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OAKWOOD DOME (continued)

Oldest Strata at Surface: Carrizo Formation: no stratigraphic evidence of doming at surface

GROWTH HISTORY:

PRIMARY PERIPHERAL SINK: Age of Initiation: 150 Ma Age of Cessation: 130 Ma Duration of Growth: 20 Ma Distance of Axial Trace from Center of Dome: 7 mi (11 km)

SECONDARY PERIPHERAL SINK: Age of Initiation: 130 Ma Age of Cessation: 120 Ma

TERTIARY PERIPHERAL SINK: Age of Initiation: 120 Ma Age of Cessation: Post-50 Ma

AGE OF MIGRATION OF SINK TO SALT-STOCK CONTACT: 100 Ma

DOME-RELATED UNCONFORMITIES: None recognized Evidence of Extrusion and Erosion of Salt: None recognized

EVIDENCE OF SUBSIDENCE: Absent Configuration of Overburden Strata: Claiborne strata arched over dome Drainage System: Type 3, supradomal depression, subcentripetal drainage Sinkholes: None Surface Salines: None

RESOURCES AND USES:

HYDROCARBONS: Number of Producing Wells: Current: 2 Total: 24 Production: Current: 5,004 bbl Total: 2,120,719 bbl Strati graphic Reservoir: Woodbine Group Trap: Beneath overhang

ROCK SALT: Not mined

SULFUR: None

GAS STORAGE: None

YOUNGEST DEFORMATION: Fault in Claiborne Group