| Show ASHLEY VALLEY CENTER GENTER Of I Ashley V Valley Acknowledged to lo cHave t c tUa Ua Have J Excellent Chance of Being First IJ 1 Field in ill Utah r d I In so sofa far as oil dope f is C con concerned eon eon- ll corned the odds in hI f favor vor of securing I productions could s scarcely lavor a awell awell a I well more l re heavily th trian 1 they alley do b tl till l ASI Ashley Valley rall test of t. t the p Utah Oil Oil- i ini ning g com comp riy and and- associates near Vernal Dope gis Dope Dape has not always favored the the Ashley Ashley i Valley well ell Oil 1 I Iwas although a aT one lime it il I Iwas was looked up u tt d' d must most mustI mustI I Ip p promising m tests in i the sini suite state but b t after af after ter ter drilling in 1925 5 to a oT I 16 1685 S 5 feet ind striking g gas and not nol I t 1 oil the tIle fi field J ld- ld J w was s ab aba abandoned j and ild elt equipment move moved to test structures i in southwestern Utah lj 1 J I Today lad y fi finds I S. S the he Ashley Valley structure t cof ch the chG I best best bets in iii Utah Utah for f for t oil oil pr production i iThel The Thel whole aspect Jt has hills hills' lS' lS i c eon ii change 1 by b findings on the te t the t's e lies s dame d dome mc near near e r Craig yOlo Colo A At t Il lies Iles s. s as at Ashley Ashley- e Valley gas alone alone tt was as d developed on the top the top of or the tho r structure str o in hi the Mor Morrison 1 rison risen rison strata ta Work Wok r was vas and on a day ay when h 1 he 1 I Refining Relining Re- Re eh fining lining comp company company ny vas preparing Y s. s to o abandon ban o th the tho field the l l be below bei low the tho Morrison gI blew in atar a. a depth of f feet cit Vi with I fi production ll I of 2600 2600 barrels barrels' barrels IY through 1 h q av ar opening down to ta tw two tw 1 Inches uc les le's s H 1 lies Iles doJ dome r to to I high favor favor a anil il later late events events- ha have I considerably improved p l I The plon pioneer er gusher Parkinson I Ko 4 is is stul sd ng heavily Drilling by the tho Texas Iro rp Jan of two wells wells' on the Ule east I Is s structurally structurally 4 lg lower er than the e Parkin- Parkin r ln son soil Xo No has brought hi in jon in iu t the the e Morrison torris n where vl pre iq previously SlY gas o only lIY had I been secured t. t Grade of the product Iro from n these With Which W are arc credited with a capacity ap cHy of oC b barrels each dally daily Uy i Is s much l c l higher than that that or of of tho Parkinson o. No 4 FollowIng Following the discovery is the Parkinson No 4 i Utah Utah- O OM OI 1 I n Refining o official immediately haul harI o D i chock leek n made ade of tl the log of f the e Ashley S l Cr v well weB with refer n e to q L tI that at of tl lies Iles domes gusher It was las found that the the occurrences c were tI r practically identical In lit all of of the lies ales dome clonie tests drilling hl Iii Inthe tho u upper pei l horizons horizons- as at Ashley y dome struck firs some somo oil and d gas gas s then t r a next l g gin ga gain th the the- in J Morrison J The Thc gas production in the tic Ashley A Valley wen well contrary to to to belief belie at at first filst was was' ri pro to originate r from proved q Zin l tile the Morrison r orris l aI and ln not t from I Sun Sun- Sundance dance of oi t. t Jurassic age Other geologic condil conditions know n l to favor favo belief that tine the tho A Ashley hley Valley well weIl will elop develop Int Into a ah important f of oilfield oil oilfield field are arc j i The fhe Tire Ashley Ashley Vall Valley Jh theories Iles dome doing om anti and the Gra Craig g COlD Cola Colo fie field are all h f ii the same geologic province The se se- quence of formations ls is is identical l. l At Craig CraiS' early learly e h twenty nty wells e with ill a a flush flush production chic Oll of oC barrels daily have rave been in the Dakota 2 2 The Ashley Valley Valle pioneer well ell i j ihas ihas has one of tho the and and- andrich rich richest est gas fl flows in ln tho l' l region region Today To y Cl engineers saY say- say that that I alone Ione this his well could p o ide enough J gas to heat an and and- all aU 0 of of- Salt Sal 1 Lake 3 Development of ot the Morrisson I and the the S Y r c 5 formations th thief f productive sends sands In III the tho Iles lies Afield field fiel can cri cribe be he more marc economically accomplished than In the Co or turc A At the Colorado t to o At Ashley VaU Valley y nearly all hl f of or t Mancos autos shale has has' been heen eroded so that the Dakota can be M hed at t c t. t 1000 feet is s compared with sith a depth of 25 2500 O toot feet 0 1 Inthe Ii lies Th There There r is i. iaO isone ono one l drawback r b ho however hover ver but of minor The surface geology Is difficult to t work worl put T The e A Ashley Valley r tare Is a n hidden n old bc r d by by J river gravel 1 smith sand I 8 4 j. j to o determine the tIle subsurface subsurface subsurface- contour contour con con- tour Buss linos doming is necessitated is Tf explains the tile location o or of j I i 4 o test was was re changed aft after r i considerable hole hole had had b been en made maclo to i ithe the present site where d drilling ilUng is' is i is j 1 proceeding fOce below 7 t. t That t tile the tilen e j n r structure uro t Is fa closed l sed ther 1 is i io t. t since the I sanda J Rt ab u feet teet in In v ralls I 7 there thero irae was a Showing of dIl tint and as I t 0 r. r II j 1 l A ii 1 i vi |
