Show deeper oil and gas cas wells forecast in uintah kasin in next few years the ilia opinion la Is rapidly gaining in 9 weight armong oilmen oper operating abing I 1 in it the uintah basin I 1 ciul nd other areas of utah that both oil and gas welts wells will tend lend to go deeper to in the apers ahead and the natural gas segment of tile industry during tile the next five or six years likely wilt will bear tile the economic weight ot of any really deep tests I 1 ie e below foet feet currently many oilmen feel that major prospect areas with great depth of sediments have not attracted the deep drilling interest that they should 1110 uintah with from to te feet a t of sedimentary gitary rock the ly lype that Is tile the major source of oil tins has been the scene ot 0 many discoveries in the less jess ancient formations but only one pool red wash Is 19 a major find ard other pools are regarded ai as tinee A spokesman for a major oil company operating in this ahli acca a ica reported recently that the tertiary Is hard bard to out cut with present bits which increases costs considerably furthermore there rrt not too much evidence of structure at al many areas of tile the deep por ilon of tile the lassin on the other hand iland gas foun at depth ecru to have A better production potential than ban that iha found in shallower thal lowey pools ihus the uintah basin Is re girded carded as a tich field for na tural gas prospecting particularly tt 11 in the 0 mesa verde formation mation which li Is coming into tm tho ll with finds lit eastern ut U III h el paso natural gas co 00 feels that during the next few years a stood good number of wild cats cati will ie drilled around the he tim rim of deeps in the vintant baslo basin |