Deep, Remote Exploratory Targeting Granite Rhyolite Wash Planned in Hardin County, Ill.
Drilling Activity Details
ardin
IL
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
A deep, remote exploratory test in Hardin County, Ill., has been staked by John O. Schofield Inc., about 15 miles from the nearest oil production. The Carmi, Ill-based company’s #1 Schofield-Hicks Dome has a planned depth of 12,500 ft. It is in Section 30-11s-8e and is targeting Granite Rhyolite Wash (Precambrian). The company had drilling plans in the area in late 2015, permitting an offsetting exploratory test, also named #1 Schofield-Hicks Dome. It had a planned depth of 12,000 ft, and the location was abandoned before drilling took place. Nearby drilling is at two wildcats—one in Section 30 at #1 H. Hamp, which was abandoned in 1953 at 2,948 ft, and #1 Missouri Portland Cement in Section 36, which was abandoned in 1978 at 370 ft. The only successful exploratory test in the county is at #1 A. Lane in Section 20-11s-10e that was tested in 1947 pumping an unreported amount of oil from the Lower Renault at 1,098-1,107 ft.
A deep, remote exploratory test in Hardin County, Ill., has been staked by John O. Schofield Inc., about 15 miles from the nearest oil production. The Carmi, Ill-based company’s #1 Schofield-Hicks Dome has a planned depth of 12,500 ft. It is in Section 30-11s-8e and is targeting Granite Rhyolite Wash (Precambrian). The company had drilling plans in the area in late 2015, permitting an offsetting exploratory test, also named #1 Schofield-Hicks Dome. It had a planned depth of 12,000 ft, and the location was abandoned before drilling took place. Nearby drilling is at two wildcats—one in Section 30 at #1 H. Hamp, which was abandoned in 1953 at 2,948 ft, and #1 Missouri Portland Cement in Section 36, which was abandoned in 1978 at 370 ft. The only successful exploratory test in the county is at #1 A. Lane in Section 20-11s-10e that was tested in 1947 pumping an unreported amount of oil from the Lower Renault at 1,098-1,107 ft.