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 Anahuac Oil and Gas Field Posted by:  TeamBPL
N 29° 47.322 W 094° 35.231
15R E 346586 N 3296427
Anahuac field is an oval-shaped oil and gas field near Turtle Bay in central Chambers County, on the coast of Southeast Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKYQQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2014
Views: 4
Marker Number: 9079
Marker Title: Anahuac Oil and Gas Field
Index Entry: Anahuac Oil and Gas Field
Address:
City: Monroe City
County: Chambers
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 346626
UTM Northing: 3296438
Subject Codes: oil/petroleum topics
Year Marker Erected: 1967
Designations: na
Marker Location: southside of SH 65 in Monroe City at entrance to old Humble Oil and Refinery Co. (now Exxon)
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 9079
Marker Text:
Although oil production of major value began in Chambers County in 1916, this prolific Anahuac field was discovered on March 3, 1935, with completion of Humble Oil & Refining Company's A. D. Middleton No. 1 (1.8 mi. SE). The camp which housed Humble crews who developed the field was adjacent to this site.
The field encompasses some 14,000 acres of prime rice and grazing land and produces from 21 zones in a highly faulted domal structure. Producing depths range from 6,600 feet to 8,600 feet. Peak production was reached in World War II, when in 1944 annual total was 11,916,137 barrels. Discovery well had an original potential of 144 barrels a day from depth of 7,050 feet. It was deepened to 7,088 feet and recompleted March 14, 1935, with a new potential of 518 barrels. Through 1966, A. D. Middleton No. 1 has produced in excess of 390,000 barrels of oil.
Over 177 million barrels of oil and 268 billion cubic feet of gas have been produced from the field. (in Chambers County, a pioneer oil producing area, over 475 million barrels of oil have been produced since 1916.) At present, there are 408 wells in the Anahuac field, and it is expected that production will continue into the 21st century. (1967)
Incise in Base: Erected by Chambers County Historical Survey Committee, Guy C. Jackson III, Chairman
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