TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Abstract.................................................................................................................................................. x Acknowledgements................................................................................................................................ x Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1988 and 1989 Production.................................................................................................................. 1 1988 and 1989 Onshore Drilling Activity.............................................................................................. 8 Offshore Drilling Activity......................................................................................................................... 8 Exploratory Drilling in State W aters ............................................................................................... 8 1988 and 1989 Exploratory Drilling in Federal W aters,Offshore Florida........................................ 11 Geophysical Exploration Activity.......................................................................................................... 12 Florida Oil Field Descriptions.............................................................................................................. 12 North Florida Oil Field Sum marines ................................................................................................. 15 Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 15 Bluff Springs Field ......................................................................................................................... 15 McDavid Field................................................................................................................................ 17 Jay Field ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Coldwater Creek Field................................................................................................................ 19 Blackjack Creek Field.............................................................................................................. 22 Mt. Carmel Field ............................................................................................................................ 22 McLellan Field ............................................................................................................................... 25 Sweetwater Creek Field ............................................................................................................. 25 South Florida Oil Field Summaries ................................................................................................ 28 Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 28 Lehigh Park Field .......................................................................................................................... 28 Townsend Canal Field................................................................................................................ 28 W est Felda Field ........................................................................................................................... 30 M id-Felda Field.............................................................................................................................. 30 Sunoco Felda Field ....................................................................................................................... 30 Corkscrew Field............................................................................................................................. 32 Lake Trafford Field ........................................................................................................................ 32 Sunniland Field.............................................................................................................................. 34 Seminole Field............................................................................................................................... 34 Bear Island Field ........................................................................................................................... 34 Pepper Ham mock Field.............................................................................................................. 37 Baxter Island Field......................................................................................................................... 37 Raccoon Point Field ................................................................................................................ 37 Forty Mile Bend Field ................................................................................................................. 37 Sum mary................................................................................................................................................ 39 References............................................................................................................................................. 40 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. South Florida oil field location map.............................................................................................. 2 2. Stratigraphic nomenclature, Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous, south Florida....................... 3