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 Franklin, Crawford, Johnson, and Sebastian Counties, in north Arkansas,
contained most wells completed as successful producers of dry natural gas.
Two new gas discoveries in Benton and Conway Counties, respectively, opened
the Tucker Chapel field and the Blick field in Conway County. A number of
new productive zones were found in existing gasfields. The north Arkansas
gasfields were in Arkoma Basin, which is rapidly increasing in significance
as a gas-productive area in Arkansas and Oklahoma. 
 
 Pipeline Construction.—Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. (Arkla) began construction
of a 100-mile pipeline from Logan County, Ark., to McDonald County, Mo. The
new line was scheduled for completion in mid-1968. The company completed
its new 24-inch natural gas pipeline project in central Arkansas. The new
line, paralleling an existing 16-inchdiameter pipeline, increased daily natural
gas transmission capacity to 375 million cubic feet. 
 
 Natural Gas.—For the 11th consecutive year, production value of natu'-al
gas reached a new high. The commodity ranked fourth in value among minerals
produced in the State. Benton County joined 
ten other north Arkansas counties having natural gas output or having known
occurrences of natural gas. The north Arkansas gasfields accounted for $11.6
million in natural gas output, or 65 percent of the State's total production.
Franklin County led the State with natural gas output valued at $5.1 million,
Sebastian County ranked second, Crawford County third, and Johnson County
fourth. Production in north Arkansas came primarily from the Atoka Formation
and Morrow Group of sediments of Pennsylvanian age; some output was from
Silurian and Devonian age rocks. 
 Six south Arkansas counties were gas productive, with Lafayette and Columbia
Counties accounting for the major share. Natural gas was produced from Upper
and Lower Cretaceous and Jurassic age sediments. The south Arkansas gas was
recovered from oil and condensate fields and was processed at six gas treatment
plants in four counties— Columbia, Lafayette, Union, and Miller. Total
daily capacity of the plants was 432.0 million cubic feet of ,gas. Arkla
Chemical Corp.'s Hamilton plant in Columbia County, having the largest capacity,
processed the largest quantity of natural gas. 
 
Table 8.—Gross withdrawals and disposition of natural gas 
 
(Million cubic feet) 
 
 
 
Year 
Gross withdrawals '  
—————-—————————
From From Total 
 gas wells oil wells 
Disposition 
———— 
Vented 
and 
wasted 3 
 
 
— Marketed production 2 
—————          Quantity Value 
(thousands) 
Re- 
pressuring 
 
1963               
1964               
1965               
1966               
1967               
 57,700 41,500 99,200 57,900 42,900 100,800 57,500 46,500 104,000 63,100
58,479 121,579 81,491 46,038 127,529 
 76,101 $11,796 75,753 11,806 82,831 12,922 105,174 16,407 116,522 17,828

19,191 
21,411 
20,155 
15,196 
10,010 
3,908 
3,636 
1,014 
1,209 
 997 
 1 Marketed production plus quantities used in repressuring, vented, and
wasted. 
 2 Comprises gas sold or consumed by producers, including losses in transmission,
quantities added to storage, and increases in gas in pipelines. 
 3 Includes direct waste on producing properties and residue blown to air.

 
 Natural Gas Liquids.—Six plants accounted for the total output of
natural gasoline and cycle products, and liquefied petroleum gases. The Arkla
Chemical Corp. Columbia County plant led with nearly 69 percent of the total
value of natural gas liquids. Sunray DX Oil Co. operated its Kelly Bayou
plant in Miller 
 
County for the first full year. 
 
 Petroleum.—Output and value declined for the seventh consecutive year,
but the value was sufficient to mark petroleum as the State's most significant
mineral product. Nine south Arkansas counties reported petroleum production.
Colum