Show OIL AND DRILLING NEWS Murphy Corp Adds to Big Flat Oil Play With New Discovery Murphy Corporation has added adde to the Big DIg Flat fever this week with the discovery Sunday o oboth ot of both black and green oil In the salt section of the Paradox formation for for- mation The Murphy well Is approximately approximately ap ap- ap proximately one mile south of ot Pure Oil On Big DIg Flat number three brought In last week Murphy Is evidently getting oil from rom a black oil zone above the producing area discovered by Pure and green oil from the same level Estimated depths for the oil zones are feet and feet Pure reportedly found oil In the salt at Murphy has found a tremendous volume of salt water along with the oil reports Indicating as much as barrels an hour of ofa water a er The Tho operator Is going doing further further fur fur- ther testing A A. report Tuesday sal said the operator was shipping a oil Pure Oil is shipping oil at a barrel a day rate rats from the theBie BI Big Bie Flat well In addition pits n around um the he W n we ure t storing a. a backlog of ot barrels or more Industry reports have not been favorable on the Pure well this week but those intimately associated associated as as- d with the operation say th that t the well is d doing fine There There may may be be bea a deliberate playing down of the well until a program program program pro pro- gram for the area is worked out Proper production is still lacking lackIng lacking lack lack- ing at the Big Flat well It is flowing from Crom open open hole hoe now the tubing apparently being plugged A packer report reportedly remains Inthe Inthe in inthe the hole a and d will have to be fished out or pushed down Both Pure and Murphy Corp announced intentions of drilling much deeper t loc locations were were released Pure's inte intent t tv v was was s for 8 feet and the McCracken and Murphy for feet and the Cambrian It It indicates that dee deeper r drilling is still slated for forthe forthe forthe the Big Flat area Pure Oil Company will move their district offices from Cartez Cortez Cor- Cor Col Colo to f this week The company has rented a suite of offices in the Sunray Building South Main Street and will begin moving in today Their lo location location cation cation- here was sought over over- overa 10 1 a 11 year ago ago but at that time they chose Cortez as being more centrally centrally centrally cen cen- trally located for lor oil activity The move is regarded as another In Indication in of the shifting oil In ln Interest terest northward Pure now has three w wells wells' in Lisbon Valley and a fourth drilling there thereat at below 1000 feet They have three wells wes on the Big Dig Flat a all of ot which have produced oil In addition their two successes in San Miguel County Colo are being served from Moab Lisbon Valley Elliott Productions af at after shows of oil In the McCracken has run casing and perforated at to feet and Re Rea Report porte port say ay they recovered no oil The operator r was fracturing and continuing t testing The Belco Petroleum Number Two State drilling below I feet et t on Wi a u foot root Devonian I test est Is reportedly looking better beUer than ban their previous well This was considered a much better location It is due east of the Pure ure success Petroleum is listed this week for a Lisbon Valley loca loca- tion The No 20 2 Federal C C NE NW Sec 20 Twp Rge NW Lisbon An An- icline area is slated as a foot Mississippian test Grand county Seven Grand County County locations are listed as active this week a high for the year Besides the Big lat Flat activity Belco Sunray Mid Mid- Continent two active locations R. R Pump a arid d Larsen Industries Industries Indus- Indus tries ries are drilling in northern Grand County There is promise promis of additional drilling very soon on on the inactive locations' locations and on several everal new sites The Little Valley unit of Grand County where here Murphy Murph Corp hasan has hasan hasan an apparent success Is likely to tob b become me n a h hot spot hot spot Humble Oil Oll Continued on Pago Page 8 I OIL bIL NEWS C ed fr m i Ago age 1 Refining Co Cot American n Petrofina fetro- fetro etro fina William wilham Ross Cabeen North Star Oil and Jos Hobson have working interests Interest's in the unit unite I Potash Drilling Hits Fast p Pate Pace ce Confirmation drilling of the Cane Creek potash by Texas Gulf Sulphur has hit an almost feverish pace Three rigs all drilling with air are at work in the area and are being assigned as assigned assigned as- as signed to new locations as rapidly rapIdly rapidly rap rap- idly as a well Is completed The rigs were taken in one step ahead of high water and will wUl stay Well No 9 has been completed at at a depth of with recovery recovery ry of casing and cementing complete and the Moab Drilling rig Willbe will wille willbe be e moved to location No 12 Well No 10 was drilling at 1886 1586 feet reet Tuesday and not coring yet wm Vill ni Pease Drilling Is the contractor c con con- n- n tractor on It ft Well No 11 was was Sunday and surface casIng cas- cas as Ing ng set Well No 12 Is awaiting the he rig from Cane Creek 9 Everything Everything Everything Ev Ev- is going very smoothly according to Texas Gulf Gult Sulphur James Ogg despite the fast ast pace Access for personnel provided s by the river and charter charter char char- charter ter boat or by Shafer Trail travel trav trav- el el Texas Gulf Sulphur has until Jan 1 to complete their technical examination work The first well drilled was completed five weeks after the point Taylor Delhi Texas Tex as Gulf Gult Sulphur announcement of participation Reports from the initial Initial drilling were announced last ast week as satisfactory by the new operator |