Show ASHLEY VALLEY VERY PROMISING b bOil Oil il Structure in Ashley Valley Considered Considered Con Con- otie OI one e of or Most I Promising in mountain Intel Wc West est t. t I I Agreements were s signed y of last week whereby the Ashley Valley Valley Val Val- ley Icy Oil company holder of drill drilling ng agreements on 2000 acres acre cre on on Ii the thc Ashley vall valley y structure structure in Uintah t county near neal Vernal tr transferred all drilling obligations to the he Utah Oil R Refining company o on n an In overriding royalty basis This This announcement was wa m made de b by J. J E. E pra chief of M Of the exploration exploration m department of the Utah Oil 9 1 Refining company Drilling operations u must tut p t be begun began b by September 1 1927 Drilling rights to additional acres acres l have lve been peen secured bythe by the Utah Oil ou from romI rom rom- I the Tri Trl-S. Trl at Oil OP 1 company on a similar similar simi simi- simi simi- similar lar basis I Although Although- under Although under under the cont contract act nearly nearly near near- ly Iy ninety days clays may elapse before operations must be begun the Utah OH OU Refining company will begin preliminary preliminary pre pre- preliminary geological work at once A Apart party part o of Midwest refining defining company geologists is to make a survey and amI- if if the axis of the structure can be e determined from a study of the surface surface surface sur sur- face features of the dome the tho location location loca loca- loca- loca location tion for the well will be s selected immediately and the holo hole In as soon as possible Should ii it be impractical to locate the axis by a a r diamond dIamond diamond dia dIa- mond drill holes will be put down lown said Mr 11 Bramwell to get the tho dip of or the strata and thus determine the tho structural high In the light of or developments at atthe atthe atthe the lies Iles dome where in April Park- Park No 4 caine caniz tn l with a flow of ot 2500 barrels at a depth of feet let letin in the Sundance Sundan e of t U the e Marine faline Jurassic Jurassic the the- Ashley valley structure is considered to be one of ot the most promising in 1 the mountain Intel l region I A A. test put down on The Ashley valley structure by the Utah Utah Oil RefinIng Refining Refining Re Re- fining company several years ago ago- ago proved conditions that are are practically practically cally identical with those shown by bythe bythe the i Tog log g of t the le Parkinson No 4 This data clata has has been accumulated since the Ashley valley well wis was completed Since the Ashley valley well did not enter the Sundance the the i productive at at Iles lies do dome e. e geologists geologists geol geol- are are of ot the the opinion that a test i at Ashley valley of this formation offers excellent chances chances' Tor br getting pr production i I i iThe The he 4 Ashley y va valley ley ti well start started l. l in inthe inthe inthe the Mancos Man o an and I entered th the tho onti r rat at feet and nd the D Dakota at t 1050 feet In In Ih both horizons oil on was se se- se secured cl cured d near th the top tOl with water wate de de- developing v g as depth was made Inthe In III th the Morrison formation lying seve several al s. s supplying iron from yom G- G to to oooo o cubic feet I daily were struck at a cl depth of or feet A flO flow of 30 O oO cubic feet t or of combustible s gas bus s made c It undesirable un un- desirable to drill further futher parti particularly particular particular- larI lar- lar I ly 13 since the Sundance th the lying between 1685 2000 feet had never been pr productive in any other fiel field In lir the light of the tine Ca fact t that in the lies dome well li- li line none ne but but commer- commer CJ dally Uy unimportant showings of oil oU were developed until the Sundance was was entered and amI the gas showing struck struck a above ove the petroleum horizon was vas small as compared at tho the Ashley I valley y well a thorough test of the Uintah dome has vital significance with regard to Utah oil Jl resources Should oil all be proved in the tile Sundance I in Utah county vast ast possibilities will be bo opened 1 up at aton on once e aI and a much I improved aspect put on Utah oil on exploration Th The st. first AshleY Ashley y l test Is what is called called- an edge well Geologists now be believe that hat a welt well veIl drilled I on on f the top of or the structure m may tY prove sands In the Ule 1 Frontier the tho Dakota and the Morrison l n ol oil nearing Bearing since indications were so so strong lg on tho tha edge I of nr the structure Tribune r |