The first discovery in the Western I Anadarko Basin was made in April 1949 JL by Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.at its Lips #1 in northern Roberts County,Texas.The 9,557-foot wildcat tested a structural high that Sinclair had detected through seismic and gravity work.The company found oil in fractured Mississip-pian limestone,and the discovery initially produced a respectable 420 barrels of 38-degree paraffinitic oil per day.However,water rapidly began to encroach the reservoir.
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