Show I. I What's C Doing in inthe the I z Search For Oil 11 Installation of a G. G K control control control con con- head and pressure high hydril hydril hy- hy equipment at the Amerada well 12 miles mlles southeast of is nearing completion completion comple comple- tion and the drillers will beable beable be able to resume operations within with wIth- in the next few days with assurance assurance as as- that they can control the heavy flow of wet gas encountered encountered encountered en en- countered some two months ago at a depth of feet The company has spared no expense expense expense ex ex- ex- ex pense to equip the well with the most mon modern devices for controlling pressure high-pressure gas flow That the gas encountered is of commercial volume is the belief of oilmen in the field I Rigging up is in progress at atthe atthe atthe the Big Flat location of Tide Tide- water 10 miles mUes west of Moab on the Dead Horse Point road Heavy rig equipment from Colorado has been passing through Moab en route to the site during the past week and it H is expected that drilling can commence within two or three weeks The rig Isone Isone is isone one of the heaviest ever brought into Utah and has a capacity of feet leet or more The rig will wUl be equipped with high high- pressure control heads so that no delays should be encountered encounter I ed during the progress of drill I ing The drilling crews for this test have arrived in Moab Loffland Loft Loft- Loftland Loftland land Brothers are the contract contract- ors At the Pure test In Salt va valley vat val ley 15 miles mUes southeast of Thompsons Thompson in operations oper open are still stin in progress Due to surface crevices drillers are having trouble holding circulation tion and a vast amount of mud has been used to date It is expected ex ex- that a solid formation will be shortly which will permit more rapid drilling A water well has been drilled near the location and a small flow of water is beth being pumped for tor use in the deep test tes Two large water trucks are also employed 24 hours a day haulIng haulIng hauling haul haul- ing water from Thompson Thompsons for lor drilling operations Jack Manning Manning Manning Man Man- ning of Denver is the contractor on this test Barnsdall contractor on the Pacific W Equity Western Oil t test st 10 miles mUes east of ot Thompsons ompson is making good progress the depth being reported at below feet Pumping operations operation are still till in progress at the Pongratz well at Crescent Junction and fluid is still being pumped The well Is reported making several barrels of oil daily with salt water Gus Gas Pongratz the operator operator op op- is now at the well and it is announced ed that a heavy rig rigis rigis rigis is being shipped in to be used for deepening the well which Is bottomed at feet leet The oil oU I being pumped is coming from open hole above a cement plug at feet The Frost Byrd-Frost No 2 well on Boundary Butte s structure In Inthe Inthe Inthe the extreme southeastern corner corner cor con ner ncr of Utah Is capable of pro pro- barrels dally daily of gravity oil oU according to an official official of of- tidal announcement from the company Pay depth is from the foot 1314 level In the Coconino Coco Coco- nino sandstone Because of the shallow depth the well is 18 one of the best encountered In the Rocky mountain area Compared ed to Rangely where production production tion is below feet leet drilling drill ing expenses are small The Boundary Butte is ii Utah's Utah third producing field American Liberty operating in Paradox valley lalley 40 miles east of Moab have reportedly cased to feet teet but drilling has been delayed while waiting for drill pipe Reports that a depth of ol feet leet had been reached with the bit reentering the Paradox Par Par Par-I adox salt beds are denied by bythe bythe i ithe the operators I At t Dove Creek Frost Byrd-Frost and Imd associates are drilling below below below be be- low fe feet t in hard shale |