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Illinois Petroleum Series
These publications may be outdated. Newer data and publications may supersede some information in out-of-print publications. Most of the publications listed are out of print; newer publicatins are available for purchase.
1926
IP 1 Oil and Gas Possibilities Near Sparta: Developments during 1925
IP 2 Notes on a Core Bit for Cable Tools; Recent Petroleum Developments in Illinois
IP 3 The Bearing of the Structural Relations Between the Pennsylvanian and Older Formations on Petroleum Prospecting in Western Illinois
IP 4 Areas for Further Prospecting near Martinsville Pool, Clark County
IP 5 Oil Investigations in the Centralia Area
1927
IP 6 The Sorento Dome
IP 7 Oil Possibilities of the Payson Anticline
IP 8 Oil possibilities of the Alexis quadrangle, Mercer and Warren Counties, Illinois
IP 9 Oil possibilities of the Galesburg quadrangle, Knox and Warren Counties, Illinois
IP 10 Structure of Centralia and Sandoval oil fields, Illinois
IP 11 Recent development in the vicinity of Jacksonville
IP 12 Deeper production in the Allendale oil field
IP 13 The Media anticline, Henderson County, Illinois
1928
IP 14 Structure and oil prospects of eastern Clark County
IP 15 A study of the core of the Yanaway well no. 33 in the Siggins pool
IP 16 Recent development on the Ayers anticline
1929
IP 17 The Dupo oil field
IP 18 The Darmstadt anticline and related structures, St. Clair County
1931
IP 19 Geology of the Pinckneyville and Jamestown areas, Perry County, Illinois
IP 20 Mud-fluid materials in eastern Illinois
IP 21 The need for sand coring in the Southeastern Illinois oil field
1932
IP 22 Effects of water-flooding on oil production from the McClosky sand, Dennison Township, Lawrence County, Illinois
IP 23 Preliminary summary of results obtained from and survey of repressuring operations in the Southeastern Illinois oilfield
IP 24 Structure and oil possibilities of the Warsaw area, Hancock County, Illinois
1934
IP 25 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1933
1935
IP 26 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1934
1936
IP 27 Geology and oil possibilities of the Illinois Basin
IP 28 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1935
1937
IP 29 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1936
IP 30 Illinois Basin
1938
IP 31 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1937
IP 32 Recent petroleum development in Illinois
1939
IP 33 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1938
IP 34 Recent development in Illinois with discussion of producing formations below McClosky "sand"
1940
IP 35 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1939
IP 36 Developments in Eastern Interior Basin, in 1939 and first quarter of 1940
1941
IP 37 Oil and gas developments in Illinois in 1940
IP 38 Development in Eastern Interior Basin in 1940
IP 39 "Trenton" production in Illinois
1942
IP 40 A field test on the use of fibre pipe as a substitute for steel in cementing oil wells
IP 41 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1941
IP 42 Developments in Eastern Interior Basin, in 1941
1943
IP 43 Secondary Recovery of oil in Illinois
IP 44 Developments in Eastern Interior Basin in 1942
IP 45 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1942
IP 46 Subsurface structure and oil possibilities of parts of Edwards, Richland, and Wabash Counties, Illinois
IP 47 Wildcat drilling in Illinois since 1936 with discussion of prospects for further discoveries and table of wildcat wells completed in 1942
1944
IP 48 Subsurface structure and oil possibilities of parts of Clay, Marion and Wayne Counties
IP 49 Developments in Eastern Interior Basin in 1943
IP 50 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1943
IP 51 Developments in Eastern interior basin in 1944
IP 52 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1944
1945
IP 53 Developments in Eastern Interior Basin in 1945
IP 54 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1945
1947
IP 55 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1946
IP 56 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1946
1948
IP 57 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1947
IP 58 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1947
1949
IP 59 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1948
IP 60 Oil and gas development in Illinois in 1948
1950
IP 61 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1949
IP 62 Oil and gas development in Illinois during 1949
1951
IP 63 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1950
1952
IP 64 Oil and gas development in Illinois during 1950
IP 65 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1951
IP 66 Illinois oil-field brines: their geologic occurrence and chemical composition 1949
IP 67 Oil and gas development in Illinois during 1951
1953
IP 68 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1952
IP 69 Oil and gas development in Illinois during 1952
1954
IP 70 Developments in Illinois and Indiana in 1953
IP 71 Oil and gas development in Illinois during 1953
1955
IP 72 Oil resources and possibilities in Illinois
IP 73 Summary of water flood operations in Illinois oil pools during 1954
IP 74 Oil and gas industry in Illinois, January 1, 1955
1961
IP 75 Petroleum Industry in Illinois, 1960
1962
IP 76 Petroleum Industry in Illinois, 1961
1963
IP 77 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1962
1964
IP 78 Physical properties of Illinois crude oils. Part I
IP 79 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1963
1965
IP 80 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1964
1966
IP 81 Physical properties of Illinois crude oil. Part II
IP 82 St. Louis (Mississippian) oil production in Jasper County, Illinois
IP 83 Petroleum industry in Illinois,
1965—temporarily unavailable
1967
IP 84 Oil and gas pay maps of Illinois
IP 85 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1966
IP 86 Underground storage of natural gas in Illinois, 1967
IP 87 Geologic structure of the Devonian-Silurian Hunton limestone megagroup in Illinois
1968
IP 88 Structure of the base of the Mississippian Beech Creek (Barlow) limestone in Illinois
IP 89 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1967
1969
IP 90 Organic geochemistry of the New Albany shale in Illinois
IP 91 An estimate of future crude oil production in Illinois
IP 92 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1968
1970
IP 93 Size, development, and properties of Illinois oil field
1971
IP 94 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1969
IP 95 Proceedings of symposium on future petroleum potential of NPC region 9 (Illinois Basin, Cincinnati Arch, and northern part of Mississippi Embayment)
IP 96 Background materials for symposium on future petroleum potential of NPC region 9 (Illinois Basin, Cincinnati Arch, and northern part of Mississippi Embayment)
IP 97 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1970
1972
IP 98 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1971
1973
IP 99 Ordovician Galena Group (Trenton) of Illinois: structure and oil fields
IP 100 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1972
1974
IP 101 Underground storage of natural gas in Illinois, 1973
IP 102 Silurian pinnacle reefs and related oil production in southern Illinois
1975
IP 103 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1973
IP 104 Underground storage of natural gas
IP 105 Structural geology and oil production of northern Gallatin County and southernmost White County, Illinois
IP 106 Insoluble residues of the Sauk sequence (Cambrian and lower Ordovician) rocks on the Fairfield basin, Illinois: an aid in correlation and in petroleum exploration
IP 107 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1974
IP 108 Bibliography and index of coal and dispersed organic matter in sedimentary rocks: petrography, catagenesis, relation to petroleum and natural gas, and geochemistry
1976
IP 109 Structure of the top of the Karnak limestone member (Ste. Genevieve) in Illinois
IP 110 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1975
1977
IP 111 Isotopic identification of leakage gas from underground storage reservoirs: a progress report
IP 112 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1976
1978
IP 113 Prediction of Silurian reef locations through trace element profiles
IP 114 Salem limestone oil and gas production in the Keenville field, Wayne County, Illinois
1979
IP 115 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1977
1980
IP 116 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1978
IP 117 Catalog of Devonian and deeper tests in central Illinois
IP 118 Catalog of Devonian and deeper tests in southern Illinois
IP 119 Paleochannel across Louden Anticline, Fayette County: its relation to stratigraphic entrapment of petroleum in the Cypress Sandstone
1981
IP 120 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1979
IP 121 Geologic structure of the base of the New Albany shale group in Illinois
IP 122 Analyses of natural gas in Illinois
1982
IP 123 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1980
1983
IP 124 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1981
1984
IP 125 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1982
1985
IP 126 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1983
1986
IP 127 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1984
1987
IP 128 Petroleum industry in Illinois, 1985
Circular Series
These petroleum-related out-of-print circulars are based on data and methodologies available at the time of publication and may be outdated. Newer data and publications may supersede some information in out-of-print publications.
1932
C 1 Effects of water flooding on oil production from the McClosky Sand, Dennison Township, Lawrence County
C 16 Fouth Annual Mineral Industries Conference of Illinois: Research on the state's mineral resources and their utilization.
1937
C 22 Correlation problems in the new Illinois Basin fields
1938
C 25 Systematic water flood may revive older Illinois fields
C 33 The recent impetus to oil prospecting in Illinois
C 37 Output from new Illinois fields and probable trend
C 38 Possible producing strata existing below the McClosky in Illinois
1939
C 55 The New Centralia oil field
C 56 Rotary drilling in Illinois
1940
C 58 Structure of Herrin (no. 6) coal bed in Randolph, western Perry, southwestern Washingon and southeastern St. Clair Counties, Illinois
C 59 Structural trends in the Illinois Basin
1941
C 67 Recent developments in oil and gas in Illinois
C 75 Role of fundamental geologic principles in the opening of the Illinois Basin
1943
C 90 Secondary recovery can salvage stripper well reserves in Illinois
C 91 Studies of the Chester series in the Illinois Basin
C 92 Rhythms in upper Pennsylvanian cyclothems
C 97 An experiment in the conversion of used automobile engines to oil-field power and compressor units
C 101 Oil-field flooding streamlined for war: a suggestion
C 104 The Board of Natural Resources and Conservation of the Department of Registration and Education. The Illinois State Geological Survey in war mineral research
1944
C 105 Structure of Herrin (no. 6) coal bed in Christian and Montgomery counties and adjacent parts of Fayette, Macon, Sangamon, and Shelby Counties
C 106 Undiscovered oil reserves in Illinois
C 107 Possibilities of production from lime formations given the "acid test"
C 112 Factors controlling oil-well completions in the Illinois Basin
1947
C 129 Investigations on secondary recovery by the Illinois State Geological Survey
C 130 Designs for oil field tools to aid in water flooding
C 137 Transparent model of reservoir showing displacement of oil by conjoint use of gas and water
1948
C 144 Some Chester outcrop and subsurface sections in southeastern Illinois
C 148 Airplane views of Illinois oil installations
1949
C 150 Prospects for oil discoveries in Illinois beyond proven areas and from deeper horizons
C 153 Flooding with re-used water
C 154 Illinois fluid rejection research reviewed
C 155 Measuring oil reserves by injected gas
1950
C 157 Short papers on geologic subjects
C 160 Summary of stratigraphy shown in geologic cross-section of Illinois Basin
C 161 Secondary recovery in Illinois
C 163 Flooding prospects of Illinois Basin oil sands
C 165 Summary of water-flooding operations in Illinois, 1950
1951
C 169 Future oil possibilities of the Eastern Interior Basin
C 173 Illinois water floods: a summary
C 176 Summary of water flooding operations in Illinois oil pools to 1951
1952
C 180 Some important aspects of water flooding in Illinois
1952
C 182 Summary of water flood operations in Illinois oil pools during 1951
C 183 Short papers on geologic subjects: some new observations on Niagaran reefs in Illinois
C 185 Summary of water flood operations in Illinois oil pools during 1952
1954
C 193 Summary of water flood operations in Illinois oil pools during 1953
1955
C 194 The flow of fluids through sandstones
C 195 Faults and other structures in southern Illinois: a compilation
C 203 Uranium in Illinois black shales
C 204 The Geneva (Middle Devonian) dolomite in Illinois
1956
C 208 Illinois oil shales
C 211 Geology and history of oil production in the Decatur-Mt. Auburn-Springfield area, Illinois
C 224 Studies of waterflood performance. II, Trapping oil in a pore doublet
1957
C 236 Fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs. I, the Kozeny paradox
C 237 Studies of waterflood performance. III, Use of network models
C 242 Fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs. II, Predicted effects of sand consolidation
1958
C 250 Fishhook gas pool, Pike and Adams Counties, Illinois
C 251 Hydraulic fracture theory. Part I, Mechanics of materials
C 252 Hydraulic fracture theory. Part II, Fracture orientation and possibility of fracture control
C 253 Tiskilwa drift-gas area Bureau and Putnam Counties, Illinois
C 258 Relation of Silurian reefs to Ordovician structure in the Patoka oil area
C 262 Studies of waterflood performance. IV, Influence of curtailments on recovery
1959
C 267 Spar Mountain sandstone in Cooks Mills area, Coles and Douglas Counties, Illinois
C 272 Freeburg gas pool St. Clair County, Illinois
C 281 Hydraulic fracture theory. III, Elastic properties of sandstone
1960
C 284 Salem limestone in southwestern Illinois
C 291 Fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs. III. Effect of fluid-fluid interfacial boundary condition
C 292 Glacial-drift gas in Illinois
C 306 Differentiation of Caseyville (Pennsylvanian) and Chester (Mississippian) sediments in the Illinois Basin
C 307 Chemical evaluation of Illinois oil shales
1961
C 318 Underground storage of natural gas in Illinois
C 325 Oil and gas in the Adams-Brown-Schuyler County area, Illinois
1962
C 340 Late Mississippian sandstones of Illinois
1963
C 349 Wapella East oil pool, De Witt, County, Illinois: a Silurian reef
C 351 Structural framework of southernmost Illinois
C 358 Some economic aspects of the Illinois oil industry
1964
C 362 Carper sand oil production in St. James, Wilberton, and St. Paul pools, Fayette County, Illinois
C 363 Aeromagnetic study of the Hardin County area, Illinois
C 368 Deep oil possibilities of the Illinois Basin
C 369 Geologic significance of the gravity field in the DeWitt-McLean County areas, Illinois
C 377 Niagaran reefs and oil accumulation in the DeWitt-McLean area, Illinois
1965
C 383 The Sangamon arch
C 383 pl. 7 The Sangamon arch Plate 7: structure contour map on top of the Galena Group (Trenton Limestone)
C 383 pl. 8 The Sangamon arch Plate 8: structure contour map on top of the Hunton Megagroup
C 386 The Borden siltstone (Mississippian) delta in southwestern Illinois
C 387 Ashmore gas area Coles County, Illinois
C 389 Grand Tower limestone (Devonian) of southern Illinois
C 393 The origin of saline formation waters. II, isotopic fractionation by shale micropore systems
1966
C 397 The origin of saline formation waters. III, calcium chloride waters
C 401 Deep-water sediments adjacent to the Borden Siltstone (Mississippian) Delta in southern Illinois
1968
C 424 Geology and oil production in the Tuscola area, Illinois
C 425 Turbidites and other sandstone bodies in the Borden Siltstone (Mississippian) in Illinois
1969
C 436 Oil production from the Ste. Genevieve limestone in the Exchange area, Marion County, Illinois
C 441 The Middle Devonian strata of southern Illinois
1970
C 450 A gravity survey of extreme southeastern Illinois
C 454 Trend-surface analysis of the structure of the Ste. Genevieve Limestone in the Effingham, Illinois area
1971
C 458 Paleogeologic map of the sub-Pennsylvanian Chesterian (upper Mississippian) surface in the Illinois Basin
C 458 pl. 2 Paleogeologic map of the sub-Pennsylvanian Chesterian (upper Mississippian) surface in the Illinois Basin
1972
C 470 Hydrodynamics in deep aquifers of the Illinois Basin
1973
C 482 The effect of buried Niagaran reefs on overlying strata in southwestern Illinois
C 483 Vanadium in Devonian, Silurian, and Ordovician crude oils of Illinois
1976
C 494 The gravity field and tectonics of Illinois
1979
C 509 The Wabash Valley Fault System in southeastern Illinois
1980
C 513 The Rend Lake Fault system in southern Illinois
1981
C 516 Structural framework of the Mississippi embayment of southern Illinois
C 518 The New Albany Shale Group of Illinois
C 519 Structural features in Illinois—a compendium
C 522 The Cottage Grove Fault System in southern Illinois
C 538 Structural geology of southeastern Illinois and vicinity
1988
C 544 The Illinois Basin: a tidally and tectonically influenced ramp during mid-Chesterian time
1996
2003
New Albany Shale Publications
Natural Gas Potential of the New Albany Shale Group (Devonian-Mississippian) in Southeastern Illinois Society of Petroleum Engineers/DOE Contract 8924 (448 KB)
Pyrolysis of Eastern Gas Shale - Effects of temperature and atmosphere on the production of light hydrocarbons. Reprinted with permission from Proceedings of the Third Eastern Gas Shales Symposium (METC/SP-79/6), October 1-3, 1979, Hilma Barlow [ed.], p.211-223. (888 KB)
DOE Contract EY-76-C-05-5203 - Geologic and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois, second quarterly progress report, ORO-EY-76-C-05-5203-6, for the period January 1 - March 31, 1978 (3.6 MB)
DOE Contract EY-76-C-05-5203 - Geologic and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group (Devonian Black Shale) in Illinois to Evaluate its Characteristics as a Source of Hydrocarbons, quarterly progress report ORO-5203-3, for the period October 1 - December 31, 1977 (1.5 MB)
DOE Contract DE-AC21-76-MC05203-6 - Geological and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois, quarterly report, DEAC21-76-MC05203-6, for the period January 1 - March 31, 1979 (3.7 MB)
DOE Contract EY-76-C-05-5203 - Geologic and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois, quarterly progress report, ORO-EY-76-C-05-5203-9, for the period april 1 - June 30, 1978 (3.0 MB)
DOE Contract EY-76-C-05-5203 - Geological and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois, quarterly progress report, ORO-EY-76-C-05-5203-12, for the period July 1 - September 30, 1978 (7.0 MB)
DOE Contract DE-AC21-76-MC05203 - Geological and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois, quarterly report, ORO-DE-AC21-76-MC05203-12, for the period July 1 - September 30, 1979 (6.0 MB)
DOE Contract EY-76-C-05-5203 - Geological and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois, quarterly report, ORO-EY-76-C-05-5203-3, for the period October 1 - December 31, 1978 (5.3 MB)
DOE Contract E-(40-1)-5203 - Geologic and Geochemical Studies of the New Albany Group in Illinois (Devonian Black Shale) to Evlauate its Characteristics as a Source of Hydrocarbons, Annual Report, September 30, 1977 (8.5 MB) landscape version (15.1 MB)
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