| Show Oil o Witnesses s Question e eUtah Utah Gas tes Ralph E F. Davis prominent Houston Tex gas and petroleum consultant took the stand before the Utah public service commission commission commission commis commis- sion Tuesday afternoon as Delhi Oil Co and Utah Pipeline Co continued to hammer at stated re resources resources resources re- re sources of natural gas presented by the Utah Natural Gas Co Mr 11 Davis said the Boundary Butte field contained only one proved pay area in his opinion limited to about 1500 or 2000 acres However he qualified the statement statement statement state state- ment by saying saing I dont don't have any objection to the thc figure that has been used used but but it has not been proved He did say porosity and a a question being closely examined by intervenors must must be he good since there arc are two wells giving and cubic feet of gas daily Says B T I U Rate Too Low Lou He said the low B BTU T U rate at nt Boundary Butte made the gas not worth taking out of the ground in opinion With re regard ard to the two other areas which contain U UN N G resources the Monticello structure has no substantial amount of gas proven today and Last Chance is described as not worth drilling he said Earlier another witness for DelhI Delhi Delhi Del Del- hi claimed that such a pipe line as proposed by U UN N G must have a minimum reserve of cubic feet of natural gas The Thc witness was Jack F. F Dougherty prominent geologist and executive of Dallas Tex Mr 11 Dougherty stated that calculated reserves of three fields to be used used by U UN N G could not be accurately determined determiner without the use of core analysis of all wells drilled He t challenged the figure presented presented presented pre pre- earlier in the hearings by Kenneth M. M Willson consulting geologist for Frost Byrd-Frost Inc to the effect that the Boundary Butte reserves amounted to cubic feet By comparing comparing comparing ing geology of the area with that of the near-by near Barker Barler Creek zone in n New Mexico he estimated re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves at Boundary Butte to be bc only cubic feet feet feet- I about seventh one-seventh of Mr Willson's figures However he explained that this was nas only a guess I Refuses to Gue Guess I He refused even to guess uess at reserves resel in the Monticello and Last Chance structures Mr Willson Willson Will Will- son had given testimony that these areas contained cubic feet at Monticello 1 and cubic feet at Last Chance If these figures totaling some cubic feet of resources are sustained by thc the commission they will exceed the necessary resources suggested by bythe bythe bythe the Delhi DeIhl witness s by nearly 35 When referring erring to total re reserves reserves re- re serves Mr Dougherty pointed out the figures must include a sizeable sizeable sizeable size size- able surplus over gas merely for transmission sion On this basis Mr I Willson's total f figure gure for the three fields was cubic feet of bas gas for transmission alone Mr Doughertys Dougherty's cubic feet total fIgure included the thc See Page 18 Column 3 j I GAS HEARING EARING Continued from Page One excess necessary to keep pressures pressures pressures pres pres- high enough for sion Delhi has filed as an Intervener in the hearings which U UN N G instigated instigated in instigated in- in before the P S C for certification of a proposed 32 32 1 pipe line from Boundary I I Butte Eutte to Salt Lake City The Utah I Pipe Line Co a wholly owned subsidiary subsidiary subsidiary sub sub- of Delhi has filed before i ithe the federal power commission for I construction of another pipe line between Aztec N. N M. M L. and Salt SaIL j i Lake Lale City This line would utilize 1 New Mexico gas resources i In other t testimony e S ti m 0 n y Mr 1 Dougherty said he could not estimate estimate esti esti- mate re resources because proved I existing existing- gas sas in any zone must come before an analysis of re reserves reserves re- re serves in any zone zone He Hc was referring re referring referring re- re ferring to allegedly untested zones in structures whose production will go to U Ul r F G G. He also stated that pres back-pres- First witness in the morning session Mr Willson discussed possible possible pos pos- sible production a the Sitton No 1 well in the Monticello area He lie explained that the well was still not a producing well but that it would be completed shortly He said gas produced there in the first stem drill test was cubic fee daily and that in my opinion the well hell will produce between between be be- tween and cubic feet daily daBy when completed He s stated that this well welt might mi-ht add some thousands of acres to calculated reserves presented to the commission b by him at earlier I hearings |
