Show LATE developments in the OIL FIELDS 60 MOAB OIL FIELD DRILLING REPORTS utah southern oil co moab consolidated soli dated oil co prank shafer no 1 cane creek dome section 6 27 21 discovery well of moab district pumping has been resumed and well is again producing a nice flow of oil amount tag to around 50 barrels dally which will probably increase as pumping continues new and heavier sucker rods have been installed and it is believed that the trouble formerly experienced through parting of rods will be avoided fluid from well being pumped into settling tank where the salt water is drained off oil is being used tor fuel in drilling operations at the john L shafer no 1 A john L shafer no 1 A section 36 2620 26 20 the first flank well on cane creek dome half a mile north of discovery well drilling thursday at feet in very hard limestone due to extreme hardness of formation progress is necessarily slow being operated on tower oil from discovery well being used for fuel A second flank well to be located still further out on edge of dome will be drilled this season A location for a test of salt valley anticline also considered a salt dome has been made in section 18 23 21 moving in of drilling equipment to start during march this well will be drilled by the utah southern oil company with the moab consolidated oil company operating cooperating co utah southern oil co canyon no 1 east anticline san juan river district section 16 41 19 a diamond drill test drilling at 1822 feet in granite tor some 20 feet drill has been cutting mica schist formation correlates with log of cedar mesa well drilled last year by utah southern and abandoned in granite and also checks with elk ridge well drilled by midwest operations erat ions on canyon no 1 will doubtless be suspended soon embar oil cabig six no 1 moab anticline section 34 25 21 pioneer well of moab district bottomed at feet drilling temporarily suspended bottomed in sandy shale texas production co shipley no 1 sweetwater structure section 5 27 14 tied up with serious fishing job with three strings of tools in hole depth is 2985 feet in coconino sandstone petroleum co well no 1 barrier creek dome section 16 27 16 camp buildings being erected water line has been laid erection of derrick and rig to start next week boulder knoll oil gas co well no 1 boulder knoll structure section 17 34 25 shut down waiting for roads to dry out so that string of 6 inch casing can be moved in bottomed at around 2300 feet sand the first objective should be encountered within feet crescent eagle oil cowell co well no 1 crescent dome section 4 22 19 shut down at feet hole has been making small flow of oil with water for over three years announcement was recently made that pennsylvania oil operators had taken a lease on cres cent eagles acres of land surrounding the no 1 well and would immediately put down a deep test with a standard trig to test the oil and potash possibilities work it is expected will start during march midwest utah oil refining while these companies have ceased active drilling in the southeastern utah district they retain extensive acreage and operating interests and are prominently identified with the moab consolidated soli dated oil company recently organized to operate cooperate co with the utah southern oil company in drilling a number of salt dome tests in the moab area the midwest utah oil refining interests have several rigs and strings of tools at moab and vicinity and it is likely that they will start further operations in the spring union oil co of california this company is scheduled to start its second test well on lisbon dome 40 miles southeast of moab early in the spring the new test it Is announced will be on flank of structure |