Show LATE developments I 1 in the te OIL FIELDS sf MOAB OIL FIELD DRILLING REPORTS utah southern oil cofrank co frank shaf fer no 1 cane creek dome section p 21 discovery well of moab dist brict pumping operations were re fumed this week and although gas is interfering with the operation ot the pump several hundred barrels of fluid are brought out dally about 20 per cent of which Is clean oil changes in the pumping equipment are being made and it Is hoped that within a week or two the pump will be operating at maximum efficiency and lifting around a thousand barrels of fluid dally one of the difficulties that has arisen is the fact that the churning of the pump and the agitation by gas causes the heavy salt water to pre on the tubing and flow line pipe necessitating frequent cleaning out this delays pumping and cuts down the volume of fluid brought out certain changes now being made will it is hoped overcome the trouble be tween six and seven hundred barrels clean oil are now in storage at the beof location john L shafer no 1 cane creek dome northeast quarter of section i 36 26 20 about one mile north of frank shafer no 1 discovery well this is the first flank well to be drall cd by the utah southern on cane creek and the location was spotted this week cellar is being dug and well will be studded as soon as rig can be erected standard rig and derric to be moved at once from original john L shafer location gibout feet to the south oil from frank shafer well to be used as fuel announcement was this week made at denver that a new company Is now being organized there to take over halt of the utah holdings aln the moab area and to participate alth the utah southern in the drill ling of these flank wells the first of is the john L shafer no 1 and the second will be further out on the flank and will be studded in with mhd completion of the john L shafer The third ank well will be drilled on the salt valley anticline about twenty miles north of moab and operations will start there as soon as certain extensions ot prospecting permits are approved by the government canyon no 1 east anticline section 18 41 19 boring with diamond core drill in progress depth being around 1400 feet embar oil co big six no 1 moab anticline section 34 25 21 pioneer well of moab district drilling below feet in limey shale during the past week well has been making some gas and a small showing of free oil boulder knoll oil gas co aeu no 1 boulder knoll structure section 17 34 25 straight reaming in progress ten inch casing to be set at 2000 feet texas production co shapley no 1 sweetwater structure section 5 27 14 bottomed at 1980 feet 10 inch hole water well now being drilled from which water will be pumped during winter months to prevent freezing of long water line now supplying camp general petroleum paradox colo structure location spotted for fourth well which will be located on flank of anticline midwest utah oil kenning no 1 hughes elk ridge dome section 30 40 19 bottomed at feet and being abandoned there equipment being moved to blanding union oil co of california utah state no 1 lisbon dome section 16 30 25 abandoned at feet equipment stored at location and will probably be used in drilling flank well operations on which it is understood will be started in spring several heavy gas and oil showings were encountered in the no 1 well which was drilled on top of the salt dome A corps of engineers are now surveying amit lines and establishing comers which is looked upon as evidence that kompany will do further drilling in he district crescent eagle oil co well no crescent dome section 4 2219 22 19 shut down at feet hole has beer making small flow of oil with gatei for oer three years |