Show Test well starts i in n Strawberry Reservoir r a area rea A drilling rig has started operations at a remote wildcat well in the southern reaches of Strawberry Reservoir in Wasatch County according to Carlton Stowe Utah Geological and Mineral Survey specialist TilE THE DRILLING operation is being conducted by Chevron Oil Company at the No 1 Strawberry unit section 10 township range Uw within a national forest boundary less than six miles south of the lake region Chevron has contracted with Loffland Brothers Drilling Company whose rotary rig will drill to at least feet The well will be the deepest drilled in the western portion of the Uintah Basin It is 25 miles southwest of oil production in inthe inthe inthe the Cedar Rim area near Starvation Dam Mr Stowe notes that Chevron projects costs of drilling the well will amount to 16 million provided no unforeseen mechanical problems are encountered ELSEWHERE in Utah Shell Oil completed two producers at Altamont and Gulf Oil completed three wells at Bluebell this week Shells Shell's wells flowed and 1593 barrels daily while the three Gulf Oil wells flowed and barrels per day In Grand County Anschutz Corporation is continuing to test lest at two apparent successes in the Cisco area The operators operator's No 1 State well is bottomed at feet At No A 1 State Anschutz is moving in completion equipment It is a total depth of feet |