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ties; 3 in Butler County; 4 in Reno County; 5 in Cowley County; and 7 in
McPherson County.
 Several new gas developments are of interest. IniDecember 1932 a well in
sec. 16, T. 25 S., R. 34 W., Finney County, was completed with an initial
flow of 5,500,000 cubic feet. This well is 60 miles north of the ' Hugoton
gas field as now outlined, and some geologists believe that the Finney area
is an extension of the Hugoton field. If so, it will greatly increase the
already large Hugoton field.
 In Kingman County a well in sec. 30, T. 27 S., H. 10 W., was completed in
the Siliceous lime with an initial daily production of 38,000,000 cubic feet.
The new Johnson pooi in McPherson County has combination oil and gas wells
which produce as much as 10,000,000 cubic feet of ~as daily with the oil.
In Rush County two gas wells with a total initial flow of 75,500,000 cubic
feet were completed during the year but have been shut in awaiting a market
outlet.
 The largest gas well in Kansas was completed in April in Reno County. It
is in sec. 25, T. 23 5., H. 4 W., and gaged 86,500,000 cubic feet of gas
per day with a rock pressure of 1,170 pounds from the Mississippian "chat"
at a depth of about 3,200 feet.
 The largest gas field in Kansas and the second largest in the United States
is the Hugoton, in southwestern Kansas, occupying all, or part, of Stevens,
Morton, Seward, and Haskell Counties. It is estimated that there are close
to 1,000,000 acres of proven gas territory in this field. At present there
are 115 gas wells in the field, with an estimated open-flow capacity of 690,000,000
cubic feet per day or an average of 6,000,000 cubic feet per well. The field
is not being drawn from to any extent.
 Kentttcky.—Most of Kentucky's natural gas comes from the eastern part
of the State, where in 1932 production was between 26 and 27 billion feet,
according to Arthur C. McFarlan, State geologist. The main production, comprising
about 71 percent of the total, comes from the Black shale of Floyd County
and vicinity. The Black shale here ranges in age from the Genesee into the
lower Mississippian, a much thicker and more comprehensive section but not
so rich in bitumen as the area of outcrop in the Knobs. Production apparently
is not restricted to any one horizon. The Corniferous, including the Niagaran,
which has been Kentucky's biggest producer of petroleum, ranks second with
about 9 percent. This includes a number of pools scattered along the western
margin of the eastern coal field.
 In Knox and adjoining counties the production is mainly from the Big Lime
and Maxon sands, next to the Shale region in activity. These produce about
7 and 6 percent, respectively. Other producing sands include the Salt sands
(Pennsylvanian), 4 percent; the Weir (Waverly) of Magoffin, Johnson, and
Lawrence Counties, 2 percent; the Big Injun (Waverly), 1 percent; and the
Berea, a small quantity.
 Trenton gas has been discovered within the past 2 years in Carroll ana Gallatin
Counties, but production has been small. Within the past year activities
in the central Blue Grass resulted in a number of deep tests to the St. Peter
and below. These and earlier attempts have not been encouraging.
 Louisiana.—Natural-gas production m Louisiana during 1932 totaled
194,000,874,000 cubic feet, according to the report of J. A. Shaw, director,
minerals division, Louisiana Department of Conservation. The production was
divided by fields as follows: Monroe, in