Florida Geological Survey Sales 79 and 94, held in January, 1984 and January, 1985, respectively. Eastern Planning Area Sale 116, held in November 1988, excluded all areas originally proposed off the Florida coast (see Part II of this publication for more details). Lease sales 79 and 94 are discussed in Applegate and Lloyd (1985) and Lloyd and Applegate (1987). Historic leases in the Eastern Planning Area are shown on Figure 9. Six wells were completed off the Florida panhandle during 1988 and 1989 (Figure 9). Appendix 7 includes data on these wells (Gould, 1989). Three of the wells were in the Pensacola area; three were in the Destin Dome area. The principal drilling targets in these areas are the Smackover Formation and the Norphlet Sandstone (Figure 4); however, three of the wells were drilled to less than 3,000 feet, which is too shallow to have penetrated these potential targets. One of the Destin Dome area wells (Chevron-6406, block 56, Figure 9) was a Norphlet discovery and is described as a producible field by Gould (1989). The Amoco- 8338 well, which was completed in Destin Dome block 111 in 1987, was also a Norphlet discovery described by Gould (1989) as a producible field. This was the first commercial discovery in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (Gould, 1989). The Oil and Gas Journal (1989) discusses the Chevron-6406 well and quotes Chevron USA Inc. as stating that "the well was not tested due to safety and cost considerations. However, analysis of cores and wireline logs indicates the presence of gas in the Norphlet sandstone." These two discoveries extend the offshore Norphlet gas trend seaward and eastward from the Mobile map area of the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, offshore Alabama, into the Florida offshore. GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION ACTIVITY Twenty-two geophysical permits applications were received by the Florida Geological Survey during 1988; 15 were received during 1989. Of these 37 applications, 31 have been permitted, five were withdrawn or canceled by the applicants, and four were placed on hold by the applicants. Appendix 8 summarizes the data for these applications, including total survey mileage by area (panhandle onshore, panhandle offshore, and south Florida) and by survey method (vibrator, airgun, and seismic gel). Geophysical exploration was concentrated in the Florida panhandle and the south Florida peninsula (Figure 10). The panhandle exploration included the known oil-producing Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties, an area offshore from Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties, and an area east of the known production covering Okaloosa, Bay, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Wakulla and Washington Counties. This activity indicates interest in potential east of the known production including the Apalachicola Embayment area. The Apalachicola Embayment area was discussed by Applegate, et al. (1978) as an area with significant Smackover oil potential. South Florida seismic activity was east of the known Sunniland-producing trend in Broward, Dade, Hendry and Palm Beach Counties. FLORIDA OIL FIELD DESCRIPTIONS Applegate and Lloyd (1985) provided a brief history of each of Florida's oil fields including discovery data, geologic information, and production totals. Structure maps were presented whenever possible. This publication is now out-of-print; therefore, this information is summarized again and presented in this report. Somewhat more detailed information is presented for the five oil fields discovered since 1985. These are Bluff Springs, McDavid, Coldwater Creek, and McLellan fields in north Florida and Corkscrew field in south Florida. Fields are discussed in approximate geographic order from north to south and west to east (Figures 1 and 3).