Show Oil Activities in Area Contiguous to Moab A newly perfected hydraulic Ump pump is being shipped from RIverside Calif bv by Petroleum and will be Installed In n the Mason No 1 well on Cane ane Creek Creel dome in an effort to to bring back the well to pro pro- The well has failed to respond satisfactorily to swab swab- Ing and ordinary pumping pump n since Ince It was mudded to control gas as pressure pressur last winter It Is expected the pump will arrive within 1 a n few days according to reports from Los Los' Angeles today The new pump was Invented and nd patented by William B. B McMahon noted hydraulic engineer en en- ineer of Riverside It has proved ed d to be very effective by a n performance record of four years cars Production reduction In scores of wells In n California and Mexico has been een stepped up remarkably by y the new development it is reported Ed C C. Lloyd oil editor of the Los Angeles Examiner reports as s follows regarding the new The de de- pump ump in his column in pump production techniques embraces the law lawf of f changing hydrostatic pros pros- sure stare Into velocity for the purpose pur pun pose of creating a n partial vac By Dy this method it was J explained sand water and other impurities In crude petroleum are handled with ease by the pump since e there Is not a single moving part In th the entire unit I I i Roy Cooper an experienced driller from California is now In n charge of operations on the Mason No 1 Mr Cooper and crew have been en engaged asted in pumping operations during the past ast week with s some me success It t Is believed that with the new pumping equipment soon to toI arrive the troubles with mud and sand interfering with pumping can be eliminated Other Operations A new tool cable drilling machIne machine ma ma- chine Is being rigged rl ged up at the Glen M. M Ruby test on the Big Flat and ami drilling operations will start Friday July 6 0 according ac cording to Brad Duncan tool tool- usher pusher pusher on the test who was in Moab today Shell Oil at Its Us test well 10 miles northwest of Bluff BIfi was drilling yesterday below feet in the Hermosa formation The Randall No 1 well of or Frost Byrd east of Monticello encountered a small flow of gas at around feet it is reported Operations have been resumed following trouble encountered encountered en en- countered when a bit stuck inthe Inthe in inthe the hole Skelly Oil Is moving In ment for Its It test on the structure In southwestern San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan county |