| Show M. M G. G M. M Petroleum Inc T fro Drill Cane Creek Anticline N Near arH Here re IM G. G M Petroleum Inc a Nevada corporation with a cap of headed by by- M. M G. G Mason of if Los Angeles Calif president and operator is now rigging up and will spud In Its new well weB over the we week t. t end t 4 The drill Bite of the t. new yen ven ture i II ift a approximately eight miles mlles's southwest of Moab In the thel southeast quarter of section 36 township to 26 south range 20 east S 8 I. I U 11 M The elevation of the thew w well is 15 s approximately four hundred 1 feet hl higher her than the Mason Masori No 1 discovery well wen 1 15 l about two two thou thousand and fe t of this new 10 lo- c. c 4 J s n No 1 drilled by I Ant P Petroleum Inc WIth M z ason as Its operator rom W Januarys 1951 open h l And Is Is' Is said have been th the biggest seen in the theRo Ro k Mountain irea The well was was' tested before killing to tos s set t pipe and place on production tion and Is estimated to have flowed at various rates from to barrels of gravity paraffin base oil oU per day with three to five million feet of natural gas that was rich in casing head gasoline Many Problems Problem The Mason No 1 was bes beset t by many almost able problems There wes no road pipeline tank farm or in short shorts no facilities to get the oil out and above all no cas Ing In the hole or mud to hold the well in T Te e only means of access was by boat or barge down the Colorado river Iver Immediately Im mediately Mason secured Chester Ches hes ter I. I Garlinger of Coalinga Calif as production engineer and superintendent and work began to kill km the well wen set casing and protect the discovery ery zone The well was kept under un der control and today is being cleaned of a So vast amount of mud necessarily pumped into the zone for Its protection and there is a good possibility that It may even yet be brought Inas Inas In Jn as a good producer However definite plans are being formulated formulated formu formu- for tor the drilling of Amer No 2 well or Ing Mason No 1 if U It tt does not respond to pumping M. M G. G M. M f. f Petroleum Inc is cooperating financially with the uranium miners land and developers headed by Nick Murphy with Nate Knight Jr as engineer In building an access' access road from The Neck down the old Shafer Sha fer Trail and will build its own road to Join with this road dir from the well welt site of the M. M G. G I. I No 1 1 The work Is pro pro- grassing graing nicely and is expected i ito to be roughed out In Jn about two I I weeks The terrain is really rug ged and the fortitude and cour courage courage I age of at these men in their foresight tore fore sight anc and tenacity 1 Is to be ad mired Equipment and Oil Bigit Rig Big lg A it one hundred two twenty foot steel derrick has been erected erect ed over the concrete foundation blasted out of solid saUd rock and a abig abig abig big drilling rig has hu been teen I Ithe I moved In place pace to commence the operation A new barge was built to take this heavy equipment equip ment twenty miles down the Colorado river and over tour lour hundred tons hive have been een transported transported trans ported by iby water the location on top of the Water Water is up from the Colorado river ivor And nd a one thousand barrel barrel bar bar- rel reI tank has bas been installed at atthe atthe atthe the well weH site site- for a water sup ply We Weare are Informed that twenty seven men are employed by the company and round the clock operation and drilling Is Js a mat ter of hours The first objective Is a hon sandy lime Ume strata strata In Inthe Inthe the Paradox of the pen Fen should 1 be reached at approximately 2400 feet feeL This corresponds in depth to the gusher Shafer well No 1 that was drilled in 1925 by the Midwest Exploration tion Company located approxImately approxImately approximately 2000 feet southeast of M. M G. G M M. No 1 and If It it is not wet at this horizon it should be bea a big producer If however howver this zone is wet and no 0 other otier er hor hOf horizon izon ct of Importance Is e encountered encounter unter ed ed the second objective is the discovery zone dubbed the Mason Mason Ma a. a son lime in the Mason Iason No 1 I at feet in depth or approximately feet In depth at atthe atthe atthe the location of ot M. M GM GIM No 1 The difference in depth Is due to the difference in elevation This horizon Is said to be in the bottom of the Pennsylvanian series or the contact between the Pennsylvania and the Mis Mis- series Deeper Prospects According to the best Informed Inform ed engineers and geologists the and an Devonian series ser lea ies the Pennsyl Pennsyl- should be even more prolific in production pi but only the drill wUl will tell the true story Suffice it to say that if the lower horizons are anywhere near as prolific as the Amerl Amen cols col's Mason Iason No 1 discovery Inthe In Jn the ilie Pennsylvanian then it may be said that Moab will soon be certainly the Oil Capitol of the It will wUl be the program of M. M G. G M. M Petroleum Inc to drill its first well to either the first or second major horizon and then systematically offset drill along the high of the anticline until the land Is drilled up Exploration Ex EJ to the deeper horizon will be carried on simultaneously and If U deeper production lis is found in the Mississippian and Devonian series a system ati development of these hor hon will be proved along with the presently and proven zones According to the company Chester will be the general superintendent of this venture with offices at 29 Center Cen to ter Street Moab Utah I I Needless to say that an oil oU field of major proportions such sueh j I as this promises to be will wilt bea be bei beia a tremendous asset to Moab 1 Grand county and to the State j I of ot Utah I |
