Show Major Malor I Oil Discovery by Pure Oil OilI Probable at dig Big Indian Location BY DON ROBINSON T T-I Oil Editor Pure Oil Company has made what appears to be a new major major ma ma- jor oil discovery very for tor Utah's Paradox Basin north of Lisbon field The operator has recovered recover recover- ed natural gas and 65 degree gravity distillate from feet teet of the MississIppIan formation at the No 1 Big Indian USA wildcat San Juan county No total dally daily flow results have been announced by the company but three drill stem tests have recovered natural gas in amounts ranging from 2 24 million to 44 4 million cubic feet of ot gas per day through quarter to inch H-inch chock As M much as feet of highly gas and distillate cut drilling lud has been recovered on drill stem test The operator Is still drilling on the well located In Section 33 T 29 20 S R 24 2 E. E Wednesday morning Pure Oil on was drilling at feet The pica where drill stem tests began and recovery of gas and distillate established had a reported re ported top of feet Offsetting the probable discovery dis covery was a forty-acre forty tract that touched off oft a rush on the th I Federal Land Office in Salt Lake City last week It was thought that the tract would come open for re-lease re under the provisions for simultaneous filing of federal land band lease ap ap- ap- ap Nearly 2000 people entered filings on the tract before before before be be- fore the Monday 1000 am a.m. deadline in Salt Lake Tuesday the applications were wiped out when an acting director of the U. U S. S Geological Survey notified no no- the Salt Lake Federal Land office that the tract had been part of an oil field since July 10 1961 1001 presumably the day Pure OH Oil tested the welland well welland welland and recovered gas end distillate distillate distillate distil late As a result of ot the ruling the tract will have to come up for competitive biding erasing an Imaginative black gold rush that was on for the 2000 would be oilmen Additional Interest and speculation speculation spec spec- regard regarding In the well has I been generated by the northerly norther norther- ly from Lisbon field location for tor the well Estimates of ot its possible potential have been exaggerated by the land rush It generated The operator has not confirmed any estimates and is Is according to Pure Oils Oil's Moab office still drilling after after af af- ter coring three Intervals one and I running three drill drUI stem tests |