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Show aaaaCBBaa888P80000000000000000000BP80oqqBoa008000OOOl)l)n0 Interest Focusing on Grand l County Deep Oil Test a Utah's Oil and Gas Industry attention is focused on a deep exploratory test well about 28 miles north and a little t east of Moab. notes Carlton Stowe, o minerals specialist. Utah Department of Natural Resources. Mobil Oil Company is reportedly o drilling below a depth of some 10,000 feet at the well, the No. C-l McCormick-Fed- eral just west of Cisco about 12 miles east o of Thompson. The well is scheduled to a o depth of at least 18.000 feet for possible o oil and gas production from the Mississippian formation. Nearest pro- duction from Mississippian is 35 miles to B the west-southwest, in the Salt Wash field. Closest previous drilling to Mississippian is about 17 miles west- a'o'a a"cT'axo'r6'rrii'TTrrTnrc'8'5o'g'a'a"a a 8 5 southwest where Continental Oil drilled i through the formation at 14.518 feet and recovered water on a drillstem test. Drilling reports carry 15 wildcat ', wells in Grand County and another 11 ! wells drilling or testing in San Juan !' County. Husky Oil Company is waiting on completion tools at their Lisbon area ! apparent gas discovery, the No. 15-25 ', Husky-Federal. It is bottomed at 9,578 feet, flowed more than 7 million cubic '' feet of gas per day on a test at 9,120 feet. Texas Pacific Oii hasn't started operations opera-tions yet at any of their nine wildcat locations in San Juan County. Development Develop-ment work in the Aneth, White Mesa fields is steady where several wells are nearine completion. a'a'a'e'e a a a'a a a a a n't'STrrrrirvvrrvTS |