Show Big Flat Flit Oil Test Nearing Objective BY DON ROBINSON Calvert Drilling Co is unofficially unofficially un un- un- un officially offie reported to be at objective depth at their Cane Creek Creel Marker test of Big Flat FlatfIeld Flatfield Flatfield field Grand county Observers say that the test 6 G unit C NW V SE Section 27 T 25 S 5 R 19 E will probably probably probably pro pro- bably receive fracture treat treat- ment That would be rather uncommon for tests in the field that have explored the salt Four n new w locations are reported reported reported re re- re- re ported for Grand county all of them in the northern gas fields and all of them relatively relatively relatively rela rela- shallow All too are for the Agate field area William C. C Bush has slated two tests the 1 Federal 9 SW SW NW Section 9 T 20 S R 24 21 E and the 2 Federal 9 NW V SW NW same section Both Bath are arc for 1700 feet to test the S Salt lt Wash U Tex Oil Co has located for the 7 State in SE SW SW Section 16 T 20 S R 24 E. E It will test the Morrison at 1750 fleet feet I The shallowest is by R. R I who will drill the 74 32 Uti-Swanson Uti to feet and the Brushy Basin The location is SW SE NE Section 32 32 T 20 S R 24 E. E With the addition of last weeks week's locations ons the total for forthe forthe forthe the county jumped to 25 the highest for the past three months However there there there-is is no significant change in the lo local local local lo- lo cal picture due to the Indeterminate indeterminate indeterminate minate status of major oil tests in widely separated ar areas areas ar- ar cas of the county I ar-I At Salt Wash field Grand county Pan American Petrol- Petrol eum j encountered gas and oil on e e the objective depth status c bo O feet A brief rt of t the e reports I that the operator established contact with gas and oil at feet Previous coring had dolomite bleeding bleeding bleed bleed- In ing gas and oil Pan Americans American's test is located located located lo lo- lo- lo 19 miles northwest of 01 Calvert Drillings Drilling's test rest of Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett Bart- Bart lett Flat FIat Big Flat The 2 A 2 A Sunniland State is a test being drilled by Noble Drilling and located In Section 16 T 23 S R 17 E EPan E. E Pan Americans American's other test rest in Grand county in conjunction tion with Sinclair Gas and Oil is js the 1 State Pace-State in eastern Grand county It is now below feet on the way to record record record re re- re- re cord depth attempt of feet and the Devonian With the high Interest in acquiring oil shale lands now current In Utah and Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado the Interior Department nt is asking the public at large to make suggestions on formulating formulating formulating for for- a pro program ram for conservation conservation conservation con con- and development of the resources Secretary tary of Interior Interior Interior In In- Stewart L L. L Udall mad mach the request Oil OH shale lands a summary summary summary sum sum- mary relates are arC the largest untapped energy source in the country Federal deposits are estimated to contain more than 50 million barrels of oil oilin oilin in place Nearly acres are Involved in involved involved In- In in state applications for bituminous sandstone acreage in Grand Uintah and Duchesne counties this week alone Salt Lake interests lead in applications again Pure Oil has made an In Interesting Interesting interesting In- In move at Wray Mesa Mesa Mesa Me Me- sa Colorado going considerably considerably consider consider- ably below ob objective depth with no announcement of a anew anew anew new target Scheduled as a test of feet the 3 Wray Mesa unit Is Isnow Isnow isnow now drilling below feet |