Show Utah drill rig activity strong Oil and gas drilling throughout the state for this time of year remains strong in spite of adverse weather conditions according to state minerals specialist Carlton Stowe Department of Natural Resources Stowe reports that Hughes Tool Company and the Independent Association of Drilling Contractors have at their latest count 30 active rotary drill rigs working in Utah compared to 29 at this time last year which indicates a steady teady growth of of activities for the past several months Oil and gas companies have completed completed completed com com- seven wells in the state stale thus far this month 4 dry holes 1 l gas and 2 oil wells A comparable period in January 1977 saw completion of five wells Mr Stowe reports that several very significant oil and gas exploratory test wells are at present drilling in several counties of the state A brief summary of activity is as follows Carbon County Two County Two miles southwest of Price American Quasar Petroleum is drilling below feet at the No 31 1 I Drunkards Drunkard's Wash Duchesne County some 25 to to to I Q 90 30 miles northeast of Castlegate Phoenix Resources is condu conducting ting tests at two wells the No 22 1 Wolf Hollow Hollow at at at total depth of feet and at the No 24 1 Antelope Ridge at total depth of feet GRAND COUNTY eo Mobil Oil Company is drilling at feet at the deep test No l C-l C 1 McCormick-Federal McCormick six miles west of Cisco and about 30 miles north of Moab Objective originally was was planned d between and for possible tests Just outside of Cisco Intermountain Natural Resources is beginning tests at No 1 l State State at total depth of 1220 feet Juab County Dixel Resources Company is drilling at an unreported depth but below feet at the No Gunnison State 18 miles south of Nephi Loffland Drilling Company is contractor on the originally scheduled to foot test well Morgan County About 15 miles northeast of the Devils Slide vicinity Amoco Production is drilling below feet at the No 1 Al Marathon projected to about feet for tests of the Kelvin formation Rich County Amoco is drilling below feet at the No 1 Desert just west of the state line northeast of the Wasatch area Exeter Drilling Company is contractor on the foot test well Northeast of Laketown southeast of Bear Lake and in the Hogback Ridge area American Quasar Petroleum reports it is drilling below feet at the No 28 1 well southeast of its gas discovery completed com com- completed late last year San Juan County 16 miles east of Blanding Oil Development of Utah is drilling below feet at the No 2 Federal a scheduled foot test of the Paradox formation Some 20 miles east of the town of Bluff Sanchez Sanchez- OBrien O'Brien Westwood LeClair-Westwood have started operations at the No 1 l Navajo It is to be drilled to about feet for testing Sanpete County Hanson Oil Company Company Com Corn pany pony is drilling at feet at the No 1 X A-X Moroni a foot test well immediately southeast of the town of Moroni Sevier County J. J Hiram Moore is drilling below feet at his new well the No 1 l Old Woman Federal 11 miles southwest of the town of Emery SUMMIT COUNTY COUNT Combined Gas Oil Oil has commenced drilling at the No 1 Young Ranch Livestock stock Co southwest southwest southwest south south- west of Oakley north of Kamas It is to tobe tobe tobe be drilled to at least feet Champlin Petroleum is drilling below feet at the No 1 I Jones 5 42 a mile west of Pineview field Champlin will drill to the Nugget formation expected at about feet Tests are continuing at the Exxon USA No 1 Pine Spring Unit some 50 miles south of Vernal It flowed nearly a million and a half cubic feet of gas on tests of or a zone from to feet Total depth dept js feet foet In Utah C County Union Oil of California is drilling below feet at atthe atthe atthe the No 1 I Federal eight miles south of Thistle Junction some 17 miles north of Fairview Loffland Brothers Drilling Company is contractor on the scheduled foot test |