Show Gas discovery fi fields e Ids increase in 74 Successful exploration in 1974 accounted for tor four tour new gas field discoveries twice discoveries twice as many as asIn asin asin in 1973 and the most discovered In any single year since 1963 In Utah according to statistical records of the Utah Geological and Survey Two oil discoveries were completed In 1974 CARBON CARnON AND Grand counties each roch had one discovery gas well while two gas discoveries were drilled and completed in Uintah County Best of the gas discovery wells in terms of the completion gauge was the Chorney Oil Company's No B 27 Stone Federal Cabin-Federal about 12 miles northeast of Sunnyside It was completed flowing cubic feet of gas and 16 barrels of gravity condensate per day It flowed through a half half- inch choke from the Wasatch formation 26 feet feel Chorney also complete the No South Red Wash-Federal Wash 18 1 in the Bonanza vicinity of Uintah County flowing cubic feet of gas daily It found production from Wasatch at to 65 55 feet Texaco Inc completed a gas discovery about 25 miles southeast of the town of Ouray at No 1 l Texaco Skyline flowing cubic feet of gas per day Production is from the Dakota formation at a depth of feet In Grand County Anschutz Corporation of Denver completed the No A 1 State 25 miles northeast of Crescent Junction for cubic feet of gas per day Anschutz found gas production from the Dakota formation at feet The two oil discoveries were completed in Grand and San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan Counties Phillips Petroleum's No 1 Blaze-A Blaze 15 miles east of Green River was completed pumping barrels of oil per day It produces from the Navajo formation to 46 feet It was drilled to feet The San Juan County oil discovery by Mountain Fuel Supply at the No 1 Patterson Canyon flowed 62 barrels of oil and some barrels of water daily Itis It is 15 miles southeast of Blanding AT PRESENT there are 84 exploratory wells active in Utah Drilling activity is widespread throughout the state with most of the wells carried on reports in Grand and San Juan counties of southeastern Utah and Duchesne and Uintah counties of the Uintah Basin region Significant drilling and testing of wells are underway in inthe inthe inthe the northern portion of Summit and Daggett counties and several exploratory wells are scattered throughout Carbon Emery Wayne Garfield and Washington counties Phillips Petroleum's deep foot wildcat well in Sanpete County i is still being tested with no T n release of information yet from the operator |