Show z What's Doing A in the Search For Oil Bringing in of a wet gas and distillate well about 10 miles mUes southwest of Dove Creek Colo Cola close to the Utah border highlighted highlighted highlighted high high- lighted the oil developments Inthe Inthe in inthe the southeastern Utah area the past week The well Driseoll Driscoll Nol of the Byrd Fro Frosi Frost Interests of Dallas Texas is flowing about cubic feet of or gas and barrels of dl distillate per day Although the well Is in Colorado Colo Cob rado tado a large part of the structure ure as mapped by company geologists extends Into San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan county Utah 1 The well had been drilled to toa toa toa a total depth of feet and decision was made to abandon I after testing a gas stratum at I to feet which did not make much of a show when first encountered The drillers plugged back to below and the horizon was shot and with gallons The gas flow now came in so rapidly It was Impossible to control the pressure Tanks and anid separators were rushed from front Texas and have been Installed The oil Is Isa isa isa a high and production production production pro pro- will easily total barrels daily dally the company announces Amerada Petroleum The Amerada Petroleum well 12 miles southeast of the town of which has been closed down for lor installation of control equipment for the past two months should be given givena a test of the wet gas production during the next week company officials report Tanks have been Installed and butane b boilers boil boil- llers ll- ll ers ers era for heading the gas are al almost almost al- al most weld d and ready to go Drilling out out the pug plug will start I in n the next day or two twos After being eing drilled in th the gas will be piped into the tanks after being heated and tests will wUl be run to determine the extent of ad gas and oil II encountered I The hole is bottomed at feet wh where re a heavy flow of wet gas was encountered A cement plug was run and hydril equipment installed When the plug lug was drilled out the gas pressure was so high that the well couldn't be handled and andic the ic tools were never on bottom again gain Finally another cement plug lug was run and a G. G K head installed together with tan tanke Je Tidewater Associated Erection of derrick and rig- rig ing ng up have be been n. n completed at the ic Tidewater Associated location loca- loca tion lon on Big Flat structure 10 miles mlles west of Moab an and the test est will be In the last of f the week The rig and equipment equipment equip equip- ment are of especially heavy type ype and will be capable of reaching extreme depth Pure Oil plagued by circulation tion ion troubles at its test teat on Salt Valley structure 15 miles mUes south Of Thompsons is makIng slow headway through surface surface sur-I sur sur sur- face formation d depth being about leet The Pacific Western-Equity Western test est on Sagers structure 10 miles w east V of f Ph Thompsons w is 1 rew re- re g w V w re- re ported drilling below feet No reports are given out as to the he formation being cut It was reported unofficially this his week that Pacific Western will drill two new wells in the Flay Floy area east eat of In n Grand county and about halfway halfway halfway half half- way between the Amerada and anc Crescent locations It Is learned earned the he company will drill one of the tests and will contract the other American Liberty In Paradox Paradox Para Para- dox valley east of the La Sal Sa mountains has drilled to feet Jeet and is still stUl In salt The thU drU lers ers have shut down dawn awaiting I orders feet being the I contract depth Any additional drilling will wU be expensive buit but bu It it is likely that all the companies comp compo anies interested in the Paradox salt basin will help financially if this Is ne necessary essary to carry the drill through the salt beds This Information it is agreed would be very valuable and oilmen assert that i if a strike should be made in the basal Paradox it should be a big one |