Show L DRILLING I r wig l A ACTIVE I IN I m JA BASIN ASI I Work t. t rk F Fails al 1 s to B Bring ring I In n Commercial Producer f Gasser Found 1 By JOHN BRISTOL The Te basin at tire end of the fate of other seco sec sec- j shared 1 o ot of f Utah in which drilling for tor tOns c been prosecuted prosecute during the b In falling failing to bring jn In a comI con com 1 sl producer r. r However an ad- ad I r was as brought In on ont gasser valley structure ten tenne tenus Ashley shley Southeast t ne southeast of Vernal us S also marks the with- with year IThe temporarily at least of he the drwal dr Exploration company compan a Refining of ot the Midwest from Uintah basin drill- drill The Midwest est in the forepart lt the Ashley the year drilled on rr and Rangely Colo In Jo the Ashley Ashle valle valley toot L 1 drilled 11 under contract for the theRah rah Rah rali oil and Refining company an I-birrel I barrei production of oil was wis en- en below 16 1600 feet and when dl d. JIng to grea greater er depth was con- con tied ed water was encountered in jn quantity When the list had been drilled to a depth of KM 24 feet Ceet the unprecedented flow of lo barrels of water daily was k and this led to the aban aban- of the test The horizon in Weh the eight barrel oil b. b was found is plugged above H abelow below and may be reached any j It is decided to resume tiOn the test The hole is ca capped ped uT gasser of cubic feat ib lr and at present supplies gas quel l to the test being drilled on structure by the Ashey Asher ra Valley ey Oil company The other illier on oit the structure has a cara ca- ca ra of cubic feet I TEST JEST ABANDONED i he test of tb the Midwest west Exploration ton tion company near nar Cit City county was abandoned aban aban- done last summer after the hole tad bd been keen drilled to below low feet I n rangely Colo Cob test of the same c company pany was wag likewise abandoned laSt this hole having been firmed drilled to below feet The 5 s Pr Production Production- company compano and the company of California both having drilled tests follow feet Jeet on the Rangely I structure u ture Ceased c ased operations prior t Midwest company's with- with dri-al dri from that field Only Onh the h pumping wells of the Raven producing crude for 11 gasoline refinery refiner loc lo- lo c cad td on the Rangely structure are areco areri aret t co ri r operating there and these veils ens are limiting their output to t Ui requirements of the refinery ry company's test on the gely structure is capped as a ar r jasser asser er with a capacity of J cubit cubic feet teet daily This gasser gasser for twenty days dars during June Tune 1926 11 Ii- I the country at large largo Inthe in the vicinity Of Rangely of-Rangely the tho flow of gas having been ignited by a a. bolt bolto o dt oT lightning At present drilling of oil te testa ts Is under wa way on four structures In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Uintah basin the basin the Ashley valley val val- Ie icy ley Dog valle valley Neal dome all nil in Uintah county and the Pleasant valley structure near Myton l Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne county OIL SHOWING FOUND is in progress on the test of the Ashley Valley Oil company on the Ashley valley structure structure structure ture ten miles southeast of V Vernal Ver Ver- r- r nal eight and one fourth inch casing cas ing being carried to effect a water ater ater shutoff The rhe hole is reported to be 1855 feet deep rind and full of water Several weeks ago a showing of Ot tyl was encountered In this test on the top of tho the Morrison sand variously reported as from one to eight barrels bar bar- at somewhere near 1600 feet depth When drilling was continued a flow of water followed and this combined with the gas in the hole is hampering to a considerable ex extent extent ex- ex x- x t tent nt the The Morrison Morrison Mor Mol rison sand according to available a reports has not been penetrated The contract of drilling operations on this test calls for a depth of 2500 feet T 7 The test of the Maude Ellen Oil company compan on the Neal eal dome seven miles mUes northwest of Vernal in the foothills is 1410 feet deep In this test several light showings of oil have been found In n the last feet all of amber color A A. new cable was recently rigged and drilling re re re- Operations however are again at a standstill duo to the bre breaking king of the drill stem slem which has been trucked to Craig Colo Cob for repairs The objective of this i test is at 2600 feet buta but buta a sand is expected in jn the next feet EXPECT TO HIT SAND The Krumvieda No 1 test of the Western Venture corporation on the Dog valley alley structure seven miles southwest of Vernal is at a depth of 1240 feet The crew is un un- carrying six and a quarter-inch quarter casing to make a water water water wa wa- ter shutoff A productive e sand is expected within additional feet The crew of the test of the Utah Southern Oil on company and the Pleasant Pleasant Plea Plea- sant valley structure near Myton Duchesne county is reported to be running ten-inch ten casing to set on bottom 1850 feet The drilling following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing bowing completion of this operation probably will be continued with an inch eight-inch bit While the Uintah basin oil rilling rill rill- ing operations are still in the realm of hope deferred oilmen and geologists remain firm in the belief ellef that eventually commercial producers ers will be drilled in the basin and other other sections of Utah |