Foree Oil Company
Dallas, Texas
Discovery & Development
A Proud History and Two Multibillion Barrel Oil Fields
Permian Basin
One of the earliest and perhaps the most significant discoveries was in the East Texas oil field. The East Texas field was, at the time of its discovery, the largest oil field in the United States. The Forees drilled the discovery well on the north end of this field, thus proving an oil field of massive proportions from the Woodbine Sand. The field is still producing, as are the wells drilled by the Forees. This field has produced over five billion barrels of oil.
Another of the most significant oil and gas discoveries in the state of Texas was the Kelly-Snyder Reef Field of Scurry County, Texas. This Permian Basin oil and gas field has produced over one billion barrels of oil and is still producing. Foree companies drilled a discovery well in the field that, once again, proved the enormity of this field. This well linked the McLaughlin oil field with the Scurry County field and led to the development of dozens of additional productive locations in the field. This production is from depths in excess of 2000 meters.
In 1955, the Forees discovered the Nena Lucia field in Nolan County (Permian Basin), Texas. This field is located on the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin and has produced in excess of 45 million barrels of oil. This multi-pay field produces from depths down to approximately 2100 meters.
Other Permian Basin fields discovered and/or developed by the Forees include the Group 4000 field (2.5 million barrels and still producing), the J&J Caddo field and the Claytonville field, which has produced over 30 billion cubic feet of gas. The Wimberly field of Taylor County, Texas is a multi-pay, multi-million barrel oil field that was discovered and developed by the Forees in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
The Ley (Strawn) field of Haskell County, Texas was discovered by the Forees and is still producing. The Sprayberry trend field of the Permian Basin is another field in which the Forees have participated. The Forees have several wells in this field which has yielded in excess of 350 million barrels of oil. The Forees’ most recent discovery (2014) is the Rockdale field (Cisco Lime) in Haskell County (Permian Basin), Texas.
Hardeman Basin
The Foree’s Hardeman Basin (Texas) field discoveries have been numerous. These fields include the Gerald Mississippian Lime field in excess of one million barrels , the Tabor fields, the Fox field, the Walser field, the Kyle field, the Brown field, the Allred field and the Sorensen field. The Forees also discovered the first commercial oil production in Harmon County Oklahoma. This 15 well field has produced in excess of two million barrels of oil.
Fort Worth Basin and others
The Forees have also been active in the Fort Worth Basin of north Texas. The Forees drilled and developed multiple wells in the Montague Town Site Montague County field, the Rogers field and the Whiteside field in Montague County, Texas.
In the 1950’s and 1960’s Foree Drilling Company owned six large drilling rigs. During this time, exploration and development activities centered primarily on the Texas portion of the Anadarko Basin. The Forees participated in the development of over 100 producing oil and gas wells in this region.
The Forees also have production in Kansas and drilled the discovery well on the Sussex field of Campbell County, Wyoming, and the Brunell Federal field, also in Wyoming. Extensive mineral holdings acquired over the years have resulted in additional ownership in production in Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, New Mexico and North Dakota.