TABLE OF CONTENTS



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Sunniland field ........................ .. .. . 1
 Drilling activity ... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... . 1
 Production ............... ........................ 8
 Pressures ........ ......... ............... . 8
 Energy for water drive .............................. 8
 Salt water encroachment .............................. 10
Exploration ............................... ... .. . 10
 Gadsden County ............................ ........ 10
 Monroe County Offshore .................... ..... 11
 Santa Rosa County ................................ 11
Land ... ... ........................................ .. . 13
 Florida mainland ......... ..... .. .... .............. ... . 13
 Florida offshore ..... .... .. ... ........ .......... .. 14
Geophysics ... ... ................................... 15
Bibliography ......................... ............... 21
Appendix .......................... ................ 23




 ILLUSTRATIONS

 Figure
 1 Florida petroleum exploration and production, 1962 . . . . 2
 2 Location map of Sunniland field . . . . . . . . . . . 3
 3 Marquesas area wells ............................ . 12
 4 Offshore Florida state leases, December 31, 1962.. . . . ..... 16

 Table
 1 Sunniland field production and structural statistics . . . . . 4
 2 Structural and thickness comparisons of the producing intervals in
 Sunniland field wells ............................. 6
 3 Sunniland field pressures and fluid levels . . . . . . . . 9
 4 Geophysical activity in Florida in 1962 . . . . . . ..... 17
 5 Crew weeks of geophysical activity in Florida, 1941-61, inclusive. 18