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RE: RE: "Actually, the good stuff may be above....

[JennyB2]

Just so y'all can have a little something "professional" at your fingertips should the need ever arise for a little actual knowledge of the Delhi Oil Field of Richland Parish, Louisiana!

All them there colored notations are from lil' ol' me and are not from the author of this fine report on the history and structural geology of the Richland Parish Louisiana Delhi Oilfield.

"Exploration History of Delhi Field, Northeastern Louisiana: Case Histories
James B. Powell
AAPG Special Volumes
Volume M 16: Stratigraphic Oil and Gas Fields--Classification, Exploration Methods, and Case Histories, Pages 548 - 558 (1972)

Delhi field is located in northeastern Louisiana at the updip limitof the Tuscaloosa producing trend. The accumulation occurs in Cretaceoussandstones that subcrop near the southern edge of the Monroe uplift and locally form a trap by lateral pinchout. Recognition of substantialnorthward thinning in the Cretaceous section of the area led to a jointexploration venture by C. H. Murphy, Jr., and Sun Oil Company in 1943.This team drilled one dry hole about 12 mi (19 km) east of what is nowthe field area and then conducted a fairly extensive reflection seismicsurvey near the town of Delhi. The survey revealed a 700-acre structuralclosure on which Murphy-Sun drilled their second wildcat and discoveredthe 13,590-acre field. Discovery of the field is attributed primarily opursuit of an idea based on broad-scale subsurface information."

Now, doesn't that sound as if one's drill hole is too far updip that they just might be drilling into the "pinched off" or "structural closure" part of the Delhi Louisiana oilfield?

So, being "updip" in the Delhi isn't necessarily a good thing, now is it Curtis?