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Show Two F.lore Wildcats; To De Drilled ! In Uintah Basin Oil-gas exploration in the Uintah Basin will be expanded, in the near future with the drilL "ig of wildcat wells on two undeveloped un-developed leasing units, major oil-gas companies disclosed recently. re-cently. First well on Sun Oil Co.'s firewater Canyon unit in the extreme southwestern corner of j Uintah County will be drilled! by El Paso Natural Gas Co. I nr?nS unit comprises about 25,-uo 25,-uo acres, adjoining the U. S Naval oil shale reserve. For this project, El Paso will e the drilling rig currently engaged in completing' a promts prom-ts gas well at the Peters ?mt Unit, across the Green "lver in northeastern Carbon J-ounty, according to Warren i ay lor, El Paso superintendent. casing pipe has been set in! feet TU t0 a depth of 4530 et, but no producing sands 2 fr.6u Countered in coring to a depth of 4750 feet. Higher up n the hole, however, a flow of Z , miUin cubic feet of gas vim, J -Yf.as reported from pre-, pre-, v'ous drilling tests. driii s?cond wildcat will be filled m the New Brennan abn,moVnit' a 10,887-acre area W,i 1 mUes southwest of unit 1 Gulf 0il Corp. is the "" operator and Gulf, Carter Co anand Phillips Petroleum loratJi ave acreage in the unit, fie 2oVT?Wnship 7 S0Utn' nge 20 East, in Uintah Coun- |