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nothing short of spectacular often exceeding 20,000 barrels (3,200 m) of oil per day and 20 million cubic feet (570,000 m) per day. The field is approximately 12 by 4.5 miles (19.3 km × 7.2 km) and encompasses 32 square miles (83 km) with a productive area of 13,770 acres (55.7 km).
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sediments. Because of this, the most prolific reservoir of the field, the "Wilcox Sand", was found at the structurally lowest producing position within the field and was the last of the major
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Subsurface mapping of the field demonstrated that the producing north-south trending anticlinal structure is bounded on the east by large normal
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