Show OIL NOTES FROM ALL AROUND C rude crude oil production in montana for 1925 is estimated at barrels ed H Wats watson formerly chief geologist of the utah oil refining company has resigned to practice a as consult 0 ing geologist to look after private interests assoria associated i ted with mr watson are milo P smith and H L rath during the 1925 fiscal year there was paid to the osage indians of oklahoma from royalties and bonuses in oil and gas produced on their reservation a total of this is the largest amount ever paid per capita to the osage indians each share being ballings Bai lings brought in from the leonora well being put down in the pennsylvanian formation near rozel on great salt lake show colors of oil the caving formation having been left much improved progress is being made according to john matson manager of the leonora company depth of the hole is 1195 feet unconfirmed reports state that a substantial showing of oil has been encountered in the lakeview Lake view well about a mile from that of the leonora at a depth of approximately 2000 feet equipment for the drilling of the two oil wells west of vernal by the border and maudellen maud ellen oil companies is arriving continually says the vernal express of the 1st ast A huge boiler arrived on the grounds last week and the greater part of the machinery is already here F J S sur geologist for the companies estimates over 90 tons of equipment already on hand A standard rig will be used and drilling operations will commence as soon as all the machinery has been brought in applications for oil and gas prospecting permits in the moab region broke all land office records on the when permits were asked covering over acres of land the total number of permits applied for was forty six compared with twenty two the previous record for a single day of the forty six applications made thirty six were by denver men all but two asking for prospecting rights on the maximum allowed to each person 2560 acres the land involved is in san juan county directly south of the john L shafer no 1 practically all land for several miles in every direction from the first utah gusher has now been filed on according to land office records the majority of the filings however following in a general direction the southerly course of the colorado river A new style motor boat capable of carrying fifteen or twenty people has been purchased by the moab gara garage e company for use on the colorado river between moab an and 0 d the oil fields the boat was designed and built by H H busher basher of grand junction and was brought to moab in a truck for a demonstration it performed so nicely that the moab garage immediately bought it the craft is about sixteen feet in length and a ford motor furnishes the power the round trip to the well can be made in about six hours other boats have been unable to make the round trip in less than about eight or nine hours col A G burritt geologist who has been connected with the beneficial oil company in the labarge field and who spotted the rigs that brought in the wonderful wells last summer at shallow depth arrived in the city yesterday from salt lake city where he has been spending the past month he expected to leave for the field today where he will at once award a drilling contract for portland operators for drilling a 2000 foot well or to commercial oil on the seya of the of sec 22 north of the beneficial wells smaller than a no 28 star rig will be considered in this contract colonel burritt also announced that he will secure land in the labarge field for other oil interests which will mean the entry of another oil crowd into the la barge field early next spring colonel burritt is the very es sence essence i of optimism and predicts a wonderful period of activity at la barge in 1926 kemmerer gazette V T the bringing in of a test well in a new oil field eighteen miles south of san antonio texas which is being developed by the utah texas oil company was announced on the ath instant by stanley F kimball of salt lake president of the company production of the test well has not been estimated Dr illers struck a 27 foot layer of sandy shale carrying a rich saturation of high grade oil at the foot level according to the telegraphic reports received by mr kimball other officers and directors of the company are john finch salt lake vice president arthur E IN moreton salt lake secretary F L williams helper treasurer and manager J W weeter helper and G A bodlund Bog lund salt lake directors during the past several months boston massinger mass interests have become interested in the big gas well of the utah oil refining company on the cisco structure in this county and a deal is now pending for its sale says the moab times it is the intention of the boston people to use the gas in the manufacture of carbon black a coloring which will mean the erection of a factory and the inauguration of a new and nd important industry in this county the cisco well came in in about a year ago with a flow of gas estimated at cubic feet so great was the pressure that further drilling in the well was impossible and a second well was drilled lower on the structure but the sand proved to be barren of of oil the lower cretaceous formation was tested in this structure no definite information has been given out t regarding the prospects of new pipe line by the beneficial oil company from the labarge district in southwestern south western wyoming to kemmerer says the casper oil index it is understood that the beneficial company has made inquiries from a number of supply houses asking for quotations on 4 6 and 8 in pipe from the labarge field to rail head it is understood that the company has succeeded in raising finances to lay the line and also continue further development work in the field it is thought that a contract will be closed close d for pipe and the laying of the line early in the new year the total tota I 1 length of the line will be about 45 to 55 miles depending upon where it strikes the railroad As the old year is drawing to a close it aou would id appear that another light oil field is to be added to the producing pro ducillo fields in wyoming says the casper oil index the credit creal of discovery belongs to a comparatively new entrant in ill the rocky mountain region the marland oil company of colorado the new field is located between the north casper structure and the notches field and is known as big sul ul chur springs or wilson dome to be more exact it t is is 6 0 miles east of the notches field and 6 miles north of ahe the rail railway station at natrona location of the well is in sea sea sec 32 38 83 F W strong president and manager of the big six oil company left a few days ago for salt lake city where he will spend a couple of weeks on oil business says say tn th moab times the big six company which has extensive of 01 holdings in the local oil fields has received a number offers from development of atit its operating companies for the ground and these are being considered it is probable that anai the big six well three miles west of moab and now at a depth of 2800 feet will be completed this winter i in fact a deal for the completion of the well is now pending the thea all be nual stockholders meeting of the big six company will vill D held at moab on january 4 at whis which time the plans 0 ot f the tn company will be thoroughly discussed 1 |