Show oil 01 test well drilling A to begin at coalville Co alville lle standard rig drilling equipment to fo be used i boring a deep test well weil for oil at C coalville Co alville is ii being loaded at fort worth texas aas for immediate ship shipment ment and operations eions will be underway as quickly as p possible ossi accord cording in g to roger W powers odthe of the RW powers yo aers interests who wha will drill the well for the western empire petroleum dor corporation po Do ration the western empire company was wa s re catly incorporated corp orated here her e and holds ar res of patented and government land leabes eased in utah and wyoming and also has hafl 8 or on what is regarded carded as proved oll oil in ln a the cat creek field in M montana on iieana and P is 8 california alifornia mr powers sai said d the company fully y financed dodrill to drill III the c t test e st under an arrangement already made the R W pon powers 1 vers interests gives the company the the use oi of an an experienced field crew yardage ag and for the companas comp anys use has been secured at coalville Co alville and location of the t test e st well will be decided on before the rig reaches the field heavy standard equipment will be used and plans have been made for a foot test I 1 expert drillers drillars Dr illers employed the drilling crew includes a driller who has had twenty years of experience in texas who is coming from the powers organization at fort worth and another from bali california fornia who has fias had bad many years experience in california and v wyoming 7 coming the california driller ariller now 0 amplo employed e d by the union 1 of callis of fornia one of the largest western oil companies this combination gives the company a crew of dr illers who have brought in production from all the various oil bearing formations mat ions the texas man has drilled pennsylvania strata and the california man has drilled formations above and including cre cious clous ta mr powers said the companas comp anys geologists estimate the depth of the aspen oil sands which is the sand to be drilled for at 2000 to 2500 feet the aspen is an oil measure of cretaceous formation montana and california ground in proven 0 fields the cat creek option held by the company is for a block of ground immediately T adjoining producing leases and is in the heart of that montana field the california land which is under option to the company is immediately adjoining producing ground owned by E L doheney one of the largest oil operators in the country according to mr powers who said both of these options are for ground that is regarded as sure shot for production the company is also alsa preparing to drill in southern utah fields mr powers said leases have been secured in all of the fields in the south end of the state and should any of the tests now under way there bring in production the western empire company would immediately drill its ground in the producing field the western empire petroleum company is capitalized for divided into 1 shares incorporators of the company are roger W powers J W mckinney franklin riter W J cowan and william D bailey 0 |