Show Drilling rig activity at highest level The Ut Utah h active rotary count climbed to 33 this week the highest count recorded yet this year according to Carlton Stowe Utah Geological and Mineral Survey staff specialist The count is one more rig working than thaD at this time last year HOWEVER THE TilE Rocky Mountain Region in general has more rigs running at this time than in any time previous this year The count for the Region now sta stands ds at up eight from a week ago and 13 above the census on the comparable comparable com corn parable date a year ago Mr notes that Wyoming leads with 77 working rotaries is followed by Colorado with 58 and Utah's 33 The Montana count is at 25 Operators have comple completed wells in Utah compared to at this time a year ago Most activity is centered t in the Altamont Bluebell Altamont-Bluebell Bluebell region where well completions this week range from 98 barrels daily dally to 2759 barrels per day oay McCulloch Oil completed five wells in the field and Shell Oil Company added three more prod producers cers to its list Shell Oil also scheduled four more wells with objectives to the to foot level for drilling Six wells are scheduled to be drilled in the Cedar Rim field near near Starvation Reservoir west of Duchesne DRILLING IN Uintah County is widely scattered Brennan Bottom Red Wash Coyote Basin Valley and Natural Buttes Duties have wells being drilled Most interesting however is the Chevron Oil deep test at Red Wash No 44 C 21 Unit which is drilling below feet It is to go to at least feet into the Weber formation Gulf Oil has not yet started on its projected foot test 22 miles southeast of the town of Sunnyside in Emery County An An 35 miles southeast t ot of tb the tiie town of Escalante in Garfield County Trans Delta Oil on and Gas will drill a remote well weD No 1 to a depth of ol feet leet SEVERAL WELLS are drilling and being tested in the Cisco area Drilling is testing for lor potential at 12 U apparent producers and tests tats are continuing at the Read and nd Stevens No 1 Shenandoah Shenandoah- Bowknot exploratory well about 14 miles southeast of 01 Salt Wash Washfield field In San SaD Juan Count County Mountain Fuel Supply is' is conducting conducting con con- ducting tests at its Monticello area well in iD the Piute Knoll field Phillips Petrol Petroleum um is starting drilling operations at its new exploratory test in Sevier County The No 1 US U.S. USE E projected to te feet t In tn formation is nine miles southeast of 01 the town of Manti Mantl more than 25 miles mil northwest of closest production found in the Ferron field |