Show LATE developments in t fie MOAB OIL FIELDS 30 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 after nearly a month of steady pumping of oil the rods were pulled thursday to change pump leathers pumping will be resumed within a couple of days the well has been making a nice flow of oil which Is being stored for use as fuel in drilling 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 hard sharp blue limestone due to hardness of formation progress is somewhat slow only 55 feet having been drilled in past seven days of continuous drilling oil from discovery well being used as fuel king no 1 southeast quarter of section 13 23 20 salt valley anticline drilling and rig equipment now being delivered to location and erection of derrick to start by next week well to be studded in by may 1 this well will start on top of the red beds and the objective horizon Is expected at around feet it wui be a test of the salt dome theory of oil accumulation and location has been spotted on flank of anticline this is a co opera tive test by utah southern and moab consolidated A second flank well on cane creek dome will be drilled this season but probably will not be located definitely until the john L no 1 A penetrates the massive limestone embar oil co big six no 1 moab anticline section 34 25 21 pioneer well of moab district being abandoned at feet bottomed in sandy shale hole being plugged and casing pulled texas production co shapley no 1 sweetwater structure section 5 27 14 still tied up with fishing job bottomed at 2975 feet in coconino sandstone texas production co has taken over drilling operations on well contractors having withdrawn new crew has reached camp petroleum co weli no 1 barrier creek dome section 16 27 10 derrick erected and rigging up now in progress well to be studded in by next week boulder knoll oil gas cowell no 1 boulder knoll structure section 17 34 25 six inch casing has been run to bottom at 2210 feet and drilling being resumed casing will be carried to top of sand the first objective which should be encountered above 2500 feet crescent eagle OU cowell 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 operators who recently leased crescent eagles acreage are preparing to start operations no 1 well will be cleaned out and a test of oil flow made after which deep test will be drilled with standard rig it Is announced this will be a combined oil and potash test midwest utah OU 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 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 crystal carbon co this company s sixth gas well on cisco dome located in section 14 20 21 was drilled in this week and made a flow of gas the exact volume not being made public production comes from dakota series at 2265 feet work will start at once on another well it being the intention of the company to drill five new wells this season to increase aas production for operation of its carbon black plant at capacity navajo petrola lc corporation this company Is making preparations to drill a te U on cisco dome in towns hlo and probably in section 2 pl though definite location has ap n announced rig to be moved to location within a few weeks cisco union OU gas co this company has just been organized to put down one or more test wells in the west part of township 21 range 23 about half way between cisco gas field and cisco town production looked for in dakota series which should be encountered around 1200 feet com banys acreage Is said to cover a structural high distinct from cisco dome where gas has been developed |