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Deep Oil Test Planned In Lawrence County
A permit is issued to Atlantic Richfield Co to drill an 11000 foot oil test in Lawrence County Illinois two miles north of Bridgeport. The test No 77 Lewis in Section 29 Township 4 North Range 12 West targets Precambrian rocks to probe deeper oil zones. Drilling should start before month end. if successful it would be only the third Illinois test to reach total depth exceeding 10000 feet following 1965 Texaco and 1967 Union Oil drills. Both earlier tests reached Precambrian but found no commercial oil. a small oil finding occurred in a 7,700 foot interval in Knox Megagroup. No oil production exists from Knox or deeper rocks in Illinois.
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Rence County
John C. Frye
Minos
Illinois
Texaco, Inc
Dale Consolidated Field
Hamilton County
Union Oil Company of California
Clay City Consolidated Field
Wayne County
Knox
Ilinois