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Bibliography of Petroleum in Arkansas

1906

Veatch, A. C., "Geology and Underground Water Resources of Norern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas."-U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 46, 1906. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries.

1910

Harris, Gilbert, "Oil and Gas in Louisiana, With a Brief Summary of Their Occurrence in Adjacent States."-U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 429, 1910. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries.

1916

Stephenson, L. W., and Crider, A. F., "Geology and Ground Waters of Northeastern Arkansas."-U. S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 399, 1916. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries.

1919

Purdue, A. H., "Asphalt Deposits and Oil Conditions in Southwestern Arkansas."--U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 691j, 1919. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries.

1920

Branner, J. C., "Oil and Gas Geology," in "Outlines of Arkansas Geology," by J. G. Ferguson, 1920. Obtainable from Commissioner of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture, State Capitol Bldg., Little Rock, Arkansas.

U. S. Geological Survey Press Notice 1920c, "Promising Oil Wells in South-Central Arkansas." Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., upon request.

1921

U. S. Geological Survey Press Notice 19221, "Wildcat Wells in SouthCentral Arkansas," for the year 1921. Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., upon request.

Pratt, Wallace E., "The Recent Discovery of Oil and Gas at El Dorado, Arkansas."-Bulletin of The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 5, pp. 90-91; 1921. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

1922

Bell, H. W., and Kerr, J. B., "The El Dorado Cil & Gas Fields."-Published jointly by the U. S. Bureau of Mines and the Arkansas State Bureau of Mines, 1922. Now out of print, but may be consulted in

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Crider, A. F., "The El Dorado, Arkansas, Oil Field and Its Relation to North Louisiana Structures."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, pp. 193-198, 1922. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Drake, N. F., "Petroleum and Natural Gas in Arkansas," in "Minerals in Arkansas," by J. G. Ferguson, 1922. Obtainable from Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture, State Capitol Bldg., Little Rock, Ark.

Hull, J. P. D., and Spencer, W. C., "Oil and Gas in Northern Louisiana."-Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 187. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

U. S. Geological Survey Press Notice 1922L, "El Dorado Field in Arkansas Not on an Anticline." Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., upon request.

Richardson, George B., “Petroleum in 1922."-U. S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources for 1922, Part II, Pamphlet 32, 1924. Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

Rubey, W. H., "Wildcat Exploration in South-central Arkansas."Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, pp. 350-358; 1922. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Stephenson, L. W., "The Age of the Producing Sands, El Dorado Field, Arkansas."-Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, p. 54. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Teas, L. P., "New Producing Depths at El Dorado, Arkansas."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, pp. 473-474. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

U. S. Geological Survey Press Notice 1922C,, "Oil From the Nacatoch Sand, El Dorado, Arkansas." Obtainable from the U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., upon request.

1923

Bell, H. W., "Subsurface Conditions in the Heavy Oil-Producing Area of Smackover, Arkansas, Field."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 7, pp. 672-683; 1923. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Gilluly, Jas., and Heald, K. C., "Stratigraphy of the El Dorado Field, Arkansas, as Determined by Drill Cuttings."-Bulletin of the U. S. Geological Survey, No. 736h. Obtainable from the U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., for 5 cents.

Hull, J. P. D., "Notes on the Stratigraphy of Producing Sands in Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 7, pp. 362-369; 1923. Obtainable from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Haury, P. S., Bell, H. W., and Kelly, R. B., "The Preliminary Report on the Eastern Part of the Smackover, Arkansas, Oil and Gas Fields."-Published jointly by the U. S. Bureau of Mines and the Arkansas Bureau of Mines in 1923. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries.

Ley, Henry A., "The Relation of Quality of Oil to Structure at El Dorado, Arkansas."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 350. Obtainable from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, General Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa. Okla.

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Wilson, Malcolm E., "Oil and Gas Development in Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas in 1923."-Paper 1335P of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 29 W. 30th Street, New York, and obtainable there.

1924

Engineering Report on the Smackover Oil and Gas Fields, Ouachita and Union Counties, Arkansas.-Published jointly by the U. S. Bureau of Mines and the Chamber of Commerce, El Dorado, Ark. Price $1.00. Hull, J. P. D., "Plans for Compilation of Louisiana-Arkansas Geology."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 350. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Schneider, H. S., "Smackover Oil Fields, Ouachita and Union Counties, Arkansas."-Paper 1326-P of the Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 39 W. 30th Street, New York, and obtainable there.

Schuchert, Chas., "The Value of Micro-fossils in Petroleum Exploration."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 8, pp. 549-553. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

1925

Hull, J. P. D., "Guide Notes on the Midway in Southwestern Arkansas."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 167. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

Ring, DeWitt T., "Review of Petroleum Industry in Arkansas and Louisiana during 1925."-Published by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 29 W. 30th Street, and obtainable there.

Schneider, H. G., “Names of Producing Sands in the Smackover, Arkansas, Field."-Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 9, No. 7, p. 1116. Obtainable from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla.

1926

U. S. Geological Survey Press Notice 8823 "Oil-bearing Formations in Southwestern Arkansas." Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., upon request.

LIST OF OIL OPERATORS IN ARKANSAS

(Severance Tax Records)

NATURAL GAS

There are two natural gas producing areas in Arkansas, (1) the area in the western end of the Arkansas Valley, east and south of Fort Smith, including Scott, Sebastian, Crawford and Johnson Counties, and (2) the area in southwestern Arkansas which includes Union, Ouachita and Columbia Counties. The gas produced in these two

areas originates in two entirely different series of rocks. The western Arkansas fields obtain gas from the Atoka shales of Pennsylvanian age, while the south Arkansas fields are supplied from the Upper Cretaceous beds of the Coastal Plain.

The Arkansas Valley Area

The producing gas fields of the Arkansas Valley area are known as the Mazzard Prairie, Mansfield, Kibler-Williams, Alma, and Clarksville fields (see accompanying map). All of these fields derive their production from the Atoka formation which underlies the productive coal measure beds and makes up the surface of the eastern portion of the Arkansas River Valley of the State. The daily average production of the fields in this area during 1925 was approximately 11,600,000 cubic feet per day.

The Mazzard Prairie field lies about six miles southeast of Fort Smith in Sebastian County on a well defined anticline. The field was discovered on November 5, 1904, and has been producing ever since. As stated, the gas is derived from the Atoka shale and sandstone formation. The producing field covers an area of about 3,800 acres. There are two producing horizons in this area, one encountered between 1,190 and 1,402 feet and which varies in thickness from 40 to 260 feet, and the second encountered between 2,100 and 2,260 feet and varying in thickness from approximately 75 to 100 feet. When this field was originally discovered, the rock pressure on the shut-in wells was approximately 220 pounds in the lower sand. At the present time the rock pressure is about 25 pounds on shut-in wells, and it is therefore necessary to use pressure pumps to supply the mains. The open flow of the largest wells of this field is at the rate of 4,250,000 cubic feet per day. The present production of the entire field is about 1,100,000 cubic feet per day from 69 wells. Gas is used for domestic purposes in Fort Smith. The cost of drilling in this area varies from 65 cents to $2.00 per foot. The following are analyses of the Mazzard Prairie gas according to the U. S. Bureau of Mines:

The Mansfield field lies partly in Scott and partly in Sebastian Counties (see accompanying map). The field was discovered in