Show I te Jet IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 1 FEDERAL OIL COMPANY IN PROCESS OF CHANGING CHANCING RIGS The Federal Oil company test situated in the Bowknots area of Western Grand county Is shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down while drilling rigs were being being be be- ing changed late reports Indi indi- cate The hole was drilled to a depth of feet by cable cabe toot tool equipment and presently a rotary ro tary drilling rig Is being moved onto the Ute hole to complete it to the planned depth Located fa In the area lying between bet Hell HeU Roam Canyon and Spring Canyon on what is b commonly known as th the Big Hat structure of Grand county county coun coun- ty the Federal well was in iQ several weeks ago When drill drill- I lug fag gets underway with the new ew rig present prent plans call caU for drilling drill I ing with air rather than the uni- uni used d drilling mud reports indicate Air drilling is said to be some faster lastar than drilling with witha a liquid solution and In fa many instances speeds speed up work due to the Uw fa fact t that lost circulation tr- tr trou trou- u- u U w. w are not net encountered Air drilling ha bar been used In fa small mall and shallow drilling operations op in this area but is till still considered rather new In fa the deep hole bole drilling business However air and gas drilling has been used with successful results In fa the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan basin Work on the Pure Oil company test teft in the Knoll area of the Pig JUg Flat structure In fa Grand county Is ii presently centered around fishIng fish fish- Ing for cemented portions of drill at a depth near the foot level Uvel The test being drilled by the Anschultz Drilling company com corn pany has been slowed lowed du due t to the tedious job of removing pipe following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing a cementing job made by extreme pressures urea of ofas gas as and oil oU en encountered Oj at depth below feet Plans Piana indicate that wi king a activities will I b a U as soon as the fishing job jobU U it competed coed ed i Continued on Page Pale 8 I OIL NEWS Continued from Page One The Carter Oil company Is pre pre- i 1 I paring to drill a wildcat test on its Sphinx Unit located on the east cast flank lank of the San Rafael Swell I and In the northern extremity of the Paradox basin in eastern Utah according to an announcement announcement announce announce- ment made Wednesday by Raymond Ray mond D. D Sloan division manager manag manage er for Carters Carter's Western Division In Denver Colorado I Scheduled as an foot Coot Molas Mol Mol- as or basal Pennsylvania test the No 1 Sphinx unit well will willbe willbe willbo be bo located in the SW NW of Section Section Sec Sec- tion 35 Township 19 South Range 14 East in Eastern Emery county About midway between the towns of Green River and Wood- Wood side this test will be the second for Carter In the general region During the latter part of March Carter completed Its Is Coon Springs wildcat some 23 miles to the northwest In Section 27 at a total depth of feet in b inthe inthe the Mississippi formation Carter estimates costs for drilling drill ing the No 1 Sphinx unit to be beo beto fei to o excess of The Ilie acre Sphinx unit on which the exploratory test will be De drilled Is owned approximately 82 per percent percent percent cent by Carter and 18 per cent b by the Standard Oil company of California The general area is about five miles southeast of the Woodside Anticline which was set aside by bythe bythe bythe the federal government as a Helium Helium He lie- lium hum reserve in 1924 |