Show w. w Southeastern Utah ill IiI FiNIW FIeld Fi News B By ByDen t Don Den Senator Wallace F F. Bennett Bennet announced Friday In Washington Washing ton that two large oil and ga gas reserves In Emery and Counties will soon be made madd madea a available valla b I e for development through action of the Department Department Depart Dt ment of Interior The potential gas and nd oil of I areas are within the Woodside Emery County and Harley Dome Grand County helium reserves withdrawn In 1924 1933 and 36 by the president a apart as part of the nations nation's slim sUm helium Serves reserves r The withdrawal prevented prevented pre vented development of oil oU and ant gas In lit the areas The helium reserve constitutes approximately acres Harley Dome near Cisco Grand County covers an approximate approximate ap proximate acres and 1 is adjacent to established gaa gas fields now under development Drilling In these areas will be allowed for oil and gas but not for helium Senator Frank Moss said that Present drilling methods make It possible to go through the helium deposit to the gas am and oil without causing loss or of or waste of the valuable helium which we wish to remain Intact Intact In In- tact tact An amendment to the mineral minere leasing act sponsored by Senator Senator Sena tor Bennett and Senator Arthur V V. Watkins in 19 1953 3 permitted th the opening of the areas artas Bithe By Bi the the amendment the Secretary of of Interior has the authority to tc open open the area area to to oil n and arid gas ga exploration provided the helium was not disturbed Senator Benn Bennett tt said that the thc 1 lands lands Vill be leased by the Bureau Bureau Bu reau of Land and Management after competitive bidding Helium Price Raised The hE he wholesale price prica that the government will pay to finance helium conservation was raised last week from 19 to 35 s a ath th thousand cubic feet There actually is no helium conservation program as such suet except to shut in areas of major helium reserves reserves on public do domain main The Navajo Indian Tribal Council has circumvented this thisby thisby by forcing the government to tc permit construction of a helium hellum extraction plant at Pinta Dome Arizona on the grounds that the belonged to the Indians and they need the the o 0 Operators i in 1 Utah have had ft Ir shut in for helium conservation by th the government if the well had more helium value than natural gas However However However How How- ever helium fo found nd in important amounts on the federal domain doesn't mean a well cannot be produced It has been and Is being wasted Natural gas Inthe in inthe inthe the northern Paradox basin contains as much as 1 14 4 percent percent per percent cent helium The government is working that on a term long-term program would strip helium hellum from gases and store it No definite move has been made in Utah by the government to purchase and store the helium produced orto or orto orto to allow its sale to private in The former is being done in Texas and the latter in Arizona Two Grand Locations Two new locations have been announced for northern Grand County both In areas of past exploration and some success Gulf Gult OH Oil Corporation has made location for No 2 Book Cliffs Unit in NW V NW SE Section 4 4 Twp Range Book Cliffs Unit Area It will be a foot Dakota test A. A Lansdale has made location location loca loca- tion for a shallow foot Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota test in Section 10 Twp I Range Ranse in the Cisco Area Grand Unit Proposed Superior OH Oil Co Is proposing a acre unit near the Grand Grand UIntah County line The Th Moon Ridge Unit In Townships 15 16 and and Range Grand County Is north of Segundo Se Se- gundo Canyon where gas showIngs show show- Ings are currently being tested Superior the Utah Oil OU Report says proposes to drill a foot Morrison test at a location soon to be announced The unit has State Land Board approval and approval Superior will be the operator N News MT of 0 th the Area Mobil Oil has abandoned the theNo No 3 12 Jakey's Jakey drilled six and a half miles across the Green river from Pan Americans American's Salt Wash product er The test was logged at total depth of feet A drill stem test in the Mississippian from feet teet recovered salt water Jn In San Juan County Pure Oil Is drilling toward the Devonian on their Big Indian indicated Mississippian discovery Drilling is below teet feet Two Grand County tests have been beM found lound dry plugged and azul andt t abandoned Tidewater Oil OU Co Q 1 dropped the No 1 Dead Horse lorse I Point a feet teet in Section 14 Twp p Range Total depth depth was only feet |