Show Drilling f t activity looks lo ks good for area are area Oil and gas drilling activity In Utah Is keeping pace with the rest of the western states as aswell aswell aswelt well welt as with the nation notes Carlton Carl ton Stowe minerals specialist Department of Nat Natural lUa I Resources Although the 35 active drill rigs in Utah reported by Hughes Tool Too Company and the Independent Association of Drilling Con Con- tractors is four less than the high reached earlier this summer in Utah it is still much t higher gher than the 12 rigs working in the state stale at al this time last year For the past six or eight weeks however Utah rig count has been averaging in the Rep Reports indicate though that the domestic number of active 1 v- v rotaries in the United States Slates soared this past week to another new 18 year high of 2041 active an increase na nationwide Ide of as compared with a year ago Inthe Inthe In tn the Rocky Mountain states rotaries notaries are at work a new peak for the year with 78 more than on the comparable date in 1976 IN UTAH just west of the Wyoming state line and to the north of Highway No 80 in the Wasatch area Amoco Productions plans to drill a foot wildcat well on the UlC Belt Relt In Rich County It is the No 1 I Deseret six miles north and slightly west of the Yellow Creek field near Evanston In Summitt County Amoco will w drill the No I 1 Champlin to about ft 1 It 11 is eight miles mites northeast of Coalville In Uintah County In the Gusher vicinity Teton Energy Denver has made a location for fora a projected foot test at the thc No 1 federal a mile west of West Gusher field about three miles mites north of the town of Gusher Some 23 miles to the southwest Continental Oil will w drill the No 34 1 a scheduled foot well in the Stagecoach area arca bout 22 miles southeast of Fort Duchesne In the Blanding handing area Coquina Oil Company Denver has location for the No 1 Frizell a foot test well in southeastern Utah's San Juan County It ft is little more than five miles south of Mountain Fuel Supply Company's 1973 gas discovery completed flowing cubic cubi feet of g pas gas ls per day The Uintah and Ouray Agency at al Fort ort Duchesne has scheduled an oil and gas lease sale bale on acres August 24 Th The offerings by sealed scaled bid are west southwest south and southeast of the Altamont Altamont- Bluebell field in Duchesne Wasatch and Uintah counties Information concerning the lease sale is available from the agency at Fort Duchesne |