Show lO 4 ions i Continue Rise Production Scarce in Oil el Locations for for Gr Grand county maintained th their Ir hIgh numerIcal numerical numerical numer numer- ical standing during the past week but unfortunately production production production pro pro- has not kept pace Grand county boasts 24 locations locations lo lo- with three announced arid and one temporary temporary temporary tem tem- abandonment Actually Actual I ly the number of active rigs is less than ten if completions and temporary shutdowns are arc considered None of the wells abandoned abandon abandon- ed are arc especially significant Two new tests In the northern northern nor nor- thern gas felds are listed be be- low For the Agate field and Westwater area they are a continuation of exploration by now familiar operators Of the significant county oil oU tests Pan American Petroleum Petroleum Petroleum Pe Pe- is closest to objective at their Salt Wash location The A 2 Sunniland State SE SW Section 16 1 23 S R 17 E is reported below feet on an foot pian Flan test The rapidity with which Salt Wash field tests have gone down would indicate that the operator Is going to tobe tobe tobe be completing within two weeks Pan American and co- co CO coo o- o Sinclair Oil au and Gas are below feet feet on their I depth record test of feet teet on the Pace unit of Eastern Eastern East East- ern Grand Orand count county This now is the oldest active location In In the county June 27 Calvert Exploration tort Fort tortWorth Worth Texas is underway with their first test of the Big Flat FIat Grand county DrillIng DrillIng Drill Drill- Ing here has had a history of stimulating local Interest The Themore Themore Themore more complete location than that given last Week is Js 1080 1980 feet from the south line and 1650 feet from the east line Section 27 T 25 S R n 19 E. E The test is in the vicinity of Pure Oils Oil's Big Flat 5 Ina in ina a field now designated Bartlett Bartlett Bart Bart- lett leU Flat FIat field The test Is one of three planned from the to Calvert from Pure Oil all In San Juan county south and west of Lisbon field it appears that the Hatch wash test of Humble Oil all and Refining Refining Refining Re Re- fining Co 1 Hatch Wash unit unit un un- un- un it H C NW SE Section 30 T 30 S R 24 E Is not going well The oper operator tor recovered salt saltwater saltwater water on recent drill stem tests The new locations for Grand county are by Oil on Inc and R Oil all Inc proposes proposes proposes pro pro- poses a test of Westwater field the 3 M unit NW NW Section 7 T 17 S R 24 E. E It ItIs Itis Itis is for the Morrison at t feet will drill a locatIon location location loca loca- tion designated Sta va 54 31 Fee SW SW NE Section Section Section Sec Sec- tion 31 T 20 S R 24 E Agate area It is an Entrada test of 1000 feet The State of Colorado which does not have as favorable a aland aland aland land policy regarding oil shale lands as does Utah is the object of several studies aimed aimed aimed aim aim- ed at ending the confusion An engineering and consultIng consulting consulting consult consult- ing firm has made some suggestions suggestions sug sug- that might change the picture The Rocky MountaIn Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain Oil on and Gas Association n nis is also studying the problem The activity was spurred by bythe bythe bythe the Interest of five major firms St State te applications in Utah by the Morgan Justh group of Salt SaIt Lake Lake City are becoming a weekly They have now applied for acres in Carbon UllI Uintah Ull Uin- I tah and Duchesne counties Continental Oil on is said to be bea a joint purchaser of Delhi Delhi- Taylor Oil Corp oil and gas properties properties' In the U. U S. S with Tenneco Oil T T-I Oct 16 The two will have 50 per cent each of the reported million million mil mu- lion in property Tay Delhi lor in addition to considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able potash acreage locally has had gas prospects at DIamond Diamond Diamond Dia DIa- mond Ridge Grand county |