Show r Southeastern Utah t t Oil aril ilL SIC a i. i News fly By ByDon flyAT AT J Don Robinson r. r T T. T o and ero and Belco Delco a P Petroleum m drew attention away from Pure Oil for this week although the latter laUer has Interesting plans for reworking the MIssissippIan In to at least on one well In Lisbon Val Val- ley Belco Deleo reportedly has hns tested around barrels of high gra oil all In a ten hour test through one half Inch choke on the Delco Belco State No 2 wildcat In northwest Lisbon field Another report credited the well with making 18 barrels of oil all per hour on the half halt Inch choke of degree gravity oil The Belco Delco test had negative reports reports re ports In the McCracken and El El- I bert but plugged back from a total depth of to a new total depth of The well had previously shown a possIble possible possible poss poss- ible foot productive zone inthe In Inthe the MissIssippIan The test was made of a perforated Interval Interval interval Inter Inter- val to feet In the basal portion of the pian The operator reportedly if W preparing to test an additional feet above Observers reported that the flow decreased to a fl steady 10 barrels of oil per hour and that pressures remained good Natural Natural Natural Na Na- tural gas at a rate of cubic feet daily dally was made durIng during during dur dur- ing the test est This is the second Belco test of the northwest Lisbon area A third location has been made and is preparing to spud The Initial test was a duster Several Salt Lake Independents have In Interests interests interests in- in In the adjoining acreage Belco is also reported as intendIng Intend intend- Intending ing to drill the southeastern Lisbon Lisbon Lis Lis- bon field on a location 2 miles southwest of the nearest production pro there The Egnar unit probe is to be a foot McCracken McCracken McCracken Mc Mc- Cracken test reportedly Petroleum Is reported to have found additional gas and 54 degree gravity distillate on the Federal No 1 Lisbon field A drill stem test of to feet brought the latest rep report rt Earlier was said to h have have ve re recorded condensate at nt arate rate of 1080 barrels a a aday day on ona on ona a 21 minute test of the Mississippian Mississippian at the Interval of to feet through a half half- Inch choke Gas was recorded ata at ata ata a rate of cubic feet per day condensate at 45 barrels barrels barrels bar bar- per hour The test is considered to be an extension of one mile mUe east to the Mississippian pay zone field and has been called a n wildcat due to its nearness to a previous failure drilled by Pure Oil Co Pure Oil is moving back on its northerly extension the No 2 NW Lisbon USA-C USA after negative negative negative ne ne- in the deeper for The operator will test the Paradox where the zone flowed oil on a nearly drill stem test The well wen was drilled to a total depth of feet Pure is reportedly preparing to abandon the No 1 NW Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon Lis Lis- bon Valley USA-C. USA On this well the best shows were reported Inthe in inthe inthe the salt so ther lher remains the possibility that the operator might move back depending on the results of tests test on No 2 USA-C. USA If the engineering problems of completing wells in the salt canever can canever canever ever be conquered it Is an obvious obvious ob ob- conjecture that this area could develop to an extent that would dwarf present production General Area News Trend Oil OU has announced their second location In a planned six well welt drilling program In the Bryson Canyon unit of northern Grand county The No 2 Bryson Bry son sori son Canyon unit is described by Utah Oil OU and Gas Conservation commission as being outside the unit t area however The test offsets a completed producer in the Westwater Gasfield Gas Gasfield Gasfield field east of ot the Bryson canyon unit The Westwater unit is Is' the scene of ot gathering and transmission transmission transmission trans trans- mission line construction currently cur that will take gas to the El Paso natural gas line Trend has its first wildcat Inthe in fn inthe I the Bryson Dryson Canyon unit Pure Oil OU has drilled past feet Into the McCracken at Big Flat No 3 a in Grand county without with with- out finding oil or gas The wellmay well welt wellmay 1 may go deeper according to a company report It If the operator falls faUs to complete the well wen in the McCracken it probably will wi plug back to rework and co cou complete Inthe in inthe inthe the salt where previously oil was found in quantity Apache Oil OU drilling in north northwest west Gabon bon Valley has reportedly report edly edy cored the McCracken with no shows This may Play be a repetition repe of f other wells welts that were negative in the deeper zones and attempted completion in the Pure Oil la ts reported preceding ingo ing with plans to unitize e a block of ot acreage in Lisbon Valley Valley Val Val- ley of some ome or more acres Unitizing could ellmin eliminate ate some of the current squabbles squabbles squab squab- i bles ble over well spacing in that I i I particular area and allow wells to be located to the best tage Those who participated inthe Inthe in inthe the unit assuming that others than Pure were Involved would benefit in the manner Planner above aswell as aswell aswell well as sharing the Information on wells wella within the area according according ac ac- cording to their contract with the operator The acreage mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- is in townships 29 H find and 30 O S Range 24 E E. E SIM SanJuan San SanJuan Juan county Petroleum Information reports re reports re- re ports parts that the number of ot rotary rigs actually making hole in the Rocky Mountains was at Itai its Ita i high point for 1960 last lut week a total of rigs |