Show ee t Southeastern Utah ill Oil 4 4 FicH FIl HI ii News Mews Iy ay ayDen y Den Don RobInn The area remains relatively quiet t in the exploration of new areas tor for t the third straight week but a new location In a previously pre pre- Unexplored quarter has aroused Interest Shell Oil Co has made a location for and is ls drilling a test in the tho area between be tween the Colorado and Green rivers thirteen miles mile southwest of the Big Shells Shell's No 1 Murphy Range located In Section 18 T 28 S R n 19 E opens a completely new section of the rivers between Area and is eight miles mUes from any previous deep drilling The wildcat will go to feet in inthe inthe the Ute Cambrian The closest production is at Big DIg Flat across the Grand county countyline countyline countyline line where Pure is recovering oil from the Mississippian Humble Hum ble Oil and Refining drilled a test at Rustler Dome eight miles to the east across the Colorado river In 1960 and reportedly found dead oil shows That test went to feet in the De De- vonian The shows were in the MissIssippian A test by Gulf Oil also eight miles east at Lockhart Basin had no shows Ingoing in ingoing ingoing going to feet An ancient test 1924 by Crescent Eagle Oil Is the closest drilling It was shallow feet but had oil and gas shows The Shell Shen wildcat is the first drilling past what is known as The Neck the narrow connection connection con con- between the Big DIg Flat and Grand View Point Northward Northward Northward North North- ward from the new location on Red Sea Flat British American Oil OH drilled a test several years ago on a n location that would fall between Shell and Pure Oils Oil's Big Flat exploration Grand Line Approved The Utah OH Report revealed this week that the Federal Power Pow Pow- er Commission has given permanent permanent permanent per per- manent certification to Grand Valley Transmission and Oil Inc of Salt Lake Laka City for their 16 mile line in Westwater field northern Grand county The transmission line from Westwater Field to the mainline main mainline mainline line of El EI Paso Natural Gas gathers gathers ga ga- them natural gas from some of the ten producing wells In the field Nine million cubic feet dally daily are being purchased by El Paso currently It is Is expected trial that additional field developments developments developments develop develop- ments will result from the permanent permanent permanent per per- manent approval of the transmission trans trans- mission line The line Itself is completed Pur Completes Two Pure Oil has completed two Lisbon n Valley tests one with good oil production the other an extension of the field Completed Completed Completed Com Com- with an initial flow potential potential po po- of barrels of oil per day was was the No 2 Northwest In Section 13 Lisbon USA D T 1 30 SO 30 S S. S R n 24 E. E The test went to 10 to feet The oil reportedly is 52 degree gravity The field extension well No 1 Lisbon A tate A A is reported to have en n initial potential flow of 40 barrels of condensate and 1 I million cubic feet of gas gasper gasper gasper per day The extension was in Section 2 2 T 30 S R 24 E San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan county News flows of the Area Local reports claim that Pan American Petroleum has completed completed completed com com- their No 1 Salt Wash well for approximately barrels barrels barrels bar bar- of oil per day and a small amount of salt water The o op operator operator has been testing flow from MississIppIan perforations for a considerable time Mobil Oil Co with witha a location oss ad-oss the Green River River Ri Ri- ver in n Emery county opposite Pan American was to commence drilling this week The West Salt Wash wildcat Is the closest drilling to Pan Americans American's successful sue suc Grand county well The No P 3 12 Jake s Ridge is a foot MississippIan Devonian test Texaco Inc is drilling below feet at No 2 Fence Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon unit county Just across the Grand county line A flow of gas registered In the well Is reported to have ave In Increased Increased increased In- In creased to over one half halt million mil mU lion cubic feet per day Tex Texaco completed one well on cn the unit una last year The Fence Canyon unit by virtue of its lO location could become Involved In the proposed line of Utah Gas Pipeline Pipeline Pipeline Pipe Pipe- line Corporation if and when the application for the line Une Is re submitted to the Utah Pub Pub- He Ile Service commission California Oil on Is ls still sun experiencing exper lancing difficulty with lost circulation cir clr on their Muleshoe unit test Just south of Moab valley Drilling depth Is reportedly below below be low feet on the plan pian test |