Show t t V r Southeastern Utah IMah t Is I 0 1 FI M f News Hews By ByDon 4 D Don n Robinson Shell Oils Oil's discovery of a reported reported reported re re- ported 1000 barrel a day welt well at Salt Wash Held field Grand County Coun Coti ty has given local exploration activity a real and much needed needed needed need need- ed boost Shell announced d i last Wednesday confirming local 1011 1 reports re reo ports orth of the find In the fifth well wen drilled at Salt Wash With the announcement Salt Wash Washfield Washfield field Held has taken on added cance In the Utah oil picture The was discovered In 1961 1001 by hP Pan fl American Petro Petro- leum jeum They drilled an lilt Initial test tes Jn n C NW SW SV S Section tion 1 15 Twp Range and completed It t as a m modest producer A second second sec see ond well also produced at a low Tate rate Texaco Inc drilled the third and fourth tests both producing producing pro pro- oil oUt Shells Shell's well In SE SE NW Section 16 Twp Range Is one-half one mile east of the field held discovery well Texaco The Ino find and Pan American have wells welts an additional half hail mile to the east and southeast The 16 22 Colorado Tuel Thel am amIron and andIron andIron Iron Is fee land hence the well wel designation Normally S Section Uon 16 would be e a school section An acreage acreage- muddle Is thought to tobe tobe tobe be one of the reasons for the lack of Interest to the Salt Wash area rea The Important drill stem test was at an Interval of to feet Reportedly the ithe operator operator operator oper oper- ator has been perforating an interval in interval in in- of ito feet and end will vIll conduct more tests Significantly the test apparently apparently stopped short of the ithe water encountered in n previous wells The perforated depth up hole slightly from the maximum depth of the drill stem test tests would Indicate that the operator operator opera opera- tor Is figuring very close on water Salt Wash constitutes the moot most northerly extent of production production production pro pro- along the so-called so LIsbon Lisbon Lis LAs bon Trend The Hn line of bf production productIon tion extends southerly to San San- Miguel County Colorado and southeast Lisbon Field Major production 1 is from the Mississippian Jp I pian plan except for the Paradox producers producers producers pro pro- In 10 the vicinity of Big Flat Flatfield Flatfield Flatfield field in Grand md nd San Juan counties Shell reportedly h ha has made a a acre 40 offset to the Salt Sal Wa Wash Wah well but no announcement has hns been beon made There is s a mile 19 gap between Salt Wash and the he most northerly test of the Big Flat Pure Oil OU Big Flat 5 Little exploration of depth has been conducted In that gap and It is hoped locally that the Shell success will spur some some Two New Tests Two gas tests for northern Grand County were projected during the past week Sinclair Oil and Gas Co will drill a development well in the San n Arroyo Field Designated 18 San Arroyo the Morrison test testis testIs testis is located NW NW Section 30 Twp Range San Arroyo Arroyo Arroyo Ar Ar- royo 17 has been completed successfully successfully suc sue by Sinclair Willard Pease Drilling Co has made location for the 3 Jones Federal SE SE SE Section Section Sec Sec- tion fan 6 6 Twp Range Westwater field It also Is 18 a aMorrison aMorrison aMorrison Morrison test of feet feet News of af the Area The Shafer Canyon unit of Grand and San Juan counties has been approved by the with Southern Natural Gas as the ope operator tor Ro Royce e Latimer of Moab is drilling a Paradox test teston teston on 00 the unit A new designation for the well this week appeared as the Rip C C. Underwood 3 Sh Shafer fer Canyon unit Underwood Is the drilling contractor Interest Inter est holders on the new unit In Include In clude elude Pure Oil Belco Deleo Petroleum British American Oil Producing and Cabeen Exploration All AU but Delco Belco have conducted exploration tion In the surrounding area Petroleum Information reports reports reports re re- re- re ports that Pacific Natural Gas JiM lias set pipe at two wildcats in northern Grand Gran County The tests are in tn n ChelT Cherry Chery Canyon and Segundo Canyon Husky Oil OU Oil drilling an inter inter- esting test near Upheaval near Upheaval Dome is thought to be near the top of the salt to provoke more inter est Drilling history on the near nears est st t wells shows a thinner salt section than that encountered anywhere here in the surrounding drilling areas The Husky test perhaps will provide a few answers an to the phenomena ot of Upheaval Up Up- Dome Recorded filings filIng o or assignments assign ments uenta o of oil and gas leases for Grand County recently show mow Sinclair OU Oil and Gas acquiring 2270 acres in Townships 5 and Range Cumulative production of ot oil from Lisbon n Field In fa 1962 is Ia re reo ported to be barrels of ot oil Ninety five per cent en of the production fa is from tram the Si- Si |