Show ts aar 4 r r P 1 li- li i f d' d wm fre-wm c Fh 14 1 1 j Oil and gas activity twit improves f Improvement is noted In oil and gas drilling activities of 1 Utah compared with that of its neighboring states stales and exploration exploration ex ex- drilling throughout Utah currently is very strong Although there are less rotary drill rigs working tt this s month than in Tune June in the state the 29 drilling a at t this time are 13 more than were active this time last year Carlton Stowe of the Utah Department of Natural Resources a specialist In geological and mineral industry activities reports increased and widespread exploration and development efforts made by energy companies in Utah Statistics for the first half of 1977 show that operators drilled wells in the state compared with 70 during the first six months of 1976 Of the wells drilled this year 51 were oil wells 14 were gas producers and the remah remaining ng 47 were dry holes A total of feet of hole has b been e drilled where per foot costs average anywhere from 85 to more than in Utah Mr Stowe notes that well completions in the Rocky Hocky Mountain States is up by 16 percent footage drilled by a little more than 16 percent and average rig activity by 43 percent The year mid-year total of 2061 wells tabulated by Petroleum Information Corporation shows 1156 producers oil and gas wells completed or a drilling success ratio of 56 percent tt this s year compared with an overall success rate of 50 percent made during the first half of 1976 OIL AND GAS lease sales held so far this year also show a growing interest In Utah The Bureau of Land Management sold acres out of acres offered for slightly more than State lands offered comp competitive lease leas sales for some The Utah State Stale Land Office is receiving sealed bids on another large lease sale scheduled for opening on July 26 Several leasing units are offered for oil and gas minerals oil shale coal potash geothermal limestone gypsum and building stone A complete description can be obtained by contacting the Division of State Lands State Capitol Several significant test well sites received Department of Natural Resources approval and are scheduled for drilling shortly Anschutz Corporation will drill the No 1 I State a scheduled foot test of the Entrada formation in Grand County north of Cisco in the Book Cliffs field It is the latest wildcat well scheduled in the vicinity by Anschutz Walter Broadhead Grand Junction has the No 1 Reina Federal-Reina projected to at least feet inthe inthe in inthe the Sage field about seven miles northeast of Cisco The deep deepwell deepwell deepwell well being drilled north of Moab by Mobil Oil is at a depth of feet The No C l Mc- Mc Federal Cormick-Federal is scheduled to at least st feet feel In tn San Juan County Husky Oil Company will drill the 30 Federal an east offsetting offsetting off setting location to Its recently completed gas discovery flowing cubic feet of gas per day The new test Is to tobe tobe tobe be drilled to at least feet feel The Lisbon field area is four miles to the southeast IN County Exxon USA has location for the No 1 l Pine Spring Unit a projected foot test In the Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweet Sweet- water Creek area south of Vernal Closest production is some two and half miles to the north at Seep Ridge Hidge field In tn the Island field vicinity Mapco Inc is testing a possible producer the No 11 State The well is perforated at a depth of to feet About 18 miles northwest of Pineview field Summit County Amoco Production is drilling a foot test well the No 1 Champlin in Morgan County And in Rich County Amoco Production is drilling below feet at the No 1 Champlin a scheduled test well some 30 miles north of Pineview field American Quasar Petroleum is drilling below feet at the No 20 1 Hogback Ridge an apparent gas discovery just south and east cast of the southeastern end of Bear Lake It flowed gas at a arate arate arate rate in excess of 15 million cubic feet a day recently Other drilling activity includes includes includes in in- Duchesne County King County King Resources is beginning drilling JO JO operations a ai the 24 1 Antelope Ridge south of the town of Duchesne The well is to be drilled to at least feet Emery County County TL Britt gauged a flow of cubic feet of gas daily at the No 1 Brock Bank and is continuing tests The wildcat north of Castle Dale is bottomed at 1957 feet Sanpete County Hanson County Hanson Oil is temporarily shut down at feet at the deep test well X lA-X Moroni Moroni vicinity Itis It Itis Itis is to go to about feet |