Show Drilling Activity to Increase Following Pure Lisbon Success Southeastern Utah has become become become be be- come a of activity this hl week following last weeks week's report by Pure Oil company of substantial gas showings in their Northwest Lisbon test between Moab and Monticello The company company com corn pany Is reportedly testing the deeper leeper depths of the discovery MIssissIppIan formation for possIble possible pos pos- sible oil deposits and added gas Indications In the meantime seismograph action has increased with several sev soy eral large crews moving Into Moab and into Green River to supplement crews already workIng working work work- ing out of these communities and indications are that greatly increased drilling activity during during durIng dur dur- ing the next year may result Word this week indicated that Pure would test on to the bot hot tom torn of the MississIppIan limestone limestone limestone lime lime- stone formation a distance of around feet deeper than was reported last week and would go even deeper into the tha Devonian formation to see if subsurface beds might extend even deeper into this area Several miles west of the re reported reported xe re- ported strike and a short distance dis- dis distance distance dis dis- tance Into Colorado Pure is corIng coring cor cor- ing below feet also in the formation A test of that well between and 90 11 feet saw recovery first of fee feet of highly gas cut drilling fluid and a later test of the same interval showed recovery recovery recovery re re- re- re covery of feet of gas-cut gas drilling mud This test known as DS the Southeast Lisbon USA U.S.A. No 1 and nod is located in San Son Mi Miguel Mi MI- guel suel county Colorado |