| Show cIG lG SIX PlANS WEll WEllON WELLON ON CANE CREEK veer neer 1 1410 0 a b Oil Company es ACI cage Along Colo- Colo Colorado rado Rier Where Gusher PerrOt Performed med in 1926 e anUm of an o crr f et ct nil tl on Cm Car e ek k k dome where hele the Frank Shafer h 1 performed pel formed in a sensational man mall manyin tIn yin 1925 and 1926 is proposed by the I Six Oil compan pioneer toll oil company of tie the Moab area is the statement of F W Strong Streng dent of the comp who armed t d oab Thursday even ng from flam Salt e CIty to make ar- ar for fOl the resumption of at he ling hag BIg SIX company compan has acquired operating rIghts on Cane Cr Creek k located some 10 miles below b on the the- Colorado rIver Certain oil companies will particIpate with Big Six in drilling the offset Mr ng states e Frank Shafer No 1 well ell on Cane Lek ek WhICh blew in at 2025 feet on Member 8 1925 the subsequent thing fire of the gusher the many of tremendous expense and effort to control the w ell so sot t water encountered at a higher 1 1 mIght be cased off are matters t t are still fresh on the minds of oil oil- oila a 1 acid the people of southeastern h generally All efforts to subdue l gas pressure estimated at 1600 aids to the square inch and place well vell on production pro ed futIle t the hole was as finally plugged in B to protect the gusher gushel sand and from flam Bible ible water lter migration luring the perIod of activity many rid barrels rl b of oil were ere produced I ch o of WhICh was as lost Tests made veral everal occa occasions lOns indIcated a possIble I of 1200 barrels of oil per pel two and pelf gner r hour hourt J t fin r showed 58 barrels per hour 1 ale other tests averaged around 50 I pIs jels per hour Iwo 70 flank wells ells were ere drilled on the thele theto to le Creek structure e both of whIch red ved dry Both wells were located r a mIle in dIstance from the dIs- dIs dIsI I ery test which would leave an area ared lery excess of acres for possible oil Mr Strong Shong points out In n offset well on top of the Cane Canek tek k structure for some reason was I er r put dOwn by the original oper- oper 18 s ThIS aill now new be done by the Six lX and affilIated interests mg rig the past fIve years south south- acm m Utah has progressed wonder wonder- y 1 and gasoline consumption has led In a comparatively small area d Moab gallons of gasoline used each month WIthin three rs s trucking distance there is a tion of close to 50 people tre re is a keen demand and great need local oil productIon The BIg SIX pany has gwen given considerable study the feasibility of drilling an offset J together with the refining and of the production and Is winced that a splendid opportunity IS I Plis the Cane Creek development |
