Peninsular Oil & Refining, later part of ExxonMobil, discovered oil in southern Florida in 1943. Since then, the Sunniland trend underneath the Big Cypress preserve has yielded about 110 mm barrels of oil
They beat up President Bush and Fred Thompson about the same issue.
http://www.gasandoil.com/news/n_america/fef987f801da3e5cc36e5e83e73ba98d
Jun 13, 2001
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297228,00.html
September 18, 2007
Thank you. Did not know that.
Pennsuco was on old maps. If you posted a pin on the site today it would be approx. where the Fla. Turnpike Ext. Meets US 27. Another odd fact is the Large coral stone house near by belonged to the family of EX- Gov. Bob Graham. It may still be there. It was the center of “Graham’s Dairy”.
Take a Look.
http://books.google.com/books?id=pqPcan5hNV0C&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=pennsuco+pipeline&source=bl&ots=mKh207zBKh&sig=qhlzn9eLRp1dmPVvTYwJYuoF_3Q&hl=en&ei=XhBcTvH4O4WbtwfOmNCnDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false