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Delaware oil/gas exploration history and resource baseline

Record

p09-DE-rec-03

State

DE

Category

historical_context · exploration_baseline

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

DE-EXPLORATION-HISTORY

Fields

onshore result

No oil or gas shows were reported from this drilling.

onshore scope

the drilling of 10 to 15 test wells from southern New Jersey to northern Virginia

ri33 date

Dec 1979

ri33 leasing

Prospective areas offshore are leased to exploration companies by the federal government.

ri33 pubtype

Report of Investigation

ri33 title

RI33 Exploring, Drilling, and Producing Petroleum Offshore

storage geology

there are no obvious underground reservoirs such as depleted oil or gas fields

Evidence

1. ri33 title: RI33 Exploring, Drilling, and Producing Petroleum Offshore
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/node/661 · page title / H1 · source p09-DE-src-11 · visit p09-DE-visit-11
2. ri33 pubtype: Report of Investigation
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/node/661 · Publication Type block · source p09-DE-src-11 · visit p09-DE-visit-11
3. ri33 date: Dec 1979
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/node/661 · Publication Date block · source p09-DE-src-11 · visit p09-DE-visit-11
4. ri33 leasing: Prospective areas offshore are leased to exploration companies by the federal government.
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/node/661 · Abstract, leasing sentence · source p09-DE-src-11 · visit p09-DE-visit-11
5. onshore scope: the drilling of 10 to 15 test wells from southern New Jersey to northern Virginia
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/sites/default/files/publications/RI36e.pdf · search-result snippet, RI36e body · source p09-DE-src-14 · visit p09-DE-visit-14
6. onshore result: No oil or gas shows were reported from this drilling.
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/sites/default/files/publications/RI36e.pdf · search-result snippet, RI36e body · source p09-DE-src-14 · visit p09-DE-visit-14
7. storage geology: there are no obvious underground reservoirs such as depleted oil or gas fields
   https://www.dgs.udel.edu/category/geology-keywords/oil-and-gas · search-result snippet, RI4 abstract · source p09-DE-src-03 · visit p09-DE-visit-03

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-DE.