Chapter Two: Wilcox Getting a Second Look

摘要

Mention Tertiary Wilcox sands to almost near anyone who has worked the Gulf Coast region in pursuit of hydrocarbons, and it rings a bell. The Wilcox Trend extends from south Texas across central Louisiana to the Mississippi border. The formation has been an on-again, off-again moneymaker for the E&P crowd since the early 1920s, according to AAPG member Tim Rynott, owner of Durango-based Ridge Resources.