Show engineers study st ady oil problems at red Re wash dWash progress of immediate future development of red wash field uintah county is under study study by engineers of the ca california li 0 1 co affiliate of the standard oil company of california californi a division officers of the firm at denver said a decision on pace of development during 1952 would be reached within the at axt 30 days day or sooner company executives executive s said the mal main problem was transportation j oi of crude oil both from the field to rangely langely Ran gely colo and from frem rangely langely to salt lake city via lines of salt lake pipe line co completes 9 WU wells the firm has completed nine oil wells and one gas well at red wash southeast of vernal initial total rating of the wells Is more than 1000 bals of oil per day but they produce less on dally daily average performance this poses a serious transportation problem and production problem as the oil has a high wax content causing a high pour point all adding to biffi cuttles in handling until marketing and transportation can be worked out it la is natural to assume some curtailment of the developmental program will be called for during the year but division officers say they do ot tot yet know extent of the curtailment 5 hiss rigs at work there were five rigs at work ion the field during most of 1951 poth inside and step off locations were drilled in the fastest developmental program any new oil discovery in utah has undergone it is estimated that more than 50 wells could now be drilled on inside locations between producing units with commercial production assured there would be no point to teeing up critically needed steel casing and rotary drilling rigs ion such ventures however if the production could not be moved immediately toward refineries fin eries it Is of course axiomatic that the california co has a major field at red wash one on which will add significantly to stature as an oil producing state once transportation and production problems are resolved |