| Show c I Utah Ulab on Oil ill L News Hews By ByDon Byj j 4 Don Robinson Utah Is one of the Rocky Hooky Mountain leaders leadeN of late In the exploration for tor oU oti with a 8 good portion of It developing In InGrand InGrand InGrand Grand and San Juan counties More noteworthy is the fact tact that m much ch of the exploration explorations IaIn is s sn In n the areas far removed from esta established production Continental Test Topi Tops Drawing the biggest Interest In the current exploration Is the Continental Oil Co location In Salt Valley north of Moab The area is not new to atlon It Is In fact one of the oldest exploration areas In the state There has haa been no pro pros The interest develops from the Intent of the No 1 Salt Valley Val Val- ley to go to feet In tn the Devonian The depth would be bea a state record ecord It has been announced an flounced previously that this Is the first of three tests to be drilled on the Salt Valley VaHey unit New Grand Exploration Of the significant exploration new to Grand county only fragmentary reports are avail avail- able Superior Oil on has resumed activity ac ac- ac In the general area staking staking ing wildcat locations on the Moon Ridge JUdge unit In northern Grand county and at the Bow BowKnot BowKnot BowKnot Knot along the Green River The latter location Is 18 on the Emery side of the Green and offsets an earlier test of the Bow Knot on the Grand county side Superiors Superior's new test Is four miles mUes southwest of the failure the No 43 20 Bowknot In Section Section Sec See tion 20 T 25 S R It 17 E. E Nearest Nearest Near Near- est est production Is at Big Flat 15 miles to the east The Moon Ridge wildcat is the initial test on the unit A foot Morrison test the i 31 15 unit is ten miles from from gas discoveries by Texaco Inc at Fence Canyon on the Grand- Grand UIntah county line Une and nine miles west fo to Diamond Ridge where Sunray Mid Continent has established gas reserves Pure Oil possesses the other current location Although Inthe Inthe in inthe the same vicinity as as previous Big Flat exploration the latest test Is 18 on what the operator calls caUs a new and different t S ture Earlier sources other I than the operator described the structure as similar to that of Pan American Petroleum in Salt Wash Grand county Pan American has at Salt Wash a confirmation test underway underway underway un un- un- un derway that holds more than usual significance Pan American Amen Ameri can has resumed drilling on the No A 1 Sunniland State after alter setting surface pipe Pure Dominates South Pure Oil is still the most active active active ac ac- ac- ac tive operator in the area areo of Moab Three tests ar are underway underway underway un un- un- un derway other than Lisbon field locations and the confirmation to the Big Dig Indian discovery The No 1 Horsehead unit west of Lisbon is the deepest in progress drilling below feet on a projected foot p pre cambrian test Drilling Is underway on the No 1 Lost Canyon USA of Pure Oil OU located 26 miles west of Lisbon field The third location loca Joca- tion Spiller Canyon USA Section Sec tion 17 T 30 S R B 25 E B E. E Lisbon anticline area Is iz unreported Spiller Canyon Is on the unexplored unexplored east flank of Lisbon field separated from what Is b thought to be the field extent by one and a half halt miles mUes News of the Area The Bureau of Land and Management Management Management Manage Manage- ment and the U U. S. S Department of Interior have announced that they will wUl receive bids on acreage acre age in the former Helium Hellum reserves re no serves of Grand and Emery counties Exploration on the lands bec became me possible by legislative legislative le le- action this year Grand county acreage Is Inthe Jn tn the vicinity of Harley haney Dome Emery county acreage at Woodside Wood Wood- side Dome Restrictions on the drilling have been Imposed to preserve the helium Bids must be In by pin pm November 15 Sinclair Oil OU and Gas has completed a good gas well In Inthe Inthe Inthe the San Arroyo field of norI northern nor nor- I thern them Grand county The No 6 San Arroyo reportedly made madeo o over or r nine million cubic feet of gas per day The location 1 is Section 21 T 16 S S. S R 25 E. E This 1 Is one of the fields reported early this year to be the origin of a a. Salt Basin Lake City CUr gas line Une |
