| Show DOVE CREEK DISCOVERY SAID TO TEST TO TO- 1000 BARRELS OF HIGH GRAVITY OIL DAILY Durango Dec 2 The 2 The Byrd Frost company announced here today that Its newest southwestern Colorado oI discovery near Dove Creek tested from to 1000 barrels bar dally daily of almost pure oil on Col D. D Harold Byrd head of the he company said the well well well- Driscoll No 1 also 1 also tested 20 2000 20 00 cubic feet of natural gas a aday aday alay day lay and the company is going right ahead with plans for tor a agas agas agas gas pipeline to Salt Lake City and the west coast The fIhe well 12 miles mUes west of Pleasant View In Montezuma coun county ty and close to the Utah line inc was brought In Saturday I The well tested between and 1000 barrels of distillate and aIrd about cubic feet of gas daily dally Byrd said The gravity of the distillate te Is 68 indicating a high premium pro pro- duct He explained that distillate of 70 to 80 be used in n modern cars so the oil may bring a premium of 4 or 5 a barrel This Is better than we expected Byrd said The well weil is the Company's third discovery In this area through the use o of surface ge ge- Earlier it brought In natUral natural na na- na- na tural gas wells In Kutz canyon San Juan county FM M and the Boundary Butte well In San SanJuan Juan county Utah The Driscoll Dris Dris- coIl coll Is located In the center of NE NW Sec 3 Another Interesting oil development development devel devel- is expected at the Amerada Amerada Amerada Am Am- erada well southeast of Green- Green river which has encountered wet gas also Reports received yesterday said that tanks vere were nearly ready for testing the as which reportedly contains dis dis- dis- dis Ba ause O of ad f the heavy gas pressure this test almost blew blow out on the drillers If the gas contains as high an amount of distillate as the Dove Creek well it may be pro pro- ducer |
