Florida Geological Survey


 Two wells were producing at Townsend Canal
field at the end of 1989 (Appendix 3). Production
totaled 406,000 barrels of oil at the end of 1989
(Appendix 2).


 WEST FELDA FIELD

 West Felda field was discovered on August 2,
 1966, with the drilling of the Sun Red Cattle
number 21-3 well (permit 371) in Section 21,
Township 45 South, Range 28 East, Hendry
County (Appendix 1, Figures 1 and 20). The first
production test yielded 56 barrels of 24.60 A.P.I.
gravity oil and 148 barrels of saltwater per day
from the -11,437 to -11,440 foot MSL interval of
the Sunniland Formation.
 The field is mainly a stratigraphic trap;
however, structural closure is more evident than
at Sunoco Felda field (Figure 20). The main
producing unit has a composition typical of the
south Florida Sunniland trend fields (Means,
1977, Mitchell-Tapping, 1986). Means (1977)
summarized the reservoir characteristics for
West Felda field as follows: average pay
thickness of 17 feet, average porosity of 20
percent, average water saturation of 35 percent,
A.P.I. oil gravity of 260, and average daily oil
production of 4,600 barrels. Values indicate
improved reservoir quality over Sunoco Felda
field.
 Means (1977) believed that the reservoir
 quality was improved because West Felda field
 "experienced higher energy and more-normal
 marine conditions" than did Sunoco Felda field.
 Alternatively, Mitchell-Tapping (1986) considered
 the energy levels about the same for both fields
 and believed that the improved quality is "due to
 greater sub-aerial exposure as the mound
 structure is larger and topographically higher" at
 West Felda field.
 At the end of December 1989, eleven wells
 were producing at West Felda field and
 cumulative production totaled 41,226 barrels of
 oil (Appendices 2 and 3).


 MID-FELDA FIELD

 The Mid-Felda field discovery well was the R.
L. Burns Red Cattle number 27-4 (permit 904)
in Section 27, Township 45 South, Range 28
East in Hendry County, Florida. The well was
completed in the -11,433 to -11,437 foot MSL
interval of the Sunniland Formation on October
13, 1977. An initial production test on October
24, 1977 yielded 281 barrels of 260 A.P.I. gravity
oil and 53.6 barrels of saltwater per day
(Appendix 1).
 The well is located on a small subsurface
feature between West Felda field and Sunoco
Felda field (Figure 20). Samples from the
producing zone show a partially dolomitized
fossil hash with about ten feet of oil staining.
Geophysical log analysis indicated approximately
20 percent porosity for an eight-foot interval
(Applegate and Lloyd, 1985).
 At the end of 1989, two wells were actively
producing (Appendix 3). Cumulative production,
as of the end of December, 1989 was 1,239,000
barrels of oil (Appendix 2).


 SUNOCO FELDA FIELD

 The Sunoco Felda field, located in Hendry and
 Collier Counties, was discovered in July 1964 by
 Sunoco, when they drilled the discovery well
 (Appendix 1). The well (the Sun Red Cattle
 number 32-1; permit 315) is located in Section
 32, Township 45 South, Range 29 East. Sunoco
 Felda was the second commercial oil field
 discovered in Florida and was discovered 21
 years after the first commercial discovery
 (Sunniland field). Forty Mile Bend field was
 discovered in 1954 but turned out to be non-
 commercial and was abandoned in 1956. The
 Sunoco Felda discovery well location was based
 on a combination of subsurface and seismic data
 (Tyler and Erwin, 1976).
 In an initial pumping test in November 1964,
 the discovery well produced 427 barrels of 25.40
 A.P.I. gravity oil and 11 barrels of saltwater per