Show LATE developments in the OIL FIELDS 0 east turns eyes towards east utah and west colorado the following from a new york city paper shows the interest which eastern financial circles are manifesting in the oil development of the moab district york jan 10 the western slope of the rocky mountains in colorado Cof orado and eastern utah appears to offer great possibilities for oil production this year in the opinion of experts here three new fields are practically proven and eight structures are being tested when an oil man went to that region he first declared there was no oil there opinions are fast changing since the second wildcat of the midwest utah southern oil has camie in with a good gas flow which indicates the proximity of an oil sand these companies started drilling near moab utah in 1925 a wildcat well on the colorado river it reached 2000 feet a year ago and started flowing oil and gas but fire destroyed the rig and equipment after installing new equipment it was found impossible to shut off the water at 1800 feet the companies finally abandoned the sand and drill ed deeper recently nother sand at feet made a large flow of oil and gas the force blowing the tools up the hole and wedging them at about feet A new string of tools was drilled past those wedged sidetracking the lost string and four inch casing will be set on bottom to develop the deep productive stratum the second wildcat in this area is five miles south and recently en countered a heavy gas flow at feet the hole has been and an attempt is being made to drill deeper into the pay sand still further south the midwest is drilling the elk ridge structure one of the largest of the west the well is at 1000 feet and nothing important is expected above 2000 feet about a dozen other wells on promising structures are also being drilled in the southeastern part of utah the developments in this region are expected to bring about an ex next spring and in addition to the companies already operating other large companies have selected territory for exploration and will doubtless get operations under way as soon as spring opens up good showing of gas at big six well the big six well three miles west of moab the pioneer teat of the district is drilling new hole at a depth of feet and during the past few days there has been a noticeable increase in the aas flow A hard black shale is being cut for a couple of weeks the well had been tied up by the necessity of drilling up a joint of casing but the last of the iron was brought out several days age and good progress is now being made A complete shutoff of water has been effected and the 4 78 7 8 inch hole can now be carried down several hundred feet deeper if necessary for time there had been enough gas escaping from the well to blaze steadily when ignited and a gradual increase in volume has been noted with the drilling of new holt As a y measure a control head was this week antich cd bv Superintend rt I 1 A tonne hill superintendent of the oil cinday cin pay which n continuing operations 0 tie hole it hi si well due to the ill sence of any great quantity of salt that has been cut by the drill is be in watched with keen interest by oilmen the well is located on the flank of the moab structure and seems to be proving out the salt dome theory that wells located on flanks will miss the massive beds of salt encountered on the tops of the domes in the moab area the oil royalties company of monticello with a capital of divided into shares of 10 cents each has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state charles redd is president and II 11 H redd vice president the property involved in the leases which the company has obtained covers fifty sections of land on the dome in san juan county several large truckloads truck loads of casing left moab tuesday and wednesday for the utah petroleum well on gibson dome where a showing of oil was obtained last week the water will be cased off at a 1090 feet before drilling is resumed M Q dannettell geologist for the midwest exploration company accompanied compa nied by mrs dannettell and baby arrived the last of the wee denver the family will ma e their home at moab during the remainder of the winter at least D D bodie of the empire gas fuel came in from the companas comp anys well on gibson dome yesterday mr bodia returned the last of the week kansas and Oklahoma where he spent the holidays r foj e so midwest utah southern a utah oil refining frank shafer no 1 cane creek doche section 6 27 21 discovery well of moab district closed down to await arrival of feet of 4 34 3 4 mch seamless tubing which will be run to near bottom at feet to tast productivity of stratum at that depth casing was shipped from fac tory at pittsburgh wednesday and should arrive in ten days when operations will be resumed the well continues to flow a small steady stream of oil through the mud J H shafer no 1 shafer dome section 17 27 20 eight and one quarter inch casing run to feet hole cleaned out to bottom at feet and in drilling up some wire cable on bottom new hole was made to feet core barrel was run thursday and showed that gas recently encountered is coming from sandy shale formation orders have been received to bail mud fromi hole and allow gas to flow to test volume bromell no 1 snowden cane creek dome section 5 2721 27 21 being drilled by midwest exploration bottomed at feet favorable progress has been made the past week in straightening hole which was drilling in crevice believed that another few days should put hole in the clear permitting of drilling operations ppe rations 1 ohn L shafer no 2 cane creek dome section 36 26 20 rig up leady for studding spud ding midwest utah oil refining hughes no 1 elk ridge structure section 30 40 19 bottomed at 1285 feet plugged back to 1240 feet to straighten i utah southern general petroleum utah oil refining nobel no 1 cedar mesa structure section 2840 28 40 18 drilling ahead under 1050 feet after spending several weeks reaming out tight hole utah Southern Equity oil hazelwood no 1 lockhart dome section 16 28 20 bottomed at feet temporarily closed down empire petroleum co strong no 1 moab anticline section 20 25 21 standard ng equip ment on ground and derrick ly erected utah oil development co well no 1 moab anticline section 34 26 21 bottomed at 1550 feet closed down a embar oil co big six no 1 moab anticline section 8 2622 26 22 pioneer well of moab district drilling at feet abrl day in hard black shale which is showing considerable gas favorable progress being made western states development co well no 1 crescent dome section 4 2818 28 18 bottomed at 1400 feet closed down well no 2 gibson dome section 12 30 18 shut down at feet deseret petroleum co well no 1 gibson dome section 3 30 20 drilling to be resumed shortly has been studded with standard rig utah southern oil co canyon no 1 east anticline sec tion 27 41 19 shut down at 1040 feet armstrong company well no 1 crescent doffe section 17 22 19 at depth between 1350 and 1500 feet an oil sand from seven to ten feet thick was cored with dia mond drill monday considerable oil reported well closed down pending arrival of officials reported that commercial flow of oil obtained crescent eagle oil co well no 1 crescent dome section 4 2219 22 19 shut down bottomed at feet frances oil utah petroleum frances no 1 dome section 36 41 19 drilling under 1200 feet at last report empire gas fuel co kimball no 1 gibson dome sec tion 6 30 21 bottomed at feet over feet of 12 1 2 inch casing 1 st in hole recovered this week end crew now fishing for lost bit with recovery of bit hole will be plugged back to straighten utah petroleum corp wea no 1 gibson dome section 1 A good shoeing of oil en froia 1070 to 1090 feet well closed down to await arrival of string of 12 1 2 inch casing which w 11 be run to out water before ming drilling last of casing readied camp friday and should be set on bottom by monday night well believed to be jeanng sand which is productive in bluff field boulder knoll oil gas co well no 1 boulder knoll ture section 17 34 25 bottomed at 1700 feet minor fishing job delaying operations this week |