casing strings.

RULE B-16-DRILLING FLUID
At the time of drilling any well, the operator shall continuously maintain in the hole, from top to bottOm, good drilling fluid of suffici-ent weight to control pressures which may be encountered, and shall test the blow-out preventer on said well at 24-hour intervals, or less.

RULE B-17-WELL HEAD FITTINGS
Christmas tree fittings or well head connections shall have a working pressure or- a test pressure in keeping with the expected aepth of the well.

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F.ULE B-18-DAYLIGHT HOURS
All swabbing, bailing operations, or drill stem tests shall be completed in the daylight hours before sunset. No well shall be brought into production except during daylight hours.
RULE B-19-CLEANING WELLS
All wells shall be cleaned into a pit not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet from the derrick floor and one hundred fifty (150) teet from any fire hazard.
RULE B-2~BOILER OR LIGHT PLANT
No boileror electric lightip.g generator shall be placed or remain lJearer than one hundred (100) feet to any producing well or oil tank.
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RULE B-21-RUBBISH OR DEBRIS

Any rubbish or debris that might. i.::onstitute -a fire hazard shall be removed to a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet from the vicinity of wells, tanks and pump stations. All waste shall be nurned or di::;posed of in such manner as to avoid creating a fire hazard or polluting streams and fresh water strata.

RULE B-22-TUBING

All flowing wells shall be equipped .with and produced through tubing.
RULE B~28-CHOKES

All wells shall be equipped with adequate chokes, or beans, to properly control the flow thereof.

RULE B-24-SEPARATORS

All flowing oil w-ells must be produced through an approved oil 'lnd gas separator.

:&ULE B-25-FIRE WALLS

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All permanent oil tanks, or battery of tanks, must be surrounded .

by a dyke or fire wall with a capacity of one and one-half (1..1)

times that of the tanks or battery of tanks.

RULE B-26-EMULSION, B.S., AN-D WASTE On.

Wells producing oil shall be operated ~ such. manner as will reduce as much as practicable the formation of emulsion and B. S.
These substances and waste oil shall not be allowed to pollute.streams or cause surface damage.

RULE B-27-<JASINGI TESTS

The operator shall test each string o~ casing, in accordance with the provisions of the rules governing the field or area in which the ~-en was drilled, and report same on Form furnished by the Commis-
lliOD.

RULE B-28-DEVIATION TESTS

All wells must be drilled with due diligence to maintain a vertical well bore, provided, however, a well may be intentionally deviated irom the vertical after written permissiO'll has been granted by the Sueprivsior of the Commission, P!'OVided, however, that permission cannot be granted without notice and hearing, except side-tracking :nechanical difficulties are expressly excluded. Where a well is ihtentionally deviated from the vertical, ,a, directional survey of the well bore must be filed with the Oil and Gas Commission within thirty (30) days after completion of the well.

The Commission shall have the right to make, or to require the

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an off-set operator and at the expense of said off-set operator' prior
to the completion of the well; and the Commission shall ha.ve the right
to make or to require the operator to make a directional survey of the hole at any time, and at the expense of thE! operator, in order td as~ certain that the well has not deViated beyond the boundaries of propcity on which well is located.

&UL!f] 'B-29-NOTJFICATION OF. FIRE, BREAK~
LEAKS OR BWW-OUTS
All drillers, owners, operators and indiViduals having an interest in any oil and gas wells or pipe lines, or receiVing tanks, storage ta11ks, or receiVing and storage receptacles i'Ilto which crude oil is I-roduced, received, or stored, or throug~ which oil is piped or transI orted, shall immediately notify the Commission by letter giving full details concerning all firas which occur at oil or ga11 wehs or tanks or receptacles owned, operated or CO'Iltrolled by them or on their property, and all such persons shall immediately report all tanks or receptacles struck by lightning and any other fire which destroys oil or gas, and shall immediately report any breaks or leaks! in or from tAnks or other recptacles a'Il.d pipe lines .from which oil or gas is escaping or has escaped. In all such reports of fires, breaks, leaks,,~ or escapes, or other accidents of this nature the location of the w~ll, tank, receptacle, or line break shall be given by county, land lob and land district, and property, so that the exact location thereof can be 1 <:adily located on the ground Such report shall likewise specify what steps' ha.ve been taken or are in progress to remedy the situation reported and shall detail the quantity (estimated, if no accurate measurement can be obtained, in which case the report shall show that the same is an estimate~ of oil or gas lost, destroyed, or permitted to escape. In case any tank or recptacle is permitted to rm over, the escape thus occurring shall be reported as in the case of a leak.
The report thereby required as to oil losses shall be necessary only In case such oil loss exceeds twenty-five (25) barrels in the aggregate

RULE B-SO-D'E1I'ERMlNING AND NAMING

COMMON SOURCE OF SUPPLY

Wells shall be classifed as to the common sources of supply from

whicb they produce and common sources of supply shall be determin-

td and named by the Commission, provided that tn the event any

person is dissatisfied,.with any such classificatfan or determination,

an application may be made to the Commission for such classification

or determination deemed proper and the Commission will hear and

determine the same.

In naming the common sources of supply, ,reference shiill be giv-

en to common usage and geographic names. Separate eommon sour-

ces of supply Within the same II.I'ea shall preferably be named accord~

;.ng to the producing formation.

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RULE B-Sl-TAKINGS 1TO BE RATABLE

Every person, ,now or hereafter C'Ilga.ged in the business of pur-

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chasing and selling crude oil or natural gas in this state, shall pur-
chase, without discrimination in favor of one producer against another, or in favor of any one source .of supply as against- another.
RULE B-3z.:-AGENTS .ro HAv:.; ACCESS TO ALL WELLS,
ALL WELL RECORDS, TO MAKIE WELL TESTS, A.J.~D l\IEASURE PRODUCTION FROI\1 WELLS
All operators of oil and gas wells are required to permit and assist the agents of the Commission in making any and all tests, including bottom hole pressure and gas-oil determinations, that may be required by the Commission a-nd Director of Production on any or all wells. The agents of the Commission shall have access to all well records, and shall be permitted to come upon any lease or property to inspect any and: all wells and to gauge the production therefrom at all times.
RULE B-38-DUAI. COJ\1PLE TIONS
No well shall be completed in any field with the casing open to one strata and the tubing open to another without a permit granted !Jy the Commission after due notice and hearing.

Oil

RULE C-1-PRODUCTION T.ESTS

An operator completio:1g a new oil well or placing an old oil well on production which has been closed in during at least one month shall test the well and file the results of the test with the Director of rroduction within five (5) days after the test is completed. Thepurpose of this test is to determine that the well is capable of producing and the amount it can produce up to and including its allowable. The test shall be taken in a manner prescribed by the Commission in its Rules and Regulations and shall be filed on a Form to be furnished by the Commission which is made a part of this order. Upon receipt of such Form, the Commission will assign an allowable to the well;

RULE C-.2-0IL TO BE 1\IEASURED

All oil as and when produced shall be adequately measured before the same leaves the lease on which it is produced, and sufficient tankage and separator capacity shall be provided by the producer to adequately take daily gauges of all oil and gas produced, provided exceptions may be granted by the Commission in cases of water bottom lands or when physical conditions make exceptions necessary.

RULE C-3-0IL MEASUREl\llENTS

A. Quantities of oil shall be computed from correctly compiled tank tables and no deduction shall .be take'll therefrom.. Correctio:ls &baH be made for temperature to the basis of sixty degrees (60) Fahrenheit in accordance with the Abridged Volume Correction Table !or Petroleum Oils contained in the Supplement to the National Bureau

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of Standards Circular C-410' issued April 20, 1937. The full per centum of B. S. & W. as shown by the centrifugal or other tests shall be deducted after making correction for temperature.
B. Combined Correction Tables for making both temperature 8.'lld B. S. & W. Correction at tlre same time may be used, if'the combined tables are based .on the above-mentioned Abridged Volume Correction To.ble for Petroleum qils, and if the factors are calculated in such a _rr.anner that they give the same results as would be obtained by. makirlg- the temperature correction and the B. S. & W. deduction separately.
RULE (}.4-GA8-0IL RATIO
Any oil well producing with a gas-oil ratio in excess of two thou~and (2,000) cubic feet of gas per barrel of oil produced shall be allowed to produce daily only that volume of gas obtained by multiplying its daily oil allowable, as determined by the allocation formula applicable to said well, by two thousand (2,000) cubic feet. The gas volume thus obtained shall be known as the daily gas limit of such well. The daily oil allowable of such well in barrels shall then be determined by dividing its daily gas limit, obtained as herein provided, by its producing gas-oil ratio in cubic feet per barrel of oil produced.
A gas well producing from the gas cap of an oil reservoir in which an oil well or wells ar-e completed and producing shall (to the extent it can produce without waste) be allowed to produce daily only' that volunl'e of gas and other hydrocarbons which under conditions of pressure' and temperature existing in the reservoir from which pro6.uced is the equivalent in volume, under like pressure and temperature, to the oil and gas which would be produced daily from that oil wt:':ll tn the same reservoir producing the highest daily oil allowable if its gas-oit ratio were two thousand (2,000) cubic feet of gas per barrel of oil.
RULE (}.5-PLANT PROJECT HEARINGS REQUIRED
The operation of pressure maintenance plants, cycling plants, gas return plants, salt water disposal systems, and other similar projects <Jhall be governed by Commission Rules and Regulations i~ued after due notice anq: hearing. Any person desiring to operate one. of the above-mentioned projects shall first request a hearing, after which testimony of all interested parties will be considered and the proper order issued.
RULE 0-~RTIFiCA~ OF COMPLIANCE AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSPORT
No pipe line shall be Connected with a'lly oil or gas well until the ope:rator thereto shall fUrnish a certificate from the Director of Prouuction that the conservation laws Of the Stat~ ha.ve been complied v..ith and that the pipe line is authorized by the operator to transport oil from. the lease; provided that this rule shall not prevent the tem!iorary connection with any well in order to take care of production
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and prevent waste until the operator shall have h!ld a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of such connection, within which to secure a certificate.
No pipe line shall disconnect from any well or lease excep_t upon the order of the. Director of Production without first securing permission to do so from the Director of Production, or Without the written consent of the owner or his duly authorized agent.
w .henever the operator of any oil or gas well shall have failed to comply witb all applicable laws and all applicable rules and regula~ tiona of the Conmiission with respect to a'lly such well, the certificate of compliance- shall be revoked, and the pipe line company connected to such well and to such property shall upon notice to do so from the Director of Production disconnect its lines and keep said lines disconnected until authorization by the Director of Production to reconnect same.

Gas

RULE ~-1-POTENTIAL TEST AND GAS MEASURE~IE..~S

A. The potential flow of producing gas wells shall be determined

. at least once each year. Gas wells shall not be tested by,open flow

methods, but the potential flow shall be determined .by the U. S. Bu-

reau of Mines back pressure test method, or some other method ap-

proved by the Commission..

B. Measurements of gas potentials by gas wells shall be taken under the following requirements: _

{1) Baste orifice coefficients used i'll the calculation or gas flow shall be those contained in the American Gas Associations' Gas Measurement Committee Report No. 1 and No. 2, or some other basic orifice coefficients generally accepted in the industry and approved by the Department of Conservation. Corrections for supercompressibility are recommended when equal to or greater than one per cent (1%) in cases where data are available. Corrections for Reynolds number and expansion factor are recommended . O'llly in cases :where their combined correction is equal to or exceeds one per cent (1%).

{2) Gas measurements with Pltot Tubes shall be based on Reid's

f:,rmula and shall ~ollow recommendations similar to those set forth

in Appendix 4 of the Bureau of Mines Monograph 7. Corrections for

base pre~sure, base temperature, ,shall be made as in orifice measure-

ments.

(3) Gas Mea.surements with ' orifice Well Testers shall follow
recommen~atlons similar to those set forth in Bulleti'Il # E-7 of the
American Meter Company. Corrections for base pressure .and base
tniperature .and gravity:.;shall be made as in orifice measurements.

RULE D-2-SUPERVlSION! OF TESTS

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RULE D-8-DURATION OF TESTS

The flow tests shall continue for such duration and at such inter-vals as may be n-ecessary to accurately determine the same.

r.ULE D-4-.NOTICFJ OF TESTS

The flow tests may be Witnessed or observed by a representative

of any producer in the field and th!l owners _or represntatives of the

adjoining or offset leases must be notified by the owner. of the well,

or his representative, on whichra test is to be taken, stating the time

when said test will commence.

RULE D-5--GAS TO BE METERED

AU gas produced from the deposits of this State shall be ac-

(..ounted for by measurement and reported to the Commission either

by the producer or by the purchaser of the gas. Where gas_ is de

livered to gasoline extraction plants or gas piPe line companies for

light and fuel, oil and gas development, including drilling, gas lift

and repressuring, gasoline extraction before redistribution as residue,

the company' operati'ltg' the gasoline extraction plant or gas pipe line

shall be responsible for the reporting of the portion of the gas taken

by them and shall make a separate report for each field! or reservoir

from which the gas is taken and shall make a separate report for

sweet, sour and casinghead gas taken in each field or reservoir. If

any producer or well owner Is taking gas from a well or wells for any

purpose whatsoever, which gas is not delivered to a purchasing com-

:!'anY or person and not reported to the Commission, said producer

or well owner shall make a report of such gas to the Commission on

forms furnished, upon request, by the Commission. Provided, how

ever,- the gas produced incident. to the production of oil, where not

sold, shall only be measured and reported when ordered by special

order of the Commis;:lion, and that gas used for development purposes

of a temporary nature in the same reservoir or field frOm which: it

was produced, or gas used for lease purposes such as lease houses,

lJoil-erl statiOns, crude oil heating and treating plants and salt water

disposal plants when not sold need not be metered but must be' ac

counted for by estimate based upoo its use and reported to the Com-

mission. The record of the meisurement on estimate, whether it be

for the individual well or the entire pZ.operty, shall be kept in a per

manent file and made available to the Commission's representative

at all times.

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RULE D-6-GAS UTILIZATION

After the expiration of seven (7) days from the time of encountel ing gas in a gas well, no gas from such well shall be permitted to escape mto the air, and all gas produced therefrom shall be utilized for the following purposes:
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A. No gas well shall be utilized except for: -(1) Light or fuel
(2) Efficient chemical manUfacturing
of (3) Bona. fide introduction gas into oil or gas bearing hori-
:z:on, in ordel' to maintain or increase t'he reservoir pressure or otherwiSe increa.se .the ultimate recovery of oil or gas from such horizon.
(4) The extraction of natural gasoline therefrom when the residu~ is returned to the horizon from which it is produced.
B. Casinghead gas may be. used for any beneficial purpose.
C. Any producer of gas may use the same as gas lift in the bona fide production of oil where such gas is not used in excess of ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet per barrel of oil produced; provided that,
.n order to prevent waste in any case where the facts in such warrant
it, the Commission may permit the use of additional quantities of gas to lift oil, provided all such gas so used in; excess of ten thousand . (10,000) cubic feet for each barrel of oil shall be processed for natu- ral _gasoline when same is reproduced.
D. In the event the operator needs further ti.ine to clean a gas
well _after a gas sand has been encountered, the Commission will, in
deserving instances, -grant an extension of - t ime to 'be liJllited 'by the umber of days and t'he'volume of gas required for cle~ng the well.

RULE D-7-USE OF GAS FOR OTHER THAN LIGHT OR FUEL

Before anY person shall engage in -the utilization of gas fort pur-

poses other than light and fuel, he shall file with the Commission a

verified statement' setting forth the names and addresses of the per-

son or persons who are to engage in the proposed operation,- the loca-

tion of the plant or plants where the proposed utilization is to be car-

. 1ied on, ' the kind and probable volume of the gas that is to bet used,

the reservoir fr.om which it is to . be taken, the g eneral type of the

process, and the kmd and condition of the equipment that is to be

used, the',results to be obtained in so far as such results can be rea-

sonably anticipated, . and such other pertinent facts as t'he Commis-

sion may require. Upon _filing said statement the Commission ,may,

if it deems the same necessary, conduct a public hearing with refer-

ence to the proposed utilization in order to determine whether . such

utilization or the use of the proposed processes and equipment will

. constitute waste.

Transportation
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.BUllE E-1-PIPE LINES, PURCIIA.SERS AND TRANSPORTS :

A. No transporter shall transport oil from any lease or wells

after said transporter has been notifi~d in .writing by ' a representa-

tive of the Commission that t'he owner or operator of said lease or

wells has violated any rule, regulation 'ol' order of the Co-mmission or

any consei'vation laws of the State with reference to oil and 'gas. .

B. No transporter shali accept .or receive any oil from any other

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transporter after having been notified in writing by a representative of the Commission that said other transporter has violated any rule, regulation or order of the Commission or conservation law of this State with reference to oil andlgas.
C. In order to carry out the spirit am.d purposes of this and other regulations tending to provide orderly production o~ crude oil wihout .vaste and to give equal opportunity for marketing oil to all operators bringing well~ into production in said field ,all pipe line companies
are hereby directed. to make connection of their lines to the lease
tanks on Properties or leases in rotatio~ as wells are completed, regardles~ of oW'l'l.ership. Connections shall be accepted and taken by the pipe line which by geographical location and least expense is the logical connection unless some other line is wiHing to accept the same.

Processing

RULE F-1-GENERAL ORDER

The Commission will, if deemed necessary, issue special rules,

regulations and orders relating to the erection and operation of any

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plant or factory separating produCts from oil or gas or both.
Reports

RULE G-

The Commission finds that certain operators of oil and gas wells,

l'efinerS, and transporters of crude petroleum shall make sworn re-

f. orts of their operations. The following reports 8.1lld the forms pre-

s:cribed by the Commis:sion shall on or before the fifteenth day of the

month subsequent to t'he period for which the report is made, be filed

with the Director of Production. Instructions for filling out the fonns

aJ. e printed on the back of the forms am.d are considered as a part of

tl1is order. Any person carrying on operations which fall within the

classification of operator, transporter, or refiner, shall make out the

reports applicable to his operations.

A. Producer's Monthly Reports ( 1) Oil Production Report (2) Condensate Production Report (3) Gas Production Report a. Casinghead G~ b. Gas From Gas Wells

B. Transporter's and Storer's Monthly Reports C. Processor's Monthly Reports
(1) Refiner's Monthly Report of operations (2)_ Natural Gasoline Report
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STATE OF GEORGIA Oil and Gas Conurussion

ORDER NO.1

Waycross, Georgia November 9, 1945
IN RE: RULES AND REGULATIONS OF STATEWIDE APPLICATION
Order

Pursuant to the provisions of Act. No. 366 of the 1945 General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved March 9, 1945, and
WHEREAS, after notice and hearing at auditorium of A. C. L. Y. M. C. A. June 26, 1945 at Waycross. Georgia, as provided for in Act No. 366 of the General Assembly, the Commission finds that the rules, regulations and orders hereinafter prescribed are/ necessary in the proper . administration and enforcement of said Act No. 366,1 and
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that these rules and regulations of statewide application be, and the same are hereby adopted and are in full force and effect, effective this date.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the violation of any of the rules or regulations hereby adopted by the Commission by' any person knowingly and wilfUlly, or by any person ajdi'l'lg and abetting another person in the knowingly and wilfully violation will be dealt with as is provided for i'l'l' Section 19 of Act No. 366 approved March
9; 194!S.
STATE OF GEORGIA Oil and Gas Commission C. W. Deming, Director and Ex-officio Secretary
'!t is so ordered by the Commission:
George M. Bazemore, Chairman Paul Ploeger, Sr. J. A. Pope
Waycross, Georgia ~ November 9, 1945

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STATE OF GEORGIA Oil and Gas Commission
Waycross, Georgia May 31, 1949

Otder No. 2.
In Re: Modification of Rules and Regulations, reducing spacing rules, insofar as they affect the counties of Dade, Catoosa, Walker and Chattooga, in northwest Georgia, and these counties only.

ORDER

Pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 366 of the 1945 General

Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved March 9, 1945, . and Wher~as. after legal notice and advertising of a hearing to con-

r:ider petition of John A. Dietzen and Associates, said hearing being
held at the Commiss10n's headquarters in Waycross, Ga., on May 31,

1949, as provided for in Act No. 366 of th~ General Assembly, and

Whereas, ~vidence presented at the hearing disclosed that Rule

B-4, adopted by the Commission as part of its Rules and Regulations,

Nov. 9th, 1945, while considered proper for the Cretaceous area of

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South Georgia, could not be adhered to, without affecting adversely 1.he Paleozoic area of Northwest Georgia, in the counties named, due tv the difference in formations, and their respective porosity, as to di."ainage, and

Whereas, Testimony was presented indicating that practical oil

Men regarded a 10 acre spacing allotment for these four counti~s as

adequate, for the proper conservation of any oil found in these four

counties, and that any additional spaci11.g would result in retarding

proposed development, if not actually prohibiting same, and

Whereas, After hearing all the evidence, pro and con, from both

tepresentatives of the Majors and Independents, the Commission voted

unanimously to grant the petition of .John A. Dietzen and Associates,

for ten acre spacing in the counties of Dade, Walker, Catoosa and

Chattooga, Georgia, with the requirement that each section be divid-

ed in ten acre plots, and the well on same be drilled in the center

thereof,

Therefore, it is ordered that this ruling be attached to the Rules

and Regulat'o~s of the Commission, as issued originally Nov. 9th,

1g45, and be made a part of same.

STATE OF ~EORGIA OIL AND GAS COMMISSION

It is so ordered. by the Commission: Liston Elkins Acting Director and Ex-Officio Secretary
G. M. Bazemore, Chairman H . D. Reed James T. Dampier
Waycross, Georgia

May 31, 1949

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