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4 CONTENTS. Gas in the area north and west of Fort Worth-Continued. Page. Summary of conclusions................................................ 73 Petrolia field...................................................... 73 Original quantity of gas in the field............................. 73 Ratio between percentage of depletion and amount marketed .... 73 Present capacity............................................... -73 Capacity in near future of the field as now drilled............... 73 Capacity in distant future of the field as now drilled..-...........74 Increase of capacity through new wells to known sands in the proved field.................................................. 74 Increase of capacity through finding new sands in the proved field. 74 Increase of capacity through finding new productive area adjoin- ing the field................................................. 74 Increase in marketed supply through greater care in handling wells 74 Life of the field............................................... 74 Other fields....................................................... 75 Gas prospects south and southeast of Dallas, by G. C. Matson-................ 77 Geography............................................................. 77 Geology............................................................. 78 Cretaceous system................................................. 78 Comanche series (Lower Cretaceous)............................ 79 Trinity group............................................ 79 Fredericksburg group....................................... 79 Washita group............................................ 79 Gulf series (Upper Cretaceous)................................ 79 Woodbine sand............................................ 79 Eagle Ford clay........................................... 80 Austin chalk.............................................. 80 Formations overlying the Austin chalk......-.............. 80 Tertiary system.................................................. 82 Eocene series................................................. 82 Midway formation.......................................... 82 Natural gas.................................................. ......... 82 Occurrence.............................................. ......... 82 Cap rock........................................................... 83 Pressure........................................................... 83 Accumulation..................................................... 84 Structure.............................................................. 84 General causes and forms.......................................... 84 Methods of representation........................................... 85 Mexia-Groesbeck gas field.............................................. 87 Location......................................................... 87 Consumption of gas................................................. 87 Production........................................................ 87 History............................................................ 88 Strata encountered in drilling.................................88 Midway formation.............................................. 88 Navarro formation.............................................. 89 Gas-bearing sand................................................... 90 Area.......................................................... 90 Effect of curvature on the area and quantity of the gas sand...... 90 Thickness of the sand.......................................... 91 Quantity of the gas sand........................................ 91 Pore space.................................................... 92
Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Contour marks and designations for current or dry wells are added in red. Scale 1:18,000.
Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Symbols are added designating existing and dry wells, with contour marks added in red. Scale 1:48,000.
Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Symbols are added designating where drilling has happened and what has been found, with contour marks added in red. Scale 1:48,000.
Map of a portion of Limestone County from Mexia and Groesbeck, Texas noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Contour marks and designations for current or dry wells are added in red. Scale 1:36,000.
Diagram of soil compositions at three gas wells in north Texas -- labeled Southern Methodist University, Magnolia Refining Co. (Corsicana, Tex.), and Focke well No. 2 -- with illustrated textures noting the layers of soil and stone types.
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Shaw, E. W. (Eugene Wesley) & Matson, George Charlton.Natural Gas Resources of Parts of North Texas,
report,
February 1916;
Washington D.C..
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1065601/m1/6/:
accessed July 17, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.