Show UINTAH BASIN PROM PROMISES ES INCREASED ASED OIL production PRO by nir ray E colton 00 1 at this writing of course the major drilling operations are those coing going on or contemplated bor or the utah side aide of aln tah asih basin with particular reference to uintah county and the vernal jenfu jenn jann n and other haj however the uintah ila da sin mow rou only ay been actively explored kunce n cc 1044 1 the tile leid leif ex ox anon nUon st arting starting on the ablo rad rudo rado 6 side in rio hio bianco blanco county nan Ra langely rangely Ran gely sely ared area aren area spread into mot fax fAg county and than across the utah colorado state line linc into and orand grand counties since 1944 1044 a produce producing olf oil oll welly have been brought in on op tho the colorado side bide bome some of them very adjacent io to the utah line thus the economic picture has broadened since 1 1033 33 when the completion of the california company well as a weber sand stone atone producer failed to excite any undue interest there was practically no market for the oil drilling was difficult and costly however with the begin ning of world war 11 II higher prices and a greate r de ina inn mand nd r for crude in oil rn for f the nai ami arm cd ed services of our country as ns w well weil ell eil as our allies drilling ques were by this time 1941 be coming corning adequate to cope with the hard strata formations of north estam estem tern colorado and ad jol joining niles northeast north east cost utah the tho open opening g of the raven well number i and the subsequent successful cessa I 1 completions of producers duce 9 in the rangely langely area has stirred currea and nna ana is is continuing to 10 stir bur sur high interest in the uintah ba sin both on the colorado as well as on the utah side three producing horizons the producing horizons for oil in the rangely langely area and which will ultimately produce an the utah side as more drilling in finds the hidden pools are arc aa as follows 1 weber sandstone is con the equivalent of the Ten sleep sandstone which is a heavy producer of oil oll in irv the wertz elk basin Gar gan garland gariand landi oregon basin and lost soldier fields of wyoming at rangely below the weber gas cap the weber sands are very tight of low and d erme abil ity all of mch which may indicate indicate of long life wells and which may produce for several decades re cent geologic evidence concluded during march 1948 in the rangely langely and adjacent areas of colorado and utah indicate that the pro productive d uc tive horizons of the so called weber formations at rangely langely Ran gely may include in part some of the embar formation which Is of permian geologic times and a heavy wyoming oil producer rin in northern wyoming 2 mancos shale and the production zone in this formation ranges from SOO 1600 feet oil is found abany at any point in this zone and there does does not seem to be a definite correlation from the productive zone in one well to the equivalent irl in another formation there should be no distinct line of demarcation marca marda mar cation catlon tia tim between pie producing zones on the colorado side at rangely langely Ran gely and those of liar ilar geologic categories cata gories on the utah side and it is the opinion of the writer and larger pools of oil will be found in uintah count county in ih the vernal jensen ashley valley vailey areas it if the geologic structures of these areas t have been correct correctly lv mapped during the geophysical exploration work conducted hem hen during summer summer and fall of 1917 1947 |