Show Utah oil and gas drilling heeds heads for foe record year Utah moved into the third quarter of 1974 with upbeat oil and gas drilling trends in evidence Figures show first half total well completions in inthe inthe inthe the state up some eight percent and wildcat drilling up by almost six percent as compared with a year ago reports Carlton Stowe Utah Geological and Mineral Survey statistics and andin in information orma tion office specialist Utah's active rig count dipped a little from the previous weeks week's high but the July 1 tally of 36 working rotaries in Utah is two above the level of employment at year mid 1973 AT THE TilE end of June Utah's completions stood at 98 35 more wells drilled than at the same time last year In fact during 1973 wells drilled resulted in oil wells completed This years year's drilling has accounted for 63 oil wells three gas wells and 32 dry holes Some feet of hole has been drilled At the current rate oilmen are arc optimistic that tha t total oil well completions in Utah will hit at least 10 percent ahead of last year quite possibly reaching a record year 1963 holds the Utah record of wells completed A SCHEDULED foot test of Mississippian formations in a sparsely drilled area of northern Utah's Box Elder County has been announced This well is the Hess Amerada-Hess No 1 Southern Pacific Land Company 55 miles northeast of Wendover New gas discoveries have been made in the Price area with addi additional drilling scheduled Development work is strong in the Altamont- Altamont Bluebell trend with several extension and exploratory wells scheduled for drilling New work in Emery and Garfield Counties along with plans for drilling several wells in Wayne County are underway A deep foot test in Western Utah's Millard County by Anschutz Corporation is drilling as well as a new exploratory well scheduled Inthe in inthe inthe the Garrison area by an Ely Nevada independent operator INCREASED drilling is being done in Grand County's Cisco Springs vicinity by at least a half dozen oil and gas companies and heavy development work progressing in the Aneth area of San Juan County Remote wildcat drilling in inthe inthe inthe the Central Line Hinge area of the Fish Lake fake region is being done by Phillips Petroleum where the No 1 U U. S. S S.-E S. E is currently drilling below a depth of feet It is southeast of Manti In Summit County the No 1 Newton Sheep Company exploratory wildcat is drilling at a depth of feet on its way to a projected depth of at least feet The well is 12 miles east of the town of Coalville J PHILLIPS Petroleum also reports it will drill a well in Summit County less than a amile amile amile mile south of the Wyoming state stateline stateline stateline line some 28 miles west of the town of Manila Drilling activity in Uintah County is widely spread from the vicinity of Ouray east to Red Wash field |