Show S Southeastern Utah Ulah 71 on Oil ilL let Fie News Hews Bya By ByDon ByDon a Don Robinson Reports that the ram famed d Grand Fault area of Emery and Grand counties would be the scene of drilling activity were confirmed this week when Phillips Petroleum Petrol Petrol- eum company and Continental Oil on company Jointly acquired a of acres from Crom Skyline Oil on of Salt Lake City i Superior Oil and others are reportedly reportedly reportedly re re- re- re Involved also I Although Phillips was designated designated as the unit operator It is understood according to the Utah Oil Report that Superior will be the operator agent-operator on the first well welt The first test reportedly reportedly reportedly re re- will be a foot foot I Devonian test Drilling could be underway within 10 days The location will be in the western portion of the acreage which Is divided Into two parts The A or western portion lies Hes In Emery county the B in Grand county After the first test there can I be earned by Phillips Continental tal tel and Superior participation Inthe in inthe inthe the eastern block by the drilling of a similar Devonian test The Grand Fault area sometIme sometime sometime some some- time called the Green River structure Is a historic area In Utah oil exploration The first oil well drilled in Utah was drilled on this feature by a group group headed d by f former Utah Governor Simon Bamberger The famed Marland well T T-I T I Oct 20 and a shallow test by Glen Ruby followed Several deeper tests have been drilled in later years Most Interesting of the later tests was one drilled in 1948 by Amerada Petroleum Corporation in which some of the highest pressures ever recorded in this region were marked mared Amerada later relinquished its lease ease holdIngs holdings hold- hold I Ings and they were immediately picked up by others I The Grand Fault is located on the northwest corner of the Big Flat where oil has been established established es es- es- es by the recent drilling of Pure Oi Ol ICo Co The acreage involved in involved In- In in the latest activity lies Hes in townships 21 and 22 south and ranges 15 15 15 IS and 17 East The location for the initial test is in Sec 24 T 21 S R 21 E E. It is close to U. U S. S Highway 50 6 0 The area has been the scene of considerable seismic activity ue unitization and I Iwas was expected I The TIle test is expected to be an expensive one as was the Amerada Amerada Amerada Am Am- erada exploration hole Amerada Amerada Amer Amer- Amerada ada however did not penetrate e the zones targeted by the projected projected projected pro pro- Devonian tests It will wm bo bp closely watched as ns is the Superior Super Super- tor test of the Bow Dow Knot furth further r south and west since it may give an indication of the potentialities potentialities potential potential- of sIn Superior is also possessor of the nearest deep test a n foot Mississippian probe of the I ISalt Salt Wash unit The test had promising results I The development of this area would place Moab squarely Inthe in inthe inthe the middle of current oil actIvity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac flanked by Lisbon Valley on the South and the Big Flat and Grand Fault areas on the north and west I Two Tests For Fop Graun i Independent operator Carl Car Losey of Frusta Fruita Colo has made formal announcement of two shallow gas tests near Cisco In InGrand InGrand InGrand Grand county They are the No 1 Page and the No 1 l GO Bardwell Both are foot Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota tests The tests boosted the total active locations in Grand county to ten all aU of them except except ex ex- Superior in the north northern rn gas fields General Area News New The recent locations announced announced ed by major companies alon along g the Green River In Grand and Emery counties have touched off a flurry of leasing plays for acreage in Emery county Belco Deleo Petroleum's Egnar unit No 1 l reportedly recorded a flow of more than nine million cubic feet of gas per day on a test of MIssIssippian perforations The well Is In San Miguel IIguel county county coun coun- ty Colorado not rot far tar from front the Utah line Pure Oil Oll Is listed at nt a total depth of feet teet at No 1 Island Mesa and amI attempting to torun torun torun run a drill stem stern test The test ten miles east of production at Lisbon fI field d Is reported to he be looking good There are persistent of of A j projected test In ir the southeastern southeastern south south- south south-I eastern portion of Moab 1 valley vally i Latest and unconfirmed Is a report that Belco Delco may be In tere ted Moab Is the site of the state of Utah's only LP gas underground underground underground under under- ground storage project undertaken undertaken undertaken under under- taken by Suburban Gas hut but the idea is no innovation over the country and Is rapidly IncreasIng Increasing increasing ing in growth The Oil and Gas Journals Journal's recent survey shows that the capacity to store LPG In underground formations Inthe Inthe in inthe the U U. S. S will reach barrels batTes when projects now underway underway under under- underway way or Dr contemplated contemplate are ore finished fin tin The figure represents al al al- most a 25 23 per cent increase over 1 59 1059 The storage Is being literally liter liter- ally carved out in some places w where ere there are no salt structures structures structures tures such as the one ing lag Moab v- v valley By Dy far tar the i biggest proportion of the stor star storage age is In salt caverns due to the tact fact act that It provides a very chea cheap way to store LP gas Bas The comparison with the modest modest mod mod- i est barrel capacity sought I for the Moab project Phillips I Petroleum plans plan to increase I their Brazoria County Texas i storage capacity by nearly one I and a half million barrels A I million barrel mined cavern Is I projected pear near Atlanta Georgia |