Show MOAB OIL FIELD DRILLING REPORTS MIDWEST UTAH SOUTHERN UTAH OIL REFINING frank shafer no 1 cane creek structure section 6 2721 27 21 discovery well of moab district after passing 1 through alternating beds of salt and shale from to feet the drill entered a sandy shale that made a considerable showing of oil and I 1 gas drilling was continued to feet with the oil and gas steadily increasing the gas pressure kept the tools bouncing at one time lifting them feet drilling was suspended at feet on account of sloughing of the shale with about feet of high grade oil in the hole the dr illers are now engaged in cleaning out the with the intention of drilling a few more feet of hole before running a string of 4 3 4 inch casing on thursday the hole had been cleaned out to within a few feet of bottom with the gas pressure increasing as bottom was neared the showing is interpreted as indicating that an oil sand is close at hand J H shafer no 1 shafer dome section 17 27 21 formation shutoff of water effected with 10 inch casing at 1820 feet and drilling proceeding with a dry hole on thursday the depth was 2150 feet the drill penetrating alternating strata of black shale salt and gray shale during the last feet there is considerable gas pressure land it is believed the drill is jeanng the first producing stratum encountered at 2028 feet in the cane creek well this horizon should be reached between 2300 and 2400 feet in the U H shafer well geological data indicates john L shafer no 2 cane creek dome section 36 26 20 one half mile knorth of frank shafer no 1 discovery well rig up ready for spud ding snowden no 1 cane creek dome section 32 2621 26 21 two miles east of frank shafer no 1 rig materials being transported down river from moab by boat and erection of derrick to start about a week MIDWEST exploration hughes no 1 elk ridge structure section 30 34 19 erection of derrick completed saturday and ng ging up now under way most of the camp houses have been completed well to be studded in about september 1 UTAH SOUTHERN GENERAL PE UTAH OIL noble no 1 cedar mesa structure section 30 40 78 rig up and ready for studding spud ding in drilling crews now en route from wyoming operations to start within a week UTAH SOUTHERN EQUITY OIL hazelwood no lockhart dome section 16 28 20 erection of ng now under liay and will be completed by end of week drilling crews now en route from wyoming and well will be studded in within ten days EMBAR OIL CO big six no 1 baab anticline section 34 26 21 waiting for tools to pull string of casing to remove de joint drillars drillers Dr illers believe casing can be set on bottom and drilling resumed within two deebs UTAH OIL development CO well no 1 moab anticline section 8 26 22 shut down at feet being mad to lessure drilling EMPIRE PETROLEUM CO well no 1 moab anticline section 2025 20 25 21 shut down at feet WESTERN STATES development CO well no 1 crescent dome section 4 2218 22 18 preparations being made to resume drilling at 1400 feet with larger machine well no 2 gibson dome section 12 30 20 drilling resumed this week with standard ng depth thursday was feet CRESCENT EAGLE OIL CO well no 1 crescent damte section 4 22 19 drilling suspended at feet DESERET PETROLEUM CO well no 1 gibson dome section 3 30 20 hole studded in with standard ng in may contract being let to drill feet of hole UTAH SOUTHERN OIL CO canyon no 1 east anticline section 27 41 19 shut down at 1040 feet FRANCES OIL CO frances no 1 dome sec tion 36 41 17 standard rig erected camp established and studding spud ding in to start by last of week BOULDER KNOLL OIL GAS CO well no 1 boulder knoll ture section 17 34 24 drilling under feet EMPIRE GAS FUEL CO kimball no 1 gibson dome section 6 30 21 well was studded in the last 0 the week land drilling is now being resumed for continuous operations UTAH PETROLEUM CORP well no 1 gibson dome section 20 studding Spud ding in with standard rig steady operations to be under way by next week this company is starting operations with a star rig on a fuel oil well to be put down near mexican hat near two old wells which produced about 30 barrels production will be secured at depth of about feet and the oil used for operations on the dome this company is drilling the frances oil co well on the MARLAND OIL CO culbertson no 1 green river anticline ti section 35 31 16 drilling at about feet with some gas in evidence drilling will proceed at least feet deeper CRYSTAL CARBON CO well no 3 cisco fold section 25 2021 20 21 being drilled to develop gas area preliminary to installation of large carbon black plant at depth of about 1750 feet a foot flow of gas was brought in wednesday with a pressure exceeding pounds A pound gauge was not large enough to measure the pressure while installing a larger gauge the gas ignited by a spark and of the drillars drillers dr illers were bad aly burned the blaze demolished the ng and derrick and efforts are now being made to extin aguish the torch which burns to a height of 60 feet this is the third large well brought in on the cisco structure the first two wells being drilled in oil exploratory avora by the utah oil refining i ARMSTRONG COMPANY i well no 1 crescent district sec tion 16 2219 22 19 to be drilled to pros hect potash zone rotary rig almost erected and drilling to be started within a few days I 1 |