Show LATE developments iffie OIL FIELDS aya MOAB OIL FIELD DRILLING REPORTS utah southern oil co frank shafer no 1 cane creek dome sec 6 27 21 discovery well of moab district efforts to pull the 64 inch casing were unsuccessful due to freezing of the pipe the cas ing has been perforated at the horizon where the well originally blew in as a gusher and attempts will be made to bring back the flow of oil through the perforated pipe the 4 inch casing has run to the oil horizon and the well is being placed on the pumps if necessary the pump will be kept go continually for sevell weeks to relieve the water pressure from the oil stratum the well is now showing considerable oil end gas and it is believed that agitation by the pump which has a lifting capacity of 1200 barrels a day will result in the well again performing as it did when it blew in and flowed a great amount of oil by heads over ia period of six months there is a possibility that the water flow coming in above the oil can be exhausted at any rate the water can be separated frore the cl in the tanks and the crude will be used for fuel in fur i ther drilling operations effecting a material saving in drilling costs utah southern ia completing arrangements range ments to dall two flank wells one on cine beek and the other on another salt dome in the moab district Midwest Utah 0 hughes no 1 elk ridge dome section 30 40 19 at feet in blue shale which is quite sandy and very hard slow progress being made this foliation fomia tion was encountered at feet over a foot of snow fell at location this and roads are almost impassable embar oil company big six no 1 moab anticline section 34 25 21 pioneer well of moab district drilling at feet in sandy lime which gives persistent showings of oil watib a considerable gas pressure union till co of california lisbon no 1 lisbon dome sec tion 16 30 25 bottomed at feet hole being plugged and casing pulled company will probably dall a flank well to test salt dome theory as several very interesting oil and gas showings were encountered in the salt beds penetrated on top of structure utah southern oil co canyon no 1 east anticline sec tion 18 41 19 drilling with diamond core drill in progress below 1310 feet texal production co shipley no 1 structure section 5 2714 27 14 ten inch casing was set at 1980 feet and drilling has been suspended pending completion of a water well water well is being studded this week and water stratum will be encountered it feet water will be pumped for drilling purposes during winter to prevent costly shutdowns through freezing of long water line winch now supplies camp boulder anoll oil gas co well no 1 boulder knoll structure section 17 34 25 well being ight reamed to bottom at 1950 feet and 8 inch casing will be car ned to 2000 feet to enable company to moke deep test crescent figle oil co well no 1 crescent dome section 19 closed down at feet ha been making small flow of oil with water for oer three year A standard ng test to be lo 10 bated a short distance east of no 1 will be studded soon by interests affiliated with crescent eagle it is announced general corporation paradox valley colo structure company has drilled three wells on top of structure encountering massive beds of salt it is reported that company geologists are now spotting a location for a fourth well which will be drilled on flank to test salt dome theory |