Show LATE developments in the OIL FIELDS 5 S MOAB OIL FIELD DRILLING REPORTS midwest utah southern utah oil refining i frank shafer no 1 cane creek I 1 dome section 6 27 21 discovery well of moab district drilling at feet to await decision suspended as to future operations negotiations being closed for the further development of cane creek which it is said includes the deepening of no 1 and the drilling of at least two more wells in the no 1 well three pro horizons were encountered the first at 2028 feet being of gusher proportions and flowing an quantity of oil by heads over a period of six months the horizon was finally cased off after repeated attempts to cement off water coming in framl above had met with failure geologists incline to uie theory that cane creek is a salt I 1 dome and at least one well will be put down on the flank to test this theory prommel no 1 snowden cane creek dome section 1 5 2721 27 21 Botto a feet m salt and abandoned rig remains on ground pending future developments 1 john L shafer no 1 cane creek dome section 36 26 20 rig up ready for studding spud ding J H shafer no 1 shafer dome section 17 27 20 abandoned at feet rig and materials rem laining on ground pending future developments structure classified as salt dome midwest utah oil refining highes no 1 elk ridge structure section 30 40 19 drilling thursday at feet in limestone several fishing jobs have delayed operations during past month embar oil company big six no 1 moab anticline section 34 2521 25 21 pioneer well of moab district operations resulted ted tuesday after brief shut down drilling thursday at feet in hard gray lime the formation shows considerable gas and rainbow colors are visible in the this well has cut nearly 2000 feet of and is now drilling in the first stratum of pure lime that has a been encountered below 2000 feet utah southern geneal petroleum utah oil refining nobel no 1 cedar mesa structure 2840 28 40 18 drilling suspended at feet hole being bottomed n anica schist granite wash was en countered from to feet preparations being made to plug hole and abandon location union tin co of california lisbon no 1 lisbon dome section 16 30 25 drilling thursday at feet in salt formation hole was reduced from 10 inch to 8 inch at feet utah southern oil co canyon no 1 east anti section 38 41 19 changing to diammond lond drill equipment most of which is fen route to location bottom of hole at 1310 feet it is expected that the granite encountered in the cedar mesa well will be struck in this well at a depth of approximately 2100 feet texas production co shipley no 1 sweetwater structure section 5 2714 27 14 hole being ie drilled depth being under feet slow progress being made due to difficult formation general petroleum company wilcox no 2 paradox colo ture section 6 47 18 being abandon ed at feet bottomed in salt a 10 6 8 inch hole approximately feet of salt penetrated the other 1300 feet being mostly conglomerate black shale some liate and gypsum gas pockets were encountered at th b so and feet levels slight oil showings were had at 1790 and feet gas and oil showings were in evidence at and feet the general petroleum is abandoning the paradox district as the topography of the structure is such would be extremely and difficult to dall a flank well to test the salt dome theory geologists are of positive opinion that the structure is a salt dome western states co well no 1 crescent domie section 27 21 19 bottomed at about 1600 feet |