| Show What's Doing in the Search For Oil OH Satisfactory progress is reported reported re re- re- re ported at most of Df the oil all tests now drilling in southeastern Utah and adjacent areas Several Sever Sever- al iii of Df the wells are arc reaching depths where interesting developments developments devel devel- may be expected Highlight of the past week was the performance of the Reeder fleeder No 1 Defense Plant well at Crescent Junction 30 miles north of Df Moab which made of encouraging showings oil ail and gas during testing oper oper- This well is now shutdown shutdown shut down dawn for ifor a f few W days awaiting arrival from Los Angeles of feet of casing which will willbe willbe willbe be run preliminary to further testing and exploring of deeper horizons Another interesting test is the so-called so Bar X well located beat beat- ed in eastern Grand county close to the Colorado line This well which h encountered several substantial gas flows in the Morrison Marrison and Entrada formations forma Lorma- is bottomed at feet Test was drilled to that depth by Oil Gas and has now been taken over by Frontier Frontier Fron Fron- tier Oil Refining Seven inch casing has been set at alt feet and on Monday Manday 2 inch 2 inch tubing had been run to feet The I well is waiting for far a Halliburton ton test of or the gas shows It was wasat wasat wasat at first announced that this test had struck granite Geological al checking is now said to indicate that the formation at bottom is not granite but the Devonian This series lies immediately below below be be- low the Mississippian forma ferma Like Permian Pennsylvanian Pennsyl Pennsyl- and Devonian Devo Devo- nian alan is of af the Paleozoic age and produces oil in some same areas notably notably no no notably tably in New Mexico According to information received here Frontier officials expect to complete com corn the well for gas if the cubic feet per day is said to be Devonian does not produce oil A gas well of at least assured at this la location this general area of most mast of the wells drilling in Following is a progress report repart Pongratz Oil Co Reeder Reeder No 1 Defense Plant Crescent structure sw-se sw Sec 4 22 4 19 Elevation feet Bottomed at feet Waiting for far casing to test and explore deeper hori hon zons Showings of oil Dil and gas Pacific Western Western Equity Equity OH Unit No 1 1 Sagers structure 10 miles southeast of Thompsons center of cf se nw-se Sec Set 33 21 Elevation feet Drilling below feet No information given out as to tu formations being cut out Amerada Green Green River I No 1 I nw Sac Sec 2 22 Elevation Elevation Eleva Eleva- tion tian feet Drilling below feet teet Frontier Oil Ref Critten Crittendon Critten- Critten don No 1 I X Bar-X structure sese sese se se- se Sec See 17 12 Elevation feet Total depth feet Believed bottomed in De Dc- vonian S Several veral gas flows en en- countered On Monday 2 2 Inch tubing had been run ron to feet teet and operation was iwas waiting for Halliburton test for lor gas Well has been taken over overby overby overby by Frontier from Western Natural Gas Gas UbI Uhl NO o. o 1 i Glade structure se-se-ne se Elevation Sec 26 26 ln feet String of feet of 01 0 9 Inch 9 Inoh casing run to bottom bot bot- torn tom and plug was wa being drilled out this week Western Natural Gas Gas Dna Driscoll Dris- Dris coil coll No 1 I near Dove Creek Cob Colo center of nw ne-nw Sec 3 w. w Elevation feet Drilling below 2710 feet Western Natural Gas Gas Nava Nava Jo 10 o No 1 I Boundary Butte structure ture turo near Four Corners Comers sw sw-aw ne Sec 2 22 43 located 2 ZV miles southeast of at discovery gas well Elevation feet teet Total Total To To- tal depth feet Seven-inch Seven c casing sing ru run ruz to feet testing for gas from to bottom Well Wen was with 2000 gallons allons and made two million cubic feet of gas Basi with gallons it made a little Ittle better than six million Testing operations still under way May Dis Db Discovery Dis- Dis Discovery covery cover well located boated in raw nw Sec 43 22 made 28 million cubic feet of ga gas after heavy a Southern Union Gas Gas Carl Carlgren Carl Carl- gren No 1 Boulder Knoll structure ture s located about 12 12 f mlles tes southeast of oil MonticellO riene- riene ene ne rae Sec 8 35 Elevation feet Drilling at 1870 t feet in sand sanit with hole lull tuU of water |
