Show New producers highlight Utah's drilling activity Two oil and gas producers flowing at a combined rate of barrels of oil and more than three million cubic feet of gas dally were wert added to Pineview field In Summit County a small gas discovery was completed eight miles south of Duchesne Duchesne County and a foot gas discovery well south of Moab is being tested for completion in San Juan County reports Carlton Stowe spokesman for forthe forthe forthe the Department of Natural Resources Mr Stowe notes the two Pineview wells are the ninth and tenth producing wells in the field held Both Hoth wells were completed completed com coin producing from the Twin Creek and Nugget formations Jurassic age American Quasar Petroleum Inc an and ana North Central Oil completed the No 3 2 from to feet feel The operators drilled the No 4 3 to feet total depth Five of the 10 Pineview wells have been completed from the two formations and five produce from the Nugget formation only HAWKS BURTON Inc Casper completed their gas discovery south of Duchesne flowing cubic feet per day The well the No I 5 1 Ridge Ridge Federal Federal is producing from 94 feet feel It was drilled to feet total depth Husky Oil set pipe to feet at their indicated gas discovery the No 25 15 Husky- Husky Federal Gas flowed at the rate of cubic feet per day on ona ona ona a test of the Mississippian formation to feet Husky is testing the discovery well which is four miles northwest northwest northwest nor nor- of the Lisbon field Several new well locations are are scheduled in Utah's Belt region Amoco Production has scheduled two new new test lest wells almost 18 miles west and nearly the same distance northeast of Pineview The wells are to be drilled to depths of to feet are part of an overall widespread drilling program in the region by Amoco Amoco- 1 aw f a 1 w U tr f olum has staked taked a scheduled 2000 foot test well about a mile and a half south of the Wyoming state line linein linein in hl Summit County It is the No 30 1 Federal Quintana-Federal some 15 miles east of Pineview and about 27 miles west of deep feet oil production in the Bridger Lake field Quintana also plans to drill a projected foot well in the vicinity of the new location ELSEWHERE in Utah Mr Stowe says that Anschutz Corporation Denver has made a well site location for the No 1 Federal a projected foot test in eastern Grand County It Is nearly two and a half miles northwest of gas production in the Danish Wash Washfield Washfield Washfield field and about four and a half miles north of the North Cisco Springs field The town of Cisco is 11 miles to the south Dwayne B. B Lovell will drill two remote wildcat wells a quarter mile apart near the Arizona border in Washington County One Is to go to feet and the other to at least feet The wells are located 21 miles southwest of the Virgin Oil field about seven miles south of the town of Washington near St St. George William G G. G Bush Grand Junction has made a location for the No 1 t USA Bush-USA about 14 miles west of Castle Dale in Emery County It is scheduled to about 2500 feet for tests of the Kaibab formation The test will be the first drilling done Inthe in inthe inthe the township Closest previous drilling is some six miles to the southwest The new wildcat is 19 miles northeast east-northeast of the Ferron field which produces gas from Ferron sandstone sandstone sandstone sand sand- stone Cretaceous age and oil and gas from Kaibab formation Permian age DRILLING NOTES Current company drilling reports reported to the department of Natural Resources show the following progress Duchesne County Gulf Oil is drilling below feet at atthe atthe the scheduled foot well the No 1 Ute in Bluebell field Grand County Willard Pease Oil Gas is starting operations at a new test well the No 6 1 Federal It will be drilled to feet for possible testing of the the Entrada formation for for- mation Mobil Oil is drilling below feet a at t their projected foot No C l McCormick Brinkerhoff Brinkerhoff Brinkerhoff Brink- Brink erhoff Drilling Company is rig contractor Juab County Dixel Resources continues drilling operations at their No 1 Gunnison well south of Nephi It Itis Itis is is a 8 scheduled I foot test lest w Il Rich County American Quasar Petroleum is drilling at feet at the No 20 1 Hogback Ridge south of Bear Lake about 13 miles north of the town of Randolph Summit County American Quasar Petroleum is drilling below feet at an intended southeastern extension of the Pineview field the No 11 1 It will be drilled to feet for possible testing Uintah County Gulf County Gulf Oil is at fe feet t at the No 2 Randlett exploratory test will start operations at the No 3 well shortly They are southeast of Roosevelt Several In-field In wells are arc drilling or and-or testing at a number of fields In n Uintah County the Valley Natural Buttes Duties Bluebell and andRed andRed andRed Red Wash fields STATISTICS Operators have completed 24 wells to date tt thus this s year compared compared com come pared with 16 during the same period last year More than feet fret of hole hale has been drilled In the first two months of 1977 averaging nearly 65 to 70 a foot drilled Twenty eight active r rotary tary rigs are working in Utah at present compared with 18 at this time last year |