Show SOUTHERN UTAH OIL COMPANY PLANS EXTENSIVE operations IN THIS FIELD the recently organized southern utah oil company it is now evident is a much more pretentious organization than at first seemed to be indicated ahe full significance of the companas comp anys plans and the broad scope of its intended operations were not given to the public until a week or so ago when the denver papers secured release of detailed information the accuracy of which has since been acknowledged by president george T hansen of this city the company has been quietly financed by denver salt lake and san francisco interests these interests in addition to mr hansen as president tand and g general e mana manager 6 er includes governor frank franz of denver who opened up the now famous cat creek field of montana F B weeks of salt lake formerly assistant director united states geological 6 survey max ball president of the ute petroleum company and formerly b general manager matador petroleum company royal dutch shell in charge 0 of field operations john L dougan of Ok okla experienced perien ced operator operator in Wy wyoming texas and oklahoma fields the company has acquired a large block of acreage on the duchesne structure utah has moved to the drilling site from helper utah a complete standard drilling outfit and is rushing preparations with a view to commencing drilling as quickly as possible geological reports by the dutch shell Z geologists who ma mapped p ped out this area very carefully show that approximately ten sands of varying thickness should b be 01 encountered within feet of the surface and most 0 these sands show prolific oil saturation where encountered at their outcrops the site of the utah no I 1 well is about six miles southwest of the town of duchesne and approximately miles from salt lake city the balance of the acreage on the duchesne structure is controlled by the matador petroleum company royal dutch shell carter oil company standard kinney oil co company ute petroleum company plata plat a oil corporation and the shell company of california royal dutch shell in addition the utah southern oil company controls f acreage on the woodside structure which was originally I 1 ia ily mapped out and passed on by the royal du dutch shell Z ceolo geologists on the san rafael swell within two miles of the well ivell now being drilled by the carter oil company standard I 1 on the circle cliffs structure now being tested by the ohio oil company in colorado the company controls acreage b in the dove creek and dolores structures and is now negotiate negotiate in ing for a tract on the mceldo anticline close to the ivell wel now drilling by the midwest which has had several showings of oil this section of colorado is the scene of oi considerable activity at the present time the company is also considering the purchase of a y pro ducin g oil property in salt creek wyo and one in the cat ca creek field montana in addition plans are being ebani ined with a possible view to the building of a refinery at salt ba the lake city to operate on crude from wyoming fields companas comp anys headquarters are in salt lake city |