Cumulative Well Data

Prodigy’s exploration efforts have included land lease banks, seismic acquisition pools and drilling over 90 wells in just the last 6 years. These efforts have enabled us to work with several industry, private and corporate partners in sharing expertise in some of the most diverse geologic settings in the US.

Below we have listed several counties in which Prodigy has conducted geoscience work, as well as select information on the projects conducted in those areas.

Alaska

• The North Cook Inlet

Louisiana

• Allen Parish
• Calcasieu Parish
• Iberville Parish
• Lafayette Parish
• Lafourche Parish

Oklahoma

• Latimer County

Texas

• Brazoria County
• Brooks County
• Chambers County
• Colorado County
• Duval County
• Freestone County
• Frio County
• Goliad County
• Jackson County
• Jefferson County
• Kleberg County
• Lavaca County
• Live Oak County
• Martin County
• Matagorda County
• Panola County
• Runnels County
• Victoria County
• Wharton County
• Willacy County
• Winkler County

Brazoria County, Texas

Brazoria covers an area of 1,407 square miles.

The petrochemical industry and mineral resources including oil, gas, sulfur, salt, lime, sand, and gravel, concentrated in the Damon Mound-West Columbia-Freeport area, have dominated the county economy.

Brazoria County’s mineral development began at West Columbia oilfield as early as 1901. Oil production started at Brazoria in 1902, reached 12,500,000 barrels in 1921, declined during the depression, and then resumed. Brazoria County ranked fourth among Texas counties in 1946, with 29,308,106 barrels produced.

In the late twentieth century petroleum and mineral production and marketing, together with other extraction and manufacturing and the chemical industry, continued to shape the county's development and the lives of local farmers and ranchers. More than 2,549,000 barrels of oil and 44,831,552 cubic feet of gas-well gas were produced in the county in 2004; by the end of that year 1,270,790,962 barrels of oil had been taken from county lands since 1902.

Prodigy has participated in 2 wells in this county.

Brooks County, Texas

Brooks County comprises 942 square miles of brushy mesquite land.

Oil was discovered in the county in 1935.

Mineral resources include caliche, gypsum, salt domes, oil, and gas. Gas production from gas wells totaled 90,434,098 thousand cubic feet in 1982; 520,482 barrels of condensate, 739,581 barrels of crude oil, and 2,392,340 thousand cubic feet of casing head gas were also produced.

Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Chambers County, Texas

Chambers County comprises 616 square miles of level terrain that slopes toward Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, its southern and southwestern boundaries.

Barbers Hill oilfield, developed after 1918, reached its peak production of 8,082,000 barrels in 1933; the field was later serviced by five pipelines. Oilfields were subsequently discovered at Lost Lake, Anahuac, Monroe City, and Turtle Bay, and near Hankamer, and gas reserves were developed in the eastern part of the county.

More than 1,732,000 barrels of oil and 23,892,480 cubic feet of gas-well gas were produced in the county in 2004; by the end of that year 907,859,827 barrels of oil had been taken from county lands since 1916.

Prodigy has participated in 2 wells in this county.

Colorado County, Texas

Colorado County includes 964 square miles of level to rolling land with elevations that range from 150 to 425 feet above sea level.

The county oil industries began to develop in the first decade of the twentieth century. Companies and individuals began to explore for oil in the county as early as 1901, though the first significant find did not occur until 1932. By 1990, 31,523,143 barrels of oil had been produced in the county. Almost 420,500 barrels of oil and 20,588,278 cubic feet of gas-well gas were produced in the county in 2004; by the end of that year 41,221,056 barrels of oil had been taken from county lands since 1932.

Prodigy has participated in 4 wells in this county.

Duval County, Texas

The county comprises 1,795 square miles of nearly level to undulating terrain with an elevation ranging from 250 to 800 feet above sea level.

The county's mineral resources include caliche, clay, salt domes, sandstone, uranium, oil, and gas.

Oil was discovered in the county in 1905, but not until a wildcat well came in near Freer in October 1928 did a full-scale oil boom occur. By 1938 Duval County ranked third among the state's 254 counties in oil production, and by 1940 the population of the county reached an all-time high of 20,565.

The oil boom in Duval County did not last. From its peak of 20,289,399 barrels in 1938, production dropped steadily. In 1946 county wells produced only 14,188,268 barrels, fourteenth in the state, and in 1958 the county's 10,167,303 barrels ranked twenty-eighth in Texas. By 1988 Duval County ranked fifty-third in the state, with 3,061,639 barrels.

Paralleling the production of oil, the population declined in the second half of the twentieth century. In 1940, at the height of the oil boom, the county population was 20,565. Ten years later it had dropped to 15,643, and in 1960 to 13,398. By 1970 the population was 11,722, and in 1980 it had risen slightly to 12,517, 144th among Texas counties.

At least part of the overall decline can be attributed to the problematic nature of the local economy. Farming and ranching in Duval County have never regained the importance they had during the late nineteenth century.

Since the 1980’s oil exploration has increased with the introduction of new seismic visualization and production technologies.

Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Freestone County, texas

Freestone County covers 888 square miles of coastal plain upland with an elevation ranging from 600 to 900 feet above sea level.

Oil was first discovered in the county in 1916, and petroleum and natural gas production contributed to the area's economy into the twenty-first century. Almost 294,000 barrels of oil and 263,851,056 cubic feet of gas-well gas were produced in the county in 2004; by the end of that year 44,889,337 barrels of oil had been taken from county lands since production began.

In the early twenty-first century natural gas, mining, quarries, various manufacturing concerns, and agribusiness are the key elements of the local economy.

Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Frio County, Texas

Frio County forms a rectangle thirty-seven miles east and west and thirty miles north and south; it comprises 719,360 acres or 1,133 square miles.

Oil reserves in Frio County were first exploited around 1930 by the Amerada Petroleum Corporation; by 1936 Amerada had more than 85,000 acres leased for oil exploration. Oil production was 2,334 barrels in 1942, 448,499 barrels in 1948, and by 1952, when over 100 wells operated in both the Pearsall and Bigfoot fields, it had reached 1,505,740 barrels. In 1966 Frio County had more than 600 producing oil and gas wells. Annual oil and natural gas production in the early 1980s averaged around three million barrels and 1.75 million cubic feet respectively.

By 1989 the Bigfoot field in northwest Frio County had produced twenty-nine million barrels of oil, and Pearsall field in west central Frio County had produced sixty million barrels; these two fields were among the most productive oilfields in the San Antonio Oil and Gas District. Since 1990 the oil industry in Frio County has been successful because of new oil-extraction technology that permits horizontal drilling to considerable depths.
Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Goliad County, Texas

Goliad is 859 square miles, most of which is nearly level to gently rolling Rio Grande Plain, surfaced primarily by dark calcareous clays and sandy and clay loams, though land surfaces in the northeastern part of the county are primarily sandy loams and sands.

Prehistoric fossils of mammoths, horses, camels, sloths, and bison of the Late Pleistocene era have been unearthed in the county.

Oil was discovered in Goliad in 1929. By the mid-1970s the county was averaging $10.5 million annually from the production of oil and gas. A decade later county annual income was $22.6 million from oil.

Prodigy has participated in 2 wells in this county.

Jackson County, Texas

Jackson County comprises 844 square miles.

Since the 1980s, oil and gas extraction remain the leading nonagricultural county industry. Although oil production had declined, Jackson County continued to be a leader in 1990, when crude production was 3,599,439 barrels.

Historically, between 1934 and January 1, 1991, the county produced 656,164,692 barrels of oil.

Prodigy has participated in 3 wells in this county.

Jefferson County, Texas

The county comprises 937 square miles, mainly of grassy plains, though a dense forest belt crosses the northwest part.

Geologically, the county is noted for its Beaumont Clay formation and the Spindletop and Big Hill salt domes, which contain sulfur and petroleum.

Between 1900 and 1910 the population grew from 14,329 to 38,182. A major influx followed the Spindletop oilfield opening in 1901. Spindletop transformed Beaumont into a major industrial center. Refineries, including the Texas Company (Texacoqv) refinery of Joseph S. Cullinan and Arnold Schlaet (1902) and the Gulf Oil Corporation (now Chevron) refinery, were built at Port Arthur, Port Neches, and Beaumont.

During World War I the Magnolia Petroleum Company (now Mobil) refinery on the Neches at Beaumont played an active role as a supplier for the war. Between 1955 and 1960 the Texaco and Gulf refineries employed 5,000 to 6,000 workers, and by World War II the Gulf refinery was the fourteenth largest refinery in the world.

In the 1930s, however, despite the hardships many places experienced, Jefferson County produced 1,304,495 barrels of crude petroleum. The world's largest synthetic rubber plant, Neches Butane Products Company (now Texaco Chemical), was built at Port Neches in 1942. By 1949 the county had become highly industrialized and urbanized, with six oil refineries producing total daily capacities of more than a half million barrels, three rice mills, eleven tank farms, and fourteen producing oilfields.

In the 1950s the Spindletop field was still active, Gulf Oil laid pipelines, oilmen developed a new field at Hillebrandt Bayou, and sulfur mining began. In 1960 the economy continued to be based on significant chemical and petroleum products manufacturers. Port Neches was the site of Atlantic, Gulf, and Texaco refineries.

Almost 76,663,975,000 cubic feet of gas-well gas, 3,296,208 barrels of crude oil, 4,686,683,000 cubic feet of casing head gas, and more than 1,000,000 barrels of condensate were produced in 1982.

Prodigy has participated in 3 wells in this county.

Kleberg County, Texas

Situated on a grassy plain with elevations ranging from sea level to 150 feet, part of the county's 853 square miles lies on the mainland, while the remainder is on Padre Island.

Oil exploration began early in the county; in 1919 the first producing well was discovered. During the next fifty years county wells produced around 178 million barrels of oil.

Prodigy has participated in 4 wells in this county.

Lavaca County, Texas

Lavaca County consists of 971 square miles of flat to undulating terrain, with elevations ranging from 150 to 350 feet.

Oil and gas was discovered in 1941.

In 1990 oil production was 736,258 barrels; total production from 1941 to 1990 exceeded 21,000,000 barrels.

Prodigy has participated in 21 wells in this county.

Live Oak County, Texas

The county comprises 1,057 square miles of usually flat to rolling terrain vegetated with grasses, mesquite, blackbrush, prickly pear, post oak, and small live oak.

Oil was first found in Live Oak County in 1930, and though production was only twelve barrels in 1931, it quickly expanded, particularly in the southeastern sections of the county near Mount Lucas. The county pumped 43,000 barrels in 1934, 254,711 in 1938, and 396,886 in 1940, when the population reached a new high of 9,799.

Crude oil production in 1982 totaled 778,00 barrels; 83,877,633,000 cubic feet of gas-well gas, 999,477,000 cubic feet of casing head gas, and 1,659,362 barrels of condensate were also produced. By 1984, crude oil production reached almost 2,986,000 barrels.

Martin County, Texas

Martin County, on the southern High Plains of west Central Texas, comprises 911 square miles.

Petroleum development was late in coming to Martin County. There was some drilling in the early 1920s, and a producing well was drilled in 1945, when the shallow Mabee field in Andrews County was extended into southwestern Martin County.

The first commercial petroleum production occurred in 1950, when the Texas Company drilled over 13,000 feet into the northwest section of the county; more than 90,000 barrels of oil were produced in the county that year. In 1951 three additional fields were located: Glass in the southwest, Breedlove in the northwest, and Stanton in the southwest. Petroleum production quickly became an important part of Martin County's economy.

In 1956 615,000 barrels of oil were extracted from Martin County lands, and in 1960 1,392,000 barrels were pumped. In 1974, 11,833,000 barrels of crude were produced there. Production decreased during the late 1970s and through the 1980s but nevertheless remained significant. In 1982 alone, the county produced 8,859,780 barrels of oil valued at $234 million.

In 1990, 7,884,000 barrels were produced, and by 1991, 227,421,000 barrels of oil had been produced in the county since 1945.

Prodigy has participated in 2 wells in this county.

Matagorda County, Texas

Matagorda County extends across 1,612 square miles of mostly open prairie.

In 1982, 97,440,000,000 cubic feet of gas well gas, 6,781,000,000 cubic feet of casing head gas, and 2,903,000 barrels of petroleum were produced in the county.

The discovery of oil in the county also helped to diversify the local economy during the 1900s. Oilmen struck gas at Big Hill in 1901, and by 1913 there were producing oilfields at Markham, Clemville, and Big Hill. Almost 1,929,000 barrels of crude were produced in the county in 1938.

Oil production in the county began to increase significantly during World War II, and as it generally continued to grow for more than twenty years after, the industry became a mainstay of the local economy.

Almost 4,563,000 barrels of crude were produced in the county in 1944, more than 6,912,000 barrels in 1948, almost 5,701,000 barrels in 1956, and more than 7,013,000 barrels in 1965.

Though oil remained an important component of the local economy during the 1970s and 1980s, production fell off significantly. About 4,780,000 barrels were produced in the county in 1974, 3,323,000 barrels in 1978, and 2,903,000 barrels in 1982; fewer than 1,605,000 barrels were produced in the county in 1990.

Prodigy has participated in 2 wells in this county.

Panola County, Texas

Located in the East Texas Timberlands region, Panola County covers 842 square miles of gentle rolling plains and small hills drained by the Sabine River, which cuts across the county diagonally from northwest to southeast.

The county derives much of its income from the extraction of oil, gas, and coal; in 1990, 1,356,000 barrels of crude oil were produced in the county.

As early as 1889 a geological survey discovered rich deposits of lignite in the county, and before the turn of the century a limited mining operation began in the Martin Creek area.

Oil was first discovered in the county in 1917 and gas in 1936, but significant production of the area's energy resources began in 1944, when the Jordan well was drilled a mile west of Carthage. The well tapped into a huge underground reservoir that underlay almost half the county. Petroleum production in the county reached 322,000 barrels in 1948, 1,057,000 barrels in 1956, 1,467,000 barrels in 1960, and 3,816,000 barrels in 1963. Production declined in the mid-1960s and then began to rise again in the mid-1970s. About 781,000 barrels were produced in 1974, 1,217,000 barrels in 1978, and 1,625,000 barrels in 1982, and 1,856,000 barrels in 1990.

Almost 1,953,000 barrels of oil and 244,308,296 cubic feet of gas-well gas were produced in the county in 2004; by the end of that year 92,220,935 barrels of oil had been taken from county lands since 1917.

Prodigy has participated in 3 wells in this county.

Runnels County, Texas

Runnels County encompasses 1,060 square miles of broad, rolling prairie with a small section of the Edwards Plateau in the very southeastern corner of the county.

The oil and gas industry in Runnels County began in 1927 with the discovery of the MacMillan field, near Ballinger. Only six fields were discovered between 1927 and 1948, but the industry began to boom in 1949 when eighteen new fields were explored.

From 1951 to 1962, 254 new fields resulted in a total of 4,629,765 barrels of oil produced in the county. Between 1971 and 1989, 258 new fields were drilled, helping to account for the 1,715,985 barrels of oil produced in 1988.

Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Victoria County, Texas

Victoria County comprises 887 square miles of nearly level to gently rolling coastal prairie, surfaced primarily with dark clay loams and clays.

Oil was discovered in the 1930s.

The first mineral leases were contracted by Guffey Petroleum Company of Pittsburgh (later Gulf Oil Corporation) soon after the Spindletop discovery in 1900. Various drilling operations occurred, some by the local Victoria Oil and Gas and Guadalupe Valley Oil companies; the first commercial oil and gas wells were not struck until 1930, at McFaddin.

Oil production in 1984 was 2,187,416 barrels, valued at $57,449,254.

Prodigy has participated in 7 wells in this county.

Wharton County, Texas

Wharton County comprises 1,086 square miles and is divided primarily between prairie and timber land.

Drilling for oil began in 1904 southwest of El Campo, but the first productive oil well was drilled east of the Colorado near Iago in the Boling Field in 1925. Subsequent oil and gas fields include Withers-Magnet, Spanish Camp, West Bernard, New Taiton, Lissie, and numerous others.

Between 1925 and 1973 over 230 million barrels of crude oil were produced in the county, with a peak year in 1947 reaching 8,341,000 barrels. Several natural gas transmission plants were built around 1944 near Nottawa and Hungerford, boosting pressure and sending natural gas north from the area fields.

Prodigy has participated in 7 wells in this county.

Winkler County, Texas

Winkler County comprises 840 square miles of gently rolling to level terrain.

On July 16, 1926, oil was discovered when Roy Westbrook and Company brought in the Hendrick No. 1 on ranchland owned by Thomas G. and Ada Hendrick in central Winkler County.

Prodigy has participated in 5 wells in this county.

Allen Parish, Louisiana

Allen Parish comprises 764 square miles.

In 2004 alone the parish had produced 602,714 barrels of oil and 6,918,271 MCF of gas.

Prodigy has participated in two gas wells in this county.

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish comprises 1071 square miles.

In 2004 alone the parish had produced 3,311,787 barrels of oil and 21,589,999 MCF of gas.

Prodigy has participated in 7 wells in this parish.

Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Iberville Parish comprises 618 square miles.

In 2004 alone the parish had produced 1,062,341 barrels of oil and 2,997,628 MCF of gas.

Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Lafayette Parish comprises 269 square miles.

In 2004 alone the parish had produced 872,901 barrels of oil and 21,834,504 MCF of gas.

Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Lafourche Parish comprises 1084 square miles.

In 2004 alone the parish had produced 8,902,299 barrels of oil and 46,647,221 MCF of gas.

Prodigy has participated in 1 well in this county.

Latimer County, Oklahoma

Latimer Count comprises 722 square miles.
Prodigy has participated in 2 wells in this county.

Northern Cook Inlet, Alaska

The Cook Inlet Basin is oil and gas rich, having produced to-date, in excess of 1.3 BBO and 6 TCFG. The Prodigy’s Northern Lights Project was surrounded by the area’s giant and super-giant oil and gas fields and is located immediately adjacent to the deep synclinal area of the Cook Inlet Basin where these significant volumes of oil and gas were generated.

The Northern Lights Project anticline is approximately 23 miles in length, 3 to 6 miles in width. The hydrocarbon trapping mechanism is both structural and stratigraphic in nature. This combination structural-stratigraphic trap is very similar in form and identical in character and age to those encountered in other producing fields in this part of the basin. Notably, the northern dome of this Structure contains the ConocoPhillips Tyonek Deep oil field.

This project was sold to Rutter and Wilbanks in February of 2007 and has since become one of the projects picked up by Renaissance Alaska upon their partnership with Rutter and Wilbanks.