| Show Basin still El I focal point o oram for oil gas geis drilling ram The Uinta Basin area areu extending from Strawberry Reservoir northeast to Vernal the northern Uinta Mountains and the southern reaches of the time Basin asin extending to southwest St of Bonanza still have the attention of the oil industry where most of the states state's 41 11 active drilling rigs are working reports Carlton Stowe of the Utah Geological Mineral Survey Y Rig lUg contractors say their rigs are Ire fully winterized zed and presently are not experiencing any major difficulties dif dif- No let down 1 li d own is anticipated during the lie winter months 1974 wn Oil Gas Gus drilling in Utah saw HIli wells ol oti finally completed This is three more r than in 1973 1971 ami nl just IC 16 less than the record record high of set in ill 1973 I In l ho the final week wk ol of the year i three oil three gas and six sir dr clr holes holS w ere cre completed sl S o wells are arl drilling in m till the Cedar Clur Id Iii u it Bluebell lubell area where the field now covers els ome some eight townships about 50 miles long Several wells have been completed in the Cl Cedar lar Rim Him area urea west st of Duchesne by Koch KochI I Exploration of Denver Denvel recently Texaco Inc completed the No 1 I Ute Tribe in the vicinity this week flowing barrels of oil and cubic feet of gas per day Drilling is also ulso underway in the Roosevelt elt Gusher Red fled Wash and ami Seep Ridge areas anas of the 1 Basin In the high elevations tlc of the northern I Uinta Mountain slopes Phillips Petroleum is drilling Mow below 5 feet fret at Ihl their thew No u. I Cook wildcat well Itis U It Uis is northeast ot of Bridger Lake Held about 25 miles millS west of Manila In Wasatch County het run Oils Oil's No Ao 1 t Straw Strawberry berry e f l' l test just east ni Reservoir and nd h al OIl ii at I elevation of 11 tivi I is below It ht leet t plans to drill the well to c r depth of at least feet ELSEWHERE in to the Uinta Basin Mr II Stowe notes activity is widespread Southwest of Gusher Shell Oil is drilling below feet at its No 20 1 Meagher Trust exploratory well writ Shell plans to drill to at least feet to test the Wasatch formation Southwest St of Vernal Flying lying Diamond Corporation is drilling below feet at the No 4 14 In the Oura Ouray vicinity Chevron Oil is drilling below feet at the No 1 Pelican Pelican- Federal a projected deep test Nearly 30 miles south Mapco Inc is waiting on 01 completion equipment to conduct tests at al its No 28 8 Hope Federal Federal exploratory te test t. t It is at a total depth of feet Texaco Inc lne is continuing tests at ut two wells in the Seep Ridge JUdge area in the southern Basin area waiting on equipment at a third and drilling below feet at a fourth well |
