Show New Gas Field Near Mere Here May be One of Largest in State From Mt 1 Pleasant Pyramid I Mt l Pleasant citizens were o overjoyed O last week when news was brought to town that natural al nl gas had been encountered by bythe bythe the Three States Stales Natural Gas Company at their Jo Jos Jo's Valley X 1 wildcat about 12 miles east of this ci city y as the crow flies Drilling is being done by the Great Western Vestern Drilling Co for I Three States a Dallas Texas firm The wildcat was rated at 15 million cubic feet daily of na natural natural nn- nn l tural ural gas from the top third one-third of the Ferron formation The wildcat is at a depth of feet and is is- being completed Even greater amounts of gas probably exist at lower depths in the Ferron Three States officials say the firm has discovered what may maybe maybe maybe be the largest natural gas field fieldin in Utah The Jos Jo's Valley structure structure structure ture is on the Plateau Test data to date shows that gas bas at the rate of 8 million cubic feet daily dally flowed up the hole through a inch four-inch flow line This is converted to absolute absolute ab I solute open flow of about 15 million cubic feet daily Drilling thus far brought the wildcat feet into the foot thick productive Ferron formation While this well must now be completed at its present depth the company plans an extensive and deeper field development program at Jos Jo's Valley No further wintertime drilling drill drill- lug ing could be attempted at the well which becomes at an elevation of more than f feet et the highest producer in inthe inthe inthe the world The wildcat location northeast northeast northeast north north- east quarter of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter quarter ter of Section 17 Township 5 South and Range 6 East is already surrounded by heavy I snowdrifts and travel is virtually virtually virtually vir vir- impossible from Three States State's field headquarters at Schofield Carbon County Discovery of gas at the Jos Jo's Valley X 1 will permit Three States to engage in drilling I in with gas at future field well locations Officials stressed that the gradual gradual gra gra- dual increase in flow of natural gas as ns the bit sank through the productive formation indicated that the fractured sand condition condition condition condi condi- tion existing at Clear Creek pool was not present at Jos Jo's Valley This is important as the fracturing fracturing fracturing frac frac- turing condition at Clear Creek caused a later downward revision revision revision sion of reserve estimates tes at nt the pool Lack of fractures might add 40 per cent to reserve estimates at Jos Jo's Valley when drilling is completed on a field basis at atthe atthe atthe the new field It n t va 2 almost t four v mar ago aeo agoto to a day that gas was first discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered at Clear Creek field b by Three States Geology work on both this field feld and others In which Three States Slates has interest was that of Dr Paul T T. Walton Valton Salt Lake City Three States has a 3 50 per perc percent c cc cent nt t interest or a 3 net acres on the Jos Jo's Valley ture Others sharing interests at Jos Jo's Valley include Dr Walton Thomas Kearns Sr N. N G. G Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan Sr and N. N G. G Morgan lorgan Jr all ll of Salt Lake City n 0 |