Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-08-01 | Page 13 | Well Produces High Flow of Natural Gas

Well Produces High Flow Of Natural Gas C CLEAR LEA R c CREEK E E EK K Carbon County Special The Special The Utah Fuel No 3 well at the the- Clear Creek gas field was making 19 million cubic feet a day of natural gas Friday Walter Valter E E. Zabriskie geologist for Three States Natural Gas Co said additional productive sands had been iee uncovered in drilling the well wel in the Ferron formation This would substantially increase reserves of ot the he field from which it is planned to pipe gas to Salt L Lake ke City The Utah Fuel No 3 well is about one mile and nd one half from other ther productive wells on the thc field We Ve picked up 12 million cubic feet of gas in drilling ng through the first four productive members members mem mem mem- bers of the Ferron formation in inthe inthe inthe the past weeks Mr l Zabriskie related Production Jumps But Bit he said at a total depth of 4 feet and 30 feet above where we planned to drill into the fifth member of the Ferron production jumped to 19 million cubic feet a day As the firm is utilizing natural gas as a circulating or drilling medium instead of rotary drilling drilling drill drill- ing mud it is easy to obtain an open flow measurement of volume vol vol- ume of gas the well makes Mr Zabriskie said The geologist estimated that the well was only a few feet into this new member of the Ferron He said it was probable that the operators would have to revise revise re re- re vise their previous previous' estimate that there were seven productive members of the Ferron formation formation formation forma forma- tion at t Clear Creek Must Be Others It seems there must be many other porous zones on the f field eld Mr Zabriskie said beyond ube ond the Mr seven we had identified The geologist said that geologic correlation of the Utah Fuel No 3 well with other wells drilled on the field established the fact that this latest flow of natural gas was not from the fifth filth member of the Ferron but from a new sand He said that the drillers would cut a few more feet probably increasing the flow of gas He noted however that it was both difficult and dangerous to drill with natural gas a circulating circulating ing medium when volumes of gas exceed 20 million minion cubic feet a day