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Show IRANGELY RANGELY OIL FIELD PROMISES PROMISESTO PROMISESTO PROMISESTO TO BE LARGEST IN THE WEST I An oil field that today gives givespromise Ipromise tpromlse givesIpromise givestpromlse of dev developing loplng into one oneof oneof oneof of the largest ever discovered discoveredin in the west is located in 111 the theRangely theRangely theRangely Rangely district 55 miles south southwest southwest southwest west from this city The 'the ' devel development development development opment of the Rangely RaQgely Raige1y and wn Wil wnson Wilson Wilson son creek fields promises to tomake tomake , make of Rio Blanco county one oneof oneof oneof of the largest oil 011 producing producingcounties , counties in the entire west westThese westThese westThese These two fields are today pro pro- producing producing producing - - ducing two thirds of all the westI oil oilproduced oilproduced oilproduced I produced in Colorado an an4 and t < the thedevelopment thedevelopment thedevelopment development of of or ' each field is isbarely isbarely ] barely begun says news reportsThe reports reportsThe I The closing week of 1944 fori for foriColorado forColorado forColorado . Colorado saw a smashing smashmg of all alloil alloil oil production records in m the thestate thestate thestate allI I state with a total daily mcrease increase mcreaseof increaseof increaseof of more than 300 barrels daily dailyover dailyover ' over the preceding weekI weekWilson weekWilson week weekWilson dailY1 Wilson creek and Rangely Ttangely Rangelywere Ttangelywere Rangelywere I were stellar performers perfonners Will Wit Witson Wilson WillIson son creek produced 4 565 bar barrels barrels barrels Ison rels a day or around 2 500 bet bet- better better better - - ter than a year agoiwhile ago , while Rang Rangely Rangely Rangely ely was up to 800 agoi io to 0 1 555 Oth 0th Other 0ther Other er fields and ad other daily dally pro pro- productIon production production - - duction included Florence , 130 130Fort , Fort Collins Wellington We1l1ngton 625 025 625Hiawatha , ! Hiawatha , 260 , . lies lles 1,225 1225 , , Mof Moffat Mof-fat Mof fat - . fat , 323 325 , Powder Wash , 310 310Price-Camps 310Price Camps , Prlce-Gamps Prlce Gamps Price-clamps Price clamps - - - , , , ' ' 7SO 150 , Tow creek creek,125 creek125 , 125 , , others , , 75In 75In 75 75In In the following f9Uowing fpllowing week , ending endingJan endingJan endingJan Jan . . 8 , Colorado production produeUon was wa was9 9 ' 2'DO 2DO 2'00 200 2130 ' barrels per day from fields fieldsas fieldsas as follows Florence , 90 00 , Fort Collins Colhns and Wellington 640 640Hiawatha 640Hiawatha Hiawatha 250 lies Iles 1 275 MOf Moffat Motfat fat 320 Powder Wash 280 280PrIce 280Price 280Price . PrIce Rangely1 Gramps 800 Rangely 1 650 Tow creek 120 Wilson Wilsoncreek Wilsoncreek Wilsoncreek creek 3 700 and others 75The 75The 75 75The The second week of the year yearendmg yearending yearending endmg ending Jan 13 showed a dally daily dallyproductIon dailyproduction dailyproduction productIon of 9 385 barrels per day perday from fields as follows , Flor Florence Florence Florence ence 100 Fort Collins and Wel Wellington Welllngton Wcllington lington llngton 645.1 6451 645 . , _ Hiawatha 230 230Iles 230lies 230lies Iles lies 1 I 105 Moffat 315 Pow Powder Powder Powder Price-Gramps,750 Price Gramps,750 Gramps750 der Wash 325 Price-Gramps Price Gramps Prlce-Gramps Prlce - - , 750 Rangely 1 610 ' Tow 'tow creek creek115 115 Wilson Wllson creek 4 4115 115 others others75 others75The 75 75The 75The creekI I The discovery of deep sands sandsin sandsIn sandsin in the Rangely field was con considered considered considered sidered among 'oil oil ' men as the theprinclpal theprincipal theprincipal princlpal principal oil development 10 in 10Colorado inColorado inColorado Colorado during durmg 1944The 1944The 1944 1944The The California Califorma company sub sub- subsidiary subsidlary subsidiary - - sidiary sidlary of Standard of Cahfor Califor Cahfornia California California nia tapped the deep Weber Webersandcorresponding Webersandcorresponding Webersand sand--corresponding sand corresponding sand-corresponding - - corresponding to the Ten Tensleep Tensleep Tensleep production producbun sleep in Wyoming-for Wyoming for Wyomingfor Wyoming - _ _ for big pro pro- - - duction ducbun at Rangely Experts Expertssaid Expertssaid Expertssaid said it was the largest oil de- de do- do development doveloprnent de development - velopment veloprnent in the history histbry of Colorado ColoradoThe ofColorado ofColoradoThe The Rangely deep sand hori hon horizon honzon horizon zon is estimated at t 6 000 acres acresof acresof acresOf of proven oil land adding 90 to to100 100 20 million barrels of oil on re.serv reserv . reserves reserves reservesRangely es esRangely ahallaw shallow Ra Rangely , ely originally was re.servI a shal ahal I law low horizon sltJ,1ation sltJ1ation sitpation , with the thecintlnued < ( ODnUnued cintlnued * oft oh Page Pap Sght EI&2m EI2m ght & ) RANGELY RANGEL Y OIL On . FIELD FIELDPROMISES FIELDPROMISES FIELDPROMISES PROMISES TO BE BELJ.RGEST BELJ BELARGEST LJ.RGEST LJRGEST LJ ) . RGEST IN THE WESTContinued WEST < ( Continued IContmue 1 < trom 1rom from frompage page pagft pgO _ ' 'mO mO qpe ' oneinitial ) initial oil discovery made in in1902 1902 and about 25 wells produc roduc roducIng ing producing from the Mancos shale shale at at800 800 to 1 700 feet In 1833 1933 , the theCalifornia theCalifornia theCalifornia California company put downn downnthe downthe the Raven test to the te the Weber Webersand Webersand Webersand sand at from 5,750 5750 , to 6 a 6315 315 feet feetThe feetThe feetThe The well however1 however1was however , was shut inIn inIn in inlater In September , 19 I9i3-ten I9i3 ten 3-ten 3 ten - - years yearslaterworkers yearslaterworkers later-workers later workers later--workers later - - - workers opened the weij well weijand welland weUand and began producing 42 gra"ity graity gravity gra"ityoil gravityoil gravityoil " oil with a volume of more than than200 200 barrels a day This stimu stimulated stimulated stimulated lated further drilling by the Cal Caltlornia Calibornia California tlornia ibornia company co-npany co npany companyToday companyToday - : Today the California carn cam camhas camhas has three producing wells at atRangelythese atRangelythese atRangely Rangely-these Rangely these - these are the Raven Raventhe , , the Emerald No 1 I , , and Me Mc Meaughlln Mcaughlin MeLaughlln aughlln aughlin Government No 1 1These 1These 1.These 1These These . wells are producing " , 1.000 1000 1,000 1.000barrels 1,000barrels 1,000barrels 1000barrels . , , barrels of high gravity oil oU a day dayIn dayIn dayIn In addition California's Californias ' ' Fee No No1 1 well is drilling drlUing at 0 6300 300 teet feet teetand feetand feetand and is expected ' in ln ' ' soon Thecompany The Thecompany Thecompany company s Grey Gtey No 8 is drilling drillingat at 600 BOO feet California Callfornia also is isriggmg isrigging iarigging 18t drilling18t riggmg rigging up for Fee No 3 well wellnearby wellnearby wellnearby nearby bweet Sweet gas has discov diseov discovlered diseovered discovered lered ered in the Dakota sand at 3,000 3000 3,000feet 3,000feet 3,000feet 3000feet , feet and this can be used later laterfor laterfor lateror ! for ( fuel in the fieldMost field fieldMost ! Most of the California com corn company cornpany cornpany pany s oil from the Rangely Rangelydald RangelyMeld Rangelyjield dald Meld is going to Salt Lake City Citybut Citybut Citybut but a part of It Is processed at atthe atthe atthe the Texas compang company refinery at atCraig atCraig atCraig Craig for the California cam campany campany campany campanyStandard pany panyStandard Standard Oil and Gas Husky HuskyRefin10g HuskyRefining HuskyRefining Refin10g Refining Wasatch and the Tex Texas Texas Texas as company have big interests interestsin in the Rangely field |
