Show z What's Doing in the tho Search For Oil 1 Amerada Unit No 1 five ive miles southeast of ot was vas plugged Friday night with BOO 00 sacks of cement Thus ended the he story of one of f the most dangerous wells drilled In the thel west vest during 1948 1048 I The test was costly because equipment brought in to handle the lie tremendous gas pressure encountered en en- countered was not strong enough nough to permit completing a t safe afe well The test was abandoned abandoned abandoned aban aban- because of these mechanical mechanical mech mech- anical difficulties encountered and not because geologists believe be be- beleve lIeve leve there is no oil or gas po po- A now new test is being started feet Leet to the south and will get under way within a few weeks The cellar has hascen been cen dug J. J J. J Hahn field superintendent superintend superintend- ent says that no chances will willbe willbe be taken on the new now test A deeper cellar has been dug to permit installation below the derrick floor of all necessary high pressure hydril equipment A now new derrick d k 1 la Is Ih I i in n ii from in inc c California lii r t la-t to p- p thc t-e-thc the smaller outfit used on the first test est A depth of feet was reached before the pressure stopped operations and started crows to working night and day mixing mud the bit never reached bottom again The casing cas cas- Ing ng and also the drill pipe which was later cemented in are being left in the hole Drillers sighed with relief when they finally plugged the hole lole on which operations had hac been xen so dangerous Amerada has moved In a 21 man seismograph crew to the he area J. J C. C chief of party expects that tha planned work will require about three weeks I Operations arc are going ahead favorably this week on three other major tests In tn Grand Grand' county Tidewater Associated drilling on the Big FIat Flat structure structure ure west of ot Moab Is making good goad progress the depth being below feet This test will go to feet it If necessary officials have revealed The objective will Ibe be the Devonian below The Tidewater well is less than eight miles distant from the fabulous Cane Cone discovery well which blew In at 2025 f feet et and was later ater lost through 1 mechanical difficulties Pacific Western drilling 10 miles east cast of Thompsons Is reported drilling at around feet and the Pure Oil test In Salt Valley 15 miles south of Thompsons Is nearing the 2500 foot bot mark after encountering a great treat deal of circulation I PS PI Glen Glen M Ruby prominent geologist who was connected with the early drilling In the Green area feels that the chances of Pacific Western which Is making preparation to drill a new test on Salt Wash structure four miles southeast of the Amerada test are better than those at Amerada He says that Amerada is drilling a fault faull which has little apparent closure clo do sure and that the tremendous gas pressure encountered Indicates Indi cates the gas comes from the Devonian about feet fee down Mr Ruby believes the Pacific Western will twill have a better chance for Coconino or orl Paradox production Mr Ruby says the Big DIg Flat anticline to the southeast may b be 30 mUes miles long and that the Green River fault did not cut enough of the Dig Big Flat structure to drain the pool |