Jefferson County, Ill., Wildcat To Test Warsaw Oil Pay

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Jefferson
IL
United States

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Resolve Exploration Corp. is planning to drill a deeper pool wildcat in Illinois’ Coil West Field. The #1 Withrow will be in Section 38-1s-4e in Jefferson County. It has a planned depth of 4,200 ft and is targeting oil pays in Warsaw. According to IHS Markit, there has been no previous drilling in Section 36. The nearest drilling is within 1 mile to the northwest in Section 25 at #1-A Clyne M. Rapp. It was drilled in 1962 to a total depth of 3,051 ft in Valmeyer. Deeper drilling is 1 mile northeast of #1 Withrow at #1 Cesario in Wayne County. It was drilled in 2007 to 5,021 ft in Lower Devonian with some oil shows in Aux Vases at 2,871-90 ft. Oil production in Coil West Field started in 1942 with the deepest well producing crude from Salem Lime at around 3,250 ft. Resolve Exploration is based in Mount Vernon, Ill.