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Table 13.—Crude petroleum production in 1967, by major fields 
 
 
 
 
Number of 
Name of field 
Year 
dis- 
covered 
Area, 
acres 
Location, county 
 wells Produc 
 —— — tion 
 Pro- Corn- (barrels) ducing pleted 
Black River Consolidated         
Caborn Consolidated             
CoeSouth                     
College Consolidated             
Evansville                     
Fleener                       
Griffin Consolidated             
Heusler Consolidated             
Mount Carmel Consolidated       
Mount VernonConsolidated       
Newtonville Consolidated         
Oliver South                   
Owensville Consolidated          
Owensville North Consolidated     
Plainville                     
Princeton North Consolidated      
Spencer Consolidated             
Springfield Consolidated          
Union-Bowman (New) Consolidated 
WelbornConsolidated            
WelbornNorth Consolidated       
Wheatonville Consolidated        
Undistributed                  
 
Total                   
1950 
1940 
1961 
1941 
1947 
1940 
1938 
1938 
1941 
1941 
1943 
1950 
1940 
1943 
1950 
1943 
1948 
1946 
1941 
1941 
1953 
1949 
XX 
 
XX 
 680 
 
1,850 
 
 440 
 
 770 
 
 400 
 
 140 
 
7,350 
 
2, 150 
 
2,010 
 
2,300 
 
 520 
 
 190 
 
1,830 
 
1,970 
 
 350 
 
1,020 
 
 540 
 
2,550 
 
15, 150 
 
1,770 
 
 380 
 
1,600 
 
 XX 
 
 XX 
Posey              
Posey              
Pike               
Posey              
Vanderburgh         
Gibson             
Gibson and Posey     
Posey and Vanderburgh 
Gibson and Knox     
Posey              
Spencer            
Posey              
Gibson             
Gibson             
Daviess            
Gibson             
Posey              
Posey              
Gibson, Knox, and Pike 
Posey              
Posey              
Gibson             
  
 NA 1 121,878 NA 6 143,979 17 0 142,545 NA 2 299,054 NA 0 145,787 10 0 131,896
NA 8 2,302,340 71 3 434,928 NA 16 143,967 145 1 441,067 NA 0 168,011 13 1
112,860 67 0 141,304 NA 1 124,784 NA 0 107,593 34 4 157,634 33 1 106,351
135 4 789,663 312 21 607,441 103 4 277,713 25 0 128,821 97 7 205,755 NA 87
2,845,781 
 e 4,956 167 10,081,152 
 Estimate. NA Not available. XX Not applicable. 
 
Source: Petroleum Section, Indiana Geological Survey. 
 
 
 Development drilling increased appreciably the proved area of a Renault
sand reservoir in the St. James Field, Gibson County. Several good wells
were completed in Pennsylvanian, Chesterian, and Ste. Genevieve beds in the
Knox County part of the Mount Carmel Consolidated field. 
 Information from a number of test holes drilled in east-central Indiana
has permitted reconstruction of the geologic setting in middle Ordovician
time, indicating the probability of a substantial number of erosional remnants
of the K~iox dolomite (Cambrian arid Ordovician) protruding upward through
overlying rocks equivalent to the Glenwood shale into the Black River limestone.
Drilling near Redkey, in Jay County, encountered oil saturation in the Knox,
but tests showed depleted reservoir conditions. This indication of oil accumulation
in older beds raises hope for new sources of oil production in the future.

 The proved oil reserve at the end of 
1967 was 47,158,000 barrels; the total 
liquid hydrocarbon reserve was 47,217,- 
000 barrels.3 
 Eleven petroleum refineries had a total operating capacity of 534,700 barrels
per stream day.4 
METALS 
 
 Aluminum.—Aluminum Company of America operated a smelter at Newburgh,
that produced aluminum ingots and thingage aluminum sheet. Annual plant capacity
is 175,000 tons. 
 
 Pig Iron and Steel.—In Lake County, pig iron and steel were produced
at three plants. Pig iron output increased slightly to about 12.2 million
tons, compared with 12 million tons in 1966. 
 The American Iron & Steel Institute 
reported that steel production in Indiana 
decreased to 17.6 million tons from 18.0 
million tons in 1966. 
 
 Other Metals.—The United States Smelting Lead Refinery, Inc., recovered
antimonial lead, bismuth, gold, lead, silver, and tellurium at its East Chicago
plant in Lake County. 
 
 3 American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, and Canadian Petrolcum
Association. Reserves of Crude Oil, Natural Gas Liquids, and Natural Gas
in the United States and Canada as of December 31, 1967. V. 22, May 1968.

 ~ Oil and Gas JournaL U.S. Refineries: Where, Capacities, Types of Processing.
V. 66, No. 14, Apr. 1, 1968, pp. 137—138.