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Show NEW OIL FIELD IN UTAH DISCOVERED BY CARTER OIL CO. Discovery of a new oil field in Utah was announced Monday by U. D. Sloan, Denver, division exploration ex-ploration manager for the Carter Car-ter Oil Company. Flowing at the rate of approxi-' mately 1600 barrels of oil a day, the Carter's No. 1 Ute Tribal wildcat test eight miles north of Roosevell obtained production from the lower tertiary formation : between 9351 and 9391 feet. On a preliminary production test early last week the well flowed at the rate of only 180 barrels a day, but after being acidized to opea the producing j zone, it responded with a flow of 65-70 barrels an hour Saturdav j through an unrestricted two-inch flow line. Sloan stated that test-1 ing will continue. i The oil has a paraffin base and ! a gravi'y of 31.7 degrees. Sul-1 phur content is less than one half I of one per cent. Gas-oil ratio is I 380 cubic feet of gas to one barrel bar-rel of oil. ; Carter previously had drilled j three dry holes in the Uintah ; Basin at a cost of more than a ; million dollars. |