Show Southeastern Utah on Oil Field I News Hews By Dr Don Robinson No new developments of significance sig sig- significance are reported for the I local area rea this week a week a condition condi condi- condition U tion th that t has prevailed for the tha past thirty days and end will probably probably proba proba- bly continue for another sixty d days sOne s One new location is announced ed for Grand County and one test appears to be coming to an on unsuccessful conclusion T The h e latter Is the Phillips Petroleum deep test of the Onion Creek north and east of ot Moab The test was targeted at a new record record rec rec- rec ord depth for the state of Utah feet teet Reports this week indicate i that that depth likely will wilt not be reached The coring of ot the test last week reportedly was inthe In Inthe Inthe the Devonian the objective depth Depth was reported at feet In the initial test of the unit Richfield Oil drilled the deepest Utah test just short of feet They were believed to be till still in the salt when the test was terminated Grand County Activity b Willard r Pease ase Drilling Co has announced a n test 2 Cook Dook Cliffs JW S SE Sl S SE S Section 20 O Twp J 17 Renge Range Book Dook Cliff area It Is scheduled a as a foot Entrada test The location Is two and half miles southeast of the Westwater gas gas field Pacific Natural Gas Exploration Exploration tion has shut shut-In their wildcat success su success cess In Section 14 Twp Range The M on Ridge well wellIs wellIs wellis Is undergoing pressure tests while new surface Installations are made The operator had estimates estimates esti estl mates of 10 to 30 million cubic feet of gas per day in n initial tests Texaco Inc is swabbing at total depth of feet at 2 Smoot In the Salt Wash WashL L pm area of Grand County The small amount of information on the t test t says says' that water with a scum of oil has been recovered and Ingram has had abandoned the 2 Federal C NE SW GW Section 21 Twp Range Grand County No shows were reported Total depth was feet News of 0 the Area Pure Oil reportedly has sand fractured at 3 Big Indian Unit After a show of gas in the Her- Her mosa The test In NE SW Section Section Section Sec Sec- tion 10 Twp SOS Range Is lis outside the area of Pure's Pure gathering and transmission system system sya tem but the operator does have one producing well In the Big DIg Indian area In cumulative totals released by the Utah Oil Report Westwater Westwater West West- water field is the leading pro pro- ducer dueer of natural gas in Grand County The field through October October October Octo Octo- ber has produced cubic feet The state per day production production production tion Is up from to million cubic feet British-American British Oil Producing Producing ing Co Is well underway wi with th the 1 Lundell SE SW SectIon Section Section Sec Sec- tion 17 Twp Range Muleshoe area of northern SanJuan San SanJuan SanJuan Juan County The test which flanks U U. S S. S Highway 14 tulles miles south of Moab is drilling at 2414 feet It is a scheduled feet Devonian test Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard and Oil Oll of California drilled a failure to the north and east easton easton easton on the same unit last year Humble Oil and Refining Is drilling ahead with no circulation circulation circulation tion at the 3 Bridger Jack unit Section 3 3 Twp Range west of Moab The test Is below 2350 feet leet in the salt The hola will wUl be cored for potash probably probably proba proba- bly this week |