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RanQ'ffF1eld RanQffF1eld Raagel " ' f iField just lust over the sfate state line in Colorado 50 mU miles . . .outht outht eoutbes . . . , t of Vernal VernalJU"iQ Vernalme JU"iQ JUiQ me " he.dqua1'I he.dqua1I hedqua1I headquarr . ' " tdhr * 011 oil . , orkers o k.l kl . ' . .nd-.un nd.un .nd nd .un un . and - aavey . . erewlt CIl ' . . . , + . ? _ _ , , . , , . . , r-- r - rl'rM . -l'rM l'rM lrM - : . ' , J " , z ' 3 t + gip s- s si sL - L i _ _ I Derrick al at RangI Rangely _ " Field . More than 30 well wells . are be- be beIng being - - Ing drilled or aro are producing producingat at the present time . t ' . tlf r 7 ' : * n ni i : . ' W i " ! 'iI iI ' ' J "B'rt Brt " " ' . ' , , ' . . - . , ' " " , a A-a A i t/ t tT / ; "Wt Wt ! . 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( that some 89tne someet -et et - ' ( ) t\be t be otLa " , \ Pto pt'Co.i ptCo.i ptCoi tO ' ) . + . . , ihuHldown rown ducing .clueing clueing during wfrlls we-Its we Its wells - ha haye have . , _ , , been8hUt"I1 beeri toewft-v toewft v been\ been - \ , aas 8hUt"I1 8hUtI1 hut " r , down UfOitt own until u t11 the 10-Inch 10 Inch lo-Plcb lo Plcb - - tncI pipe UfOi Uno Una-.to Una.to Una .to to , - . 1 , tt t 1t carry cartY . out obt o t the oil on Is S n $ completed eomplete eompletelY , lY , i , Ho lYHo Uotlsin g ts Is a r1Ucal critical prgblemand prqbleDi prgblem ptt.lapI'ogress and l Is $ Ishampering nampermg hMipe1'lnft hMipe1lnft hampering hamperingmorel ' more morel mor t > . .rapid.progress/at rapid.progressat .rapid.progress rapidprogress at . ra ptt.la pttla t ( . . . . i ' { r rp p pI'ogress pIogress ! ' greQ.At greQAt ft . / the field.WltbIq fieldWltbIq fie fleid d dYWi * . + YWi YWipast . Wtbtn , . Ibex the thepast past two weeka weeks a drilling drUUng com-.t com.t com .t t com.tpany coi conWpany . * - . 1 1puny pany puny Was ready to tct place place 'ir ir ' nddl addt addl + * . 'I I ' . > ttional tionat tional 10 or IS 15 rigs rigsm rtgin $ in . thQ the thtffleldAhut fieldJ field ' ; } , but are being held Up became becaUSe ot oL o . , thci the th acute acute acutehousing housing housing&horta housing.shortaw housingshortaw housUtg . , &horta horta &hortae & ortag-r ortag r e - . . , ' \ J ' ' ; ' i . 'it it ' \ T T1 \1 1 \ ' > " 1 . ( . . fr ( F w f ! ; & iJJJ ' " Early Earlypro Early &r1y r1y & predictions pro re 1cttons etlona that mat , ltat the would deep feeiJ feeiJ'fl dee deeoil < 'fl fl ' 'flon oil on sand sand lot xft nt Rangely langely , angely t 1 wouwLplace woU1 1t & , . nlace lace the field fleJd In .n n is . th thetcatego tiweategory eategory of ofCd < ; - w ' . $ , "major major " "major major " " " field lielf ( * . ate fe being in , co < nwm Cd Cdlast1edall ed't.lm edt.lm edtlm last1edall ! . , t dal1y , , The $ & dar dAYil g gultimata ant ul.uate uluate ultimata ; & . ' ptqduc ductton n of 100OO y 0,00Q 000Q , . , * , 000 barrels barrel $ $ is a considered Conslderod cOnlde $ 4 the there re- re - ; reqJ1lred re . s'quired squired ' i qJ1lred hired ultimateis ultimate ultimater r content cont ntforr tswr forthe t . .tt.JR tt.JR ttJR fv ! fmalprrante - . ntajQr-rank/ ntajQr rank .tt.JRntajQrrank ntajQrrank'jl grrankM ma , grrank grrankt - . / ! ; t . - " . . " \'jl 'jl jl \ ' " " , E EI t ty I M . r'r.7J rr.7J rr7J r " xxx ' . y : 1 ' - Some onto informed 1nonqed iniornied ( ! oil n men ore ate are to1 to1dined Iu * . , dined cUned to hazard baxard estimates estimate . that thaisJ thaisJRang : , Rang Bang P Wt100,000,000-barrel Wt100,000,000 Wt100000000 barrel i100,000,000barrel KS ly " w1U w1I1 111 , go ff ? b be W Y9 ; old } d ' " thtt 1 ' i | 100.000.000-barrel 100000.000barrel 100.000.000 100000000 barrel 100,000,000-barrel 100,000,000 100000000 barrel tLong , , . , , . - - malt mark . , , t Long known for fot ' if 1ta Its prod production productionof tong tongof Uo } r of ottwfrom eolltfrom crude J : ? Pennsylvania ennsylvania lvanla 'f f ' rtype t eollt il . tJt"Jd frun from ( shallow shallot depth dept , the jU Rangelyyi Rangelyyiroducerf angey tJt-"J\ tJt "J J - y ydtltrict " \ . d dtltrict : tr.ct trct ' . he has . become an Important Importantroducetx fmp ' pafaffln0asbpbalbase roducerf produce'r producer roducetx roducetxof ( ' of pat paraffme-ashphidtr paraffme ashphidtr pafaffln0-asbpbal pafaffln0 asbpbal ff1 . - - p .tl tl . ' ; ' past-'few past 'few few bae base ase $ petroleum etroleup petraleirp ) , during the th.eM theM then th.eMPast thenpas . pas past Past ' - t } ' > ! . few months monthse , . ' " ' " > , 1\ 1 y ' \ * " Mt I IAlthough ' Although "AlthoUgh 1"AlthoUgh "AlthoUghf "AlthoUghJntopn " r f { informed Infophed Jntopn d Utah Utah011 UtahIW/men UtahIW men -011/ 011 011m oit oitmen - . / m men lUtva"been IEvebeo n have hai a been Involved trivolved or .h h . lUtva > IEve- IEve v'r vr . - " ' . > "been been " be beo close cloBe ' ohse observ observers " ra of d develo develofi develop V tncmt fi ment development $ . tb the venr e e1"V e1V " . p.o po . # nature ta . urq " . ot of otihetiK otihetiKod me e . " bdt od t'Jd tJd ' -employed.liave employed.liave odemployed.liave > - ttiplt ri ripl pl ecJ eei . . .1ta'flz .1taflz 1taflz 'dare dare ' ' , ' ' " ' seirV serv httrd httrdNt d Nt ' $ ta taminimise WSminlmtefr minftnlZ minimise & 'bQ bQ ' Iwom QOnO publicity PtlbUc1ty te ba ttz : teUtah.lthasbeen ttzi ttzUtah i \ ' Utah.lthasbeen Utahlthasbeen Utab Utah . It has bas been eJ1 ; ab a Businesslike S1nesS11ke bUtinesslike . , scientific ' bit ot of IxP1or.tJqJl IxP1ortJqJl exploragopYid exploragopYidr : . " k ' t 2- 2 ' 2Its - r " , t 1e Perhaps tPerhaps 'atfjM atfjM the thej thejdepth , dep depth \ .and and ; . phd ItS Itse 1 e equipmen q u i . Pine p stn o n frequlrm teqU1rm t e requirmOnts--no requirmOnts no nts- nts nts"poor nlah - - - ' "poor poor no"poor nopoor " mnnts man's mans man8 * ' " ' " aspects a < pecta pectawere . /were were / wer < ) In tn Involved . . volved-served volved served volved old-time old time - served to + adv0td dVld sdvoid ( ) old old- old oldtime - . - time sensationalism sensatlorudlsm , . plus the lact fact lactthM factthat factthat thM that muted "gushers'1 gushers1 "gushers gushers " " ' ore are no longec longer per perr perrmuted pe permitted ' - mitted mUted to perform except/for except for excgptfor except / for tbftcomparatively the thecompataUve1y thecomparatively compataUve1y comparatively short Interval Intenral reo- reo rew - rewqulred re required reoqutred quired qutred qulred for the drilling drUUng crew erew torcontrol to- to tocOItt'ol tocotltrol - cOI\tt'ol cOI tt'ol ttol cotltrol \ ' the How flow 110wtlnduced Induced by bir high . higb-g higb g . - eapressure a ( [ pressure reSW'e reSWe $ ' . . . Shallow ShaUow W.U WU We11i W . Ils : Produce Pzaduce PzaduceAt ProduceAt . At Bangley Ranglly Rang y the shallow oil oQ ob- ob obtained ob oh - * . \ , tainedr tained tailed at lit depths of from ttom 700 70"0 ' " to m ' 900 100 feet below below the solace suface 18 is not notaccompanied notaccompanied accompanied by gas .88 88 . pressure and.the andthe and andthe . . the wells wens have been pumped foryears for forears foryears years ears Mo-tt Mo tt Most Moat - of the wells weUS are'emptied are"emptied areemptied are are'emptied " 'emptied emptied ' " each day In 1n short shortpumping shortpumping . pumping periods but fill flU up overnight over- over overnight over-night over night - night and are ready again each eachmorning eachmorning eachmorning morning for pumping . This refill refill- refilling refillng refilling - ing ng appears to be capillary in . innature innatureVeterans , ollture stature olltureVete1'atas statureVeterans Veterans Vete1'atas Vete1atas ' In the district are ofthe of ofthe ofbe the be opinion that the shallow sIa1Iow , ) oilascends oU oil oUascends oiltscends ascends tscends through the calclte calcite filled'cracks filled"cracks filledcracks filled filled"cracks "cracks cracks 'cracks " ' " In 1n th the formation tormatlon . , One Oneplpneer Onepipneer Onepipneer plpneer pipneer contends contend , that the calcite calcitep calcite'unifies calcitepurifies p rUJes 'unifies unifies ' the shallow oil 011 to Its ItsPennsylvania itsPennsylvania ItsPennsylvania Pennsylvania grade Average Averageproduction Averageroductloli Averageproduction production roductloli ) per r shallow wellabout well ish laabout . & , about thirty thin barrels a day and atthe at atthe athe the he present preent retenv retenvoutput $ { output from all theshallow the theshalloyl shalloyl shallow wens wells Is from 2500 to towoo 3000 woo barrel barrels barrels barrelsrap * . . Tap rap Weber Webel ' SandsThe SandsThe Sands SandsThe The Weber oil bearing sand sand- sanditone sandstone * . - stone itone is encountred at depths of ofabout ofabout ofabout about S700 0700 5700 to 5900 5800 fe feet t below belowsurface belowsurface belowsurface surface in the Rangely Ralge1y Raggely ) district.It districtIt district . . It t is 700 feet or more mo in thickness thicknessan thicknessan --an an -an - - an extremely thick oil sandAfter sand sandAfter sandafter After the initial Inl tial flow from b"om bom " thissand this thissand thisLand sand Land is put under control contr'ol ' drilling'ontinues drilling drillingcontinues drilling'continues drillingcontinues ' continues 'ontinues ontinues ' for some 600 feet in m In or- or order orler or order - - der ler to penetrate the deepest deepestpracticable deepestracticable deepestpracticable practicable ) racticable source of 011Sensible oilSensible oil 011 Sensible regulations obtain Inhe In Inthe Inthe the he Rangely field Wells are drill drill- drillri drilled . - ed ri In the center only of each 40acre 40 40aue 40icre aue icre lease or fee and free tree flow ofoil 01 of 01oU ofin oU in is avoided by the practice ofbalancing of ofbalancing ofialancing balancing ialancing outputin gas pressure to output outputn in n the effort to maintain steady steadyflow steadylow steadyflow flow low for tor the estimated life lUe of the thefield theleld thefield field leld , 1 ie e , to avoid having to topump tolump topump pump lump the wellsOne wells One good . specialist spec1allst thinks the the.field theield thefield ield is " "good good 'good ' for 30 years " . Atthis At Athis this his time discharge lines so smallas small smalls s 1-4 1 4 1.4 14 - . - inch are used in the pro pro- prolucing - - ducing lucing producing wells The producing producingrellls rellls deliver from 300 to 450 bar bar- - barcis barrels barrels - rels cis per p r day . day.Nin dayNin Nine line . W.llt Wllt We1la Wells . Produce . , , Rangelydistrict A recent visit vlslt to the Rangey Raagely Rangeydistrict Raagelylistrict } district listrict disclosed dlsclosed the fact tact that 14 14welb 14ttheerr 14wells welb were producing p uciJig asoil oil oUt oUtwith , withothers with withothers withf ttheerr ttheerrwe we petted day dayas others expected dally daily as a result resultof r rwith of f drlUInJr drilling In progress wth with , 25 or ormore orGore more Gore m modern dem rotary ddlltnr drilling , d rigs . 'J'otal.ptodueUon Jotal.ptodueUon JotalptodueUon btalproduction ' , . } at , pxesent present : de-.11 de.11 de .11 11 c - . ' enc fends upon the avaUabillbt availability f of oil oilthe 0 0trucb trucb cks which deJ1v deliver tthe , the 14Un \ % UL\to UL to 4Lto 4Ltosalt \ ( Salt salt Lake and 'to to ' the the theoil on oil pIpe pipelli * . r rIin fJnJnJr gtfu.aefJnJnJr at Iin IinCraig Cralg CraIg , . Colo Cole J ) . . uptUtah uptUtahtoObtL1dRC The Utah Uteh Utehgtfu.ae toObtL1dRC _ -gtfu.ae- gtfu.ae - ott . - ' < Be- Be Bey thd a - . , y % lQ.inch lQinch lQ.inch&U 0 . inch &U U & . 110it ! . > frOm Ran $ + tly tOrahe .a a . toUt e \ ' main maiD lain oil on line lJn Ilneat at otWamsutter Wam Wamsutter . utter > ' , . , Wyo W.YO Wyo- Wyo WyoIn . . . - j jIn In addlUon addition add1U n to .1 1 . several ae\feta1 ae feta1 .1aefeta1 sCVeratt \ > , i ( iinAll iinAllcompanies * U Uompantes .W W . , ' companies ompantes and :1 1 ; : lessed lessees . , . ! th the ! : $01'p 01p $01'plt7GSltlnu0d $ fS t 1 # ' SiOmonuea c.OODtlDuecl cOODtlDuecl lt7GSltlnu0d ( . on Qlt Pali ! Palivr P e ftnirt v-r v r - , 4 d : "i i " ItS s . Big Predictions PredictionsJustifies PredictionsJustifies JustifiesRangely Rangely Justifies Output OutputContinued OutputContinued ( Continued from page paee one ) lowing companies cornpaOlC1 > are operatir operating operatIng operatInglill operatingiii operatirin lill iii in the Bin R 111 > n I sly < . ly Iv fldd flddI flddAssOt fi l(1 l1 l(1Asso ( I AssOt Asso Assoi-nt Assoi nt - l'lt llt V1t ' d ii Oil 011 Co California CaliforniaCornpaiiy Faliforn FalifornCompany Company Compdny Cornpaiiy Compdny.tdlldurd Cornpaiiystaiidard ( - . Mandurd -.tdlldurd .tdlldurd staiidard < ( f C tllforn iliforn tllfornla ilifornIa ia la ) Callfonud Cahfornd California ) Oil Groups Group . < ( A C CMcLaughlm CMcLaughlin < VIcLaughlin McLaughlm McLaughlin et al ) fcquity hqUity OIKo OxiCo OxiCoHuskey OilC OilCBuskey Buskey Huskey Refining Co Newton 0 all Oil allCo OilCo Co Phillips Petroleum Co Rav Ray Rayen en Oil Co Stanolind Stanollnd Oil all Ott and Gas GasCo ) Co ( < ; Standard tandard of Indiana ) Texas TexasCo TexasCo Texi Co Union Un10n Pacific . Railroad CoUtah C Co CoUtah < Utah Southern Oil all Co and Wa Wasatch Wasatch W satch Sharpless Idaho ( Wasatt Wasatch Wasatchall WasatchOil all Oil Ojl Co ) - While new wells continue to tocome tocome I-WhIle I WhIle come in the Rangely field now nowconsidered nowconsidered no ' considered to be about eight elght by byfour four our miles in area some major majorcon1panies majorcompanies Ifour byIfour companies con1panies have been bef'n befn ' and areronducttng are areconductmg conducting conductmg ronducttng geological geophysi geophysiLal .al al Lal < . < _ al gravity and sei seismic < ; mic surveys surveyson ' on the surface to the northwest northwestreaching northwestreaching reaching into lOto Utah to a 8 ' ' poil poilwest point pointwest pointwest west and northwest of Vernal VernalFhis This Fhis work is 1'1 11 ' conducted to ident identify identtfy ify tfy key formations where the thegeology thegeology th geology is i < ; covered up by a surlace sur surface su suface face lace waste andsedimentsa and sedlments--a sedlments a sediments-a sediments sediments - - - a sub subject |