Show d Od ee t law IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH OIL EXPLORATION REPORTS AROUND THE TilE FOUR CORNERS I The focus of exploratory Interest Interest interest inter Inter- est on the Salt Paradox-Salt basin is stirring wide nation-wide interest The oil and gas developments are continuing continuing con con- with successes that are without parallel in Rocky mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain oil history The rapid rate of oil and gas field discoveries Ir In Utah alone is higher than ever before Exploration for additional reef belts along the shelf area of the Paradox Basin are currently extending extending extending ex ex- ex- ex tending northwestward toward Moab The areas treas to the northwest of Moab will bear close watching There are several other potential possibilities that will greatly heighten the play during the next four months A wildcat two miles west of the known producing area of Aneth pool drilled by Three States Natural Gas Co discovered discovered ered flowing oil 15 to 20 barrels barrels bar bar- per hour on a drill test within the Paradox formation It was reported Superior Oil completed ano another another ther thee oil flow from the North Desert Creek Aneth pool area with an m Initial potential of 1400 barrels of oil per day days In addition addi addi- tion lIon Superior has recently staked staked ed a for another test Tills ThIs test Is a two wo mile i ito to th the cast east from the Aneth pool Willie While the major malor oil operators continue to successfully develop develop develop devel devel- op the areas adjoining the Aneth pool the be Texas company I continues Its success within the pool Itself The Initial prodUction production tion on two of Texaco's recently recent recent- ly Iy completed wells were and barrels of oil per day In the meantime the Texas Co li Ii drilling tow tour additional tests tNt Within southeast Utah a total of approximately 15 IS rigs are currently drilling to the Paradox formation The oil which was discovered on a II test of the Mississippian beds beds' at oit Carter Oils Oil's Ie recent ent test teat proved sub This wildcat wildcat wild wild- cat was located approximately 10 miles I west of the present Aneth production and two miles south of Bluff The information from this his test is extremely valuable I KS liS a key to additional deeper drilling of the Paradox basin As a from Southern Union Gas Co and Carter Oil Co Joseph Jseph E. E Burke Jr and New Drilling Co have located a wildcat wildcat wild wild- cat test within Utah 15 miles southeast of Aneth and 6 miles northwest of the Four Corners This test will also test the Mississippian To find favorable structure within the is more difficult than within overlying a part of which is called the Paradox formation I The reason for this Is that the dips of these lower beds are not conformable to those above At the the close of Mississippian times the formations were uplifted uplifted up up- lifted tilted and subjected to erosIon roslon Subsequently there was wasa a subsidence of these truncated beds to below sea level This allowed a new sea to invade the area The sediments from this sea were deposited to form I he the beds of the Paradox Pen Pen- Several Seismic crews are currently mapping the structures I es of the deeper beds as well as the shallower Such activity Is IsI contInuIng throughout the Par I adox basin extending northeast northeast north north- east from the Four Corners through Moab to the Green RIver River Ri RI- I ver desert area I Pure Oil continues their mapping mapp mapp- mapp- mapp mg ing of the Big Flat Fiat area 10 miles west of Moab by seismic me me- Approximately 12 miles south of Moab Gulf Oil plans a Par Paia- dox test within the next few months This location is centered I on the Green River Big Flat Monticello structural trend Thirty-five Thirty miles north of Moab Oil Securities is drilling within l the ike e Morrison formation Only a alight light amount of gas was encountered encountered encountered en en- countered in the Dakota formation forma forma- tion tion This test tet Is running quite low to their original ga gar a discovery located approximately one half mile to the south- south est |