| Show I Oil Development in Colorado Tile The average daily production of crude oil in fn Colorado for the week weekending weekending ending Oct 4 was 1343 barrels which compares with 1432 barrels for the preceding week and a daily an average rage of 1560 barrels barrels for the week c le ending Sept Sept 20 according to reports to the state immigration Jc- Jc This output in its from the me Craig district and In ot pC the Florence field production which averaged av av- aV 1 d b barrels daily dally I Preparations for moving moving- crude rude I from the Fort Collins field ar are progressing progressing progressing pro pro- gressing and shipments are expected to begin In fn about 10 days The Colorado Southern railroad is constructing constructing con con- side tracks or ot or Fort Eort Collins on Sec 8 21 at I which l ich point the Midwest 1 Refining company is building loading racks The Union Oil company of Call Call- fornia is laying an inch 8 pipe line from its Hs tank farm north of the Whittaker well on the Fort Collins dome to the l loading aUng rac racks s and a inch 4 line from the well to the tank farm Approximately I barrels of crude is in storage which has been purchased by the Midwest from the Union company along with ith the output of the Whittaker well and which which- will be shipped to the Casper refineries refiner and the refinery refinery ery of the Mutual Comp company ny at Florence Florence Florence Flor Flor- ence Colorado Drilling operations for the week resulted In the time Ohio company encountering encountering encountering en en- countering water in the tho Dakota sans sand at 1025 feet southeast of Pueblo The rig will be skidded and another well started for a test of the lower formations and the water well used for or drilling purposes The Mid Colorado Oil on company encountered encountered encountered en en- countered a flow of cubic feet of dry gas in its test on out the Eckert dome north of the town of Delta county at feet The Tiie gasis gas gasis is being cased off to continue drillIng drilling drill drill- I ing and the objective sand is expected expect expect- ed at 1200 to 1500 feet I Midwest Refining company Is down feet on Its test 3 miles west of Berthoud and believed to be beon beon beon on top of the Wall Vall Creek sand which has not yet et been penetrated Flow v of gas from the shale shade amounting to to cubic feet shows no abatement The Dakota the objective sand lies about feet under the V Wall ll Creek and will wUl require several weeks drilling The Ohio company i is reported leport d to have water In the Dakota this Dakota sand on the Haystack dome north of Boul Boulder Boulder Boul Boul- der del which will be shut off for a no t test st of the lower formations Tho The Meyer well o of the Texas- Texas Transcontinental Jan cC companies 2000 0 feet south of the discovery well wel on the Moffat dome is due to reach reach the Wall Vall Creek Creale sand this thi we week lc While this sand may contain water as It Il did II In the the discovery well it ft is e expected ex- ex P ted to reveal g geological data Gata which will indicate whether the pool is a small one or extends In ill a different direction from that shown by the maps made before the structure structure structure ture was tested Th The J. J F F. Harrison well near DeBeque DeBeque De- De I Beque which encountered a sand at feet feet estimated ted good for tor 8 barrels barrels barrels bar bar- a d day clay y found another sand at feet which also is s saturated with oil and the drill is expected to to tap tapa a stand 45 feet teet thick at feet A contract has been made for the d drill drilling ing lug of 5 5 additional wells around the discovery The receivers for the Denver Salt Lake Lak railroad have filed a protest protest pro pru- test with the Public Utilities commission com corn mission against the granting of a permit to the Prairie Oil Gas company company company com com- pany for building a pipe line from Craig to to Parco Wyoming on th the II ground that development is insufficient I cien to justify the line and that it will compete with the railroad The I Denver Chamber of ot Commerce entered entered en en- I en-I I its appearance in the case i but will withdraw and rem remain reman 11 n neu neu- u- u 1 1 The American Gasoline Refining company has announced that construction construction construction con con- will start at once on a gas gasoline plant with a capacity of cubic feet of gas a clayto day clay dayto to cost which will treat gas from the Wellington wells The Fort Collins Refining company company company com com- pany composed of local and Texas men have leased 40 acres on the Colorado Southern tracks near Fort Collins and have announced that the first units of a no barrel refinery to treat tre t. t crude oil will be started at once a and d that the the ultimate cost will wil be |
