Show LATE developments in the OIL FIELDS 00 MOAB OIL HELD DRILLING REPORT utah southern john L shafer no 1 big six some sec 6 7 21 cement failed to shut out water well flawed oil at rate of 2000 barrels when plug wag drilled out saturday well re cemented tuesday and nill be drilled in sunday if shutoff shut off has been effected john II 11 shafer no 1 shafer dome sec 17 27 20 depth today oil co culbertson no 1 sec 35 21 16 three miles south of green river in grand oo funty hole being straight reamed for setting 8 inch A delay of several days was caused this week when tools became stuck in hole embar oil co big six no 1 well moab anticline sec 34 25 21 drilling will be resumed tomorrow friday at depth of 2850 feet new boiler and tools ng sed up this week objective sand within feet embar company is completing bik six well under contract embar no 1 moab anticline sec 22 2521 25 21 well at depth of about feet utah oil dev co well no 1 NW NW sec 8 28 22 moab anti rire erection of denick started today all equipment at location to spud in by first of may crescent eagle well no 1 crescent dome sec 4 22 19 hole cleaned out to depth of feet and preparations being made to run 3 34 3 4 tubing western states dev well no 1 crescent dome sec 27 21 19 drilling resumed at about 1100 feet following shutdown while waiting for tools deseret pet corp well no 1 lot 4 sec 3 gibson big indian creek dome boiler at location and road being repaired for moving in ng equipment two carloads of materials for standard rig and 84 foot derrick now at thompsons Thomp sons and will be moved in within three weeks home oil co well no 2 bitter creek bottne eastern grand county sec 4 19 25 depth of about feet reached another illustration of the feverish interest being shown in the oil region surrounding was biad at salt lake friday when a drawing was conducted for a cancelled oil permit embracing four sections of land in san juan county there were applicants for the permit one of the largest ever brought forth by a drawing in the salt lake office mrs ola T little abeld of salt lake was the successful applicant in the drawing deseret pet corp rushing operations the deseret petroleum corporation with holdings on the chason big indian creek dome is rushing preparations to spud in its first well A J turner of grand junction and L L travis of fort col ams have taken large interests in the company and will assist field superintendent harrey E rose in the operating end mr travis went to fort collins last week to oversee the dismantling of a standard ng two carloads of equipment were shipped out and are due to arrive this week mr turner has placed a crew of men at work building a road from church rock to the location the route following down indian creek A steam boiler has already been taken to the it is hoped to have the ng on the ground and erected within a month so that drilling operations can start early m may mr turner left for the location friday with engineer C W crepps to run out permit lines and definitely establish the location for the well the deseret is fully financed for putting down a test on the gibson dome and this well promises to be one of the very first to be on the colorado nver oil structure oil company officials here F W strong president of the big six oil company charles hoerner vice president bit the big six and embar D M mcdonald president of the empire toom pany and charles gillette an attorney were arrivals from salt lake city friday evening and spent a day in town mr mcdonald states that the empire company which recently purchased a drilling contract com tract on some of the big six acreage is getting matters in shape to operations on the local field wells will be put down on the moab anticline and the lockhart and a well on the big six offset eighty on the big six cane creek dome is also planned for the near future mr boemer while here inspected the operations of the embar ibm pany conferring with superintendent J A tannehill president strong of the big six company plans to return to moab in the near future toi take charge of operations for his company the members of the party expressed themselves as being highly elated over the prospects for the devel of the stob field start erection of derrick today the erection of the 84 foot standard derrick for the utah oil development company at the mouth of mill creek canyon two aules nules east of town was held up the past week by a delay in the arrival of lumber however the materials reached the location yesterday and rig builder martin walsh is today starting the erection of the rig cement foundations for the sills are in place and the work will be rushed F C hallar president and C C double superintendent erin are here and will spud in the well at the earliest possible date the maiden gnp of the moab garage companas comp anys big power boat to tie indian creek structure comte twenty civo south of the shafer no 1 well was made monday the gnp was made to take john C howard president of the utah oil refining company and his brother alien howard on an inspection trip to the lockhart and indian creek structures howard left the nver at lockhart where they were met by horses and rode to the dugout ranch on indian creek they were piloted by john L shafer here they were met by R C dark of the moab garage company and D M cooper who brought them back to moab last night mr cooper who is a of the firm lof cooper martin co and now resides at los angeles formerly punched cows on indian creek being one of the organizers the indian creek cattle company mr howard and brother are spending the day at moab J R ellis representing snowden who hold a full permit on the big six dome left sunday on a business gnp to salt lake city he will return in a few days J L dougan field superintendent of the utah southern oil company left tuesday morning for the com banys well on the bast anticline of the san juan fields he will return to in a few days to be present at the test of the midwest utah southern well scheduled to take place the first of the week gail martin oil editor of the salt lake tribune left sunday morning for salt lake after spending ten days here familian zing himself with in the field he will probably return in a few days to be present when the shafer well is given another test james R gemmil representing the machinery co of salt lake city spent several days in moab the last of the week mingling with the oil men assembled here mr Gem mils house sells equipment of all kinds and while here mr sold several star rigs in addition to a considerable quantity of casing and other equipment george T hansen president of the utah southern oil company john 0 howard president of the utah oil refining company and the batters lat brother alien howard were arrivals friday night and left early the next morning for the shafer no 1 well to witness the test of the well mr hansen returned to salt lake sunday president howard and brother remained in the field several days going down to the shafer lockhart and indian creek domes they were met at indian creek yesterday by R C dark of the moab garage who brought them back to moab last night mr howard is well pleased with the situation at the midwest wells and as a result of his trip is more firmly convinced than ever that a great oil field will be developed along the colorado river below moab |