Show Carter Oil To Drill Second Wildcat 5 Miles SW of l New Well to be in 5 lles es Southwest of Vernal The Carter Oil Company a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co of New Jersey will drill a anew anew new wildcat test well five mlle miles southwest of Vernal Philip A Williams chief geologist of of the company's Vernal office an an- an announced announced Wednesday Location of the well is in the southwest quarter of the north north- northeast northeast east quarter of section 18 town town- township township ship 5 south range 21 east The new location is approximately five miles mUes southeast of the Car Car- Carter Carter ter Company's No 1 Davis Wild- Wild Wildcat Wildcat t cat well which was recently abandoned The name of the drilling con con- contractor contractor tractor has not yet been an an- an announced announced This is the second deep test well to be drilled in Uintah County by the Carter Oil Com Corn Company pany Their first well the Edna Davis No 1 I was abandoned EdnaI in I April after reaching a depth of ft it ft Drilling of this well be be- be began began gan in August 1946 1046 Gas was wasO first reported in the well at the O 0 ft ft level The McGee Kerr-McGee Company was the drilling con con- contractor tractor Tragedy struck the rig April 23 following Io a week long test iJ of the weirs well s 5 sa sc commercial c gas iss possibilities when a gas ex ex- ex explosion occurred as the crew was forcing mud into the hole while bleeding off the gas pre pre- preparatory to abandonment Ralph RalphH RalphH H Harris was killed and five other workmen burned The rig and machinery were badly dam dam- damaged damaged aged The Carter Company has been active in exploratory werk work in the Basin |