Engineering report on the Smackover oil and gas field, Union and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas. [Underground conditions and their application to drilling and production problems]

Abstract

This r q o A Jteals rrtt?~ the engiqeerins s t u d i e s of undergrowid conditions i d t h e i r a2plicati 0-1 LJ dr'll5ng zml production prablems ic the h a c k o v e r , Lrkanses fie'.d. :umbel. Of wells s o t k t i t vas possi3I.e t o determine t h e d e f i n i t e relatioils between t h e ssveral o i l a-xi gas bearing sards and tke r a t e r sands. The report i s ?ubl-is:ied K i t h a t h r s e-f o l d purpose: (1) To a i d i n establishing more exact Control Of dri'lliog and thereby t o reduce t h e E-azsrd of debeloping areas t h t a r e UP-i r i l l e d ; (2) As a gnide f o r r e p s i r i n g f m l t g r z l. 1~; (5) To i l l u s t r a t e the apPlication Of engin2erir! meShods t o s p e c i f i c 8 r i l I i n g and production p r o b l e m. Field nork f o r this report 'vas co,irpl&eJ durire; the month of October, 1523. Svfl'cicnt irforimt-t,on ras o3taineJ from t h e stndy of a large-1.