| Show Oilmen Watch Amerada Well Wel Special to the Telegram Emery County Count Dec Dee 15 Oil Oi observers were ere watching with close cose interest Wednesday work being carried on at the Amerada Petroleum Corp well wel 12 miles mies southeast of Green- Green I river which has been ha widely publicized publicized pub pub- as the site of a possible second major strike within a week weel Officials of the thc Amerada Corp reported nothing new at the well wel Wednesday However some announcement was expected soon The Amerada well wel has been the subject of much discussion in oil oi circles circes during the thc past several days but the company reportedly has been unable to complete a major test of ot the well wel because of extreme gas ga pressures Fit Into l Picture Glen M. M Ruby Salt Lake Lal e petroleum geologist writing for forthe forthe the thc International News Service pointed out that rumors from rom the Amerada well wel are conflicting but fit ft into a definite picture when considered with ith reported factual information He said it was known kown that many thousands of sacks of have been mixed into the mud and pumped into the hole to reduce pressure Such ability to take mud is due to a crevice or other cavity he wrote Since the well wel is located el very close cose to the Little Litte Grand fault it is reasonable to assume that the drill dri encountered a subsidiary subsidiary subsidiary sub sub- fault which may extend to toa toa toa a great geat depth In fact the excessive excessive excessive sive pressures reported at the thc well wel indicate the gas ga and oil oi have their origin in formations considerably below the salt sat Causes Excitement Some 38 miles mies southeast of the Amerada well wel another well wel drilled dried more than 20 years ago blew out caught fire re and caused great excitement excitement ex ex- because of the large amount of oil ol with wih gas Mr Ruby reported After flowing and burning burning burn burn- bur bur- buring ing more than a month the fire fre was was extinguished and the well wel pumped full ful of mud Summing up Mr Ruby explained explained ex ex- that it is apparent that Amerada has encountered a spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- oil oi and gas well wel however I would caution cauton against too much optimism at this time Sources at the well wel reported that the company now is at a depth of between and feet and would like to go deeper The well wel is being worker worker under a closed log but most reliable report is that it is yielding between between between be be- tween 55 and 60 gravity oil oi from the sands it is now in If I the well wel should should- come ome in it would be the second major oil oi discovery within a week week Last week Grain Cram Griffith Griffth Oil Oi Co brought in a well wel near Vernal producing about barrels a day Earlier Earler wells wels were brought in innear innear innear near Vernal by the Equity Oil Oi Co and in the Four Corners area near the Arizona border by Byrd Byrd- Frost Co |
