Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 22

td eee ~ € 1 PAG DUSTRY IN ance Calls for New Effo By E. G. SINCI MARK 0. ATR and DANFORD e Che Casper Daily Cribune actu tk the lis in 00,00: ust be u jopmer gas fr these f expens' and nd the eu m ling of producing of erstood in consider- ts that this {s not connected with the getting to market known field, as ti¥e fields, In other words, if we are to find a second Salt Creek it will be found beneath .one of tt Tertiary covered are thus covered, almost without an ex ception, represent large syclinal ins, where minor anticlines cross | at an angle to the major folding. If as. Tho are us | structures where this formation within easy drilling depth will be tested. Judging by the character the sands and shales, it does not m likely that the Mesa Verde will ever produce any larga quantities of either oil or gas. The Pierre Shale Formation, It ts very Ukely that the Bear River formation, which 1s produc- tive of gas on the Baxter Basin uplift and which no doubt corre sponds to the upper part of the Cloverly, will be found to contain oli and gas on some of the structures in the western part of the state, where s necessary to construct pipe-|we are to expect production from| ,. Fro! s exposed or close to 1 8 aed auiaw et ans tothes likes eer aitsalltiag; then these|,, There {s only one sand horizon in ine pie a eee. ; ysical developr costing great | folds must be the reflection of the|‘#® Pierre which is at all interest The fi St as fi ms of before the oll can|older cretaceous folds. This. point |{78 8nd that is the Shannon sand oe ANe he, faa he die satisfactorily marketed. Inasmuch|has not been determined and we|%t0Me- This sand has been proven|_ Tt is possible to eliminate | the : tl er is considering ex-|may not be able to. decide it with:| proaucuve in Balh) Greek) and Dig | Morrieon\ ssur) aie titire) calenie: fro drilling stand-|out the ald of the drill r the| Muddy, but in no other part of the| tone, as we dre not sure that the aionies aah tettort (ill uber maade te ee one orite Near the) state. “It has been drilled a great |S#nds of this horizon have been pro t 1 t 1 | as ‘i ‘ times but from the standpoint | ductive at any location in the state. roximate investr here the closing dip was| Tri, duction it does not|The Morrison has been given credit heh RS | the c teeta ae thie Min URL bY sk at nteresting. The great-|for producing gas on Garland, ‘ Pa ites 4 veer est source of s in the Pierre|Oreson Basin and Elk Basin struc ei Se re {feco mea tae Wi ees Ba Ter’ | shale will be derived from the shales | tures, but due to, later develop x A - aaets |i weladion tote pda ade ianedl EEN the Salt Creek field, where, by | ments it is very ikely that the sand A ink of walle’ for | areumture, : |’mproved production methods, ¥ wi h {s. called Morrison in these f the 33 ofl! or| On the Pilot Butte structure we|9y¥ be able to extract e quan eee eanee este Jowes 2 EC > a cleare th f fu.| 88s structures in the state now that the Tertiary fold does re-| {ties of marketable / oll / sth s. 3 th ,|Dry holes on unprodu flect that of the cretaceous, We The Frontier Formation, The Sundance Formation. £ the] C} n-cor tal c 1 continue citing instances} The tier formation is from| The Sundance formation consists t i in| -$ 15,853,848 | where one does, and the other does | 1,000 600 feet thick 1 {nter-| Of a series of limestones, sands and fc i: 4 |not, until we are forced to the con-| bedded with the shales it has from| Shales and from the physical char- e| |clusion that unless we can deter-|two to seven sandstone members| acter it ought to produce both oil t s 50,000] mine on the particular structure|The sandstones are more commonly |9"d gas. A great many tests have ft |in question, we could never be sure| known as the Wall Creek sands and) been drilled which have tested this 000,000 of the subsurface structure. There|it is from these sands that the | formation and although showings of Probabl f t - — are a great many Tertiary struc eater part of the past and pres-|°l and gas were reported, in no onnected th, a of drilling tures in the state and so far no com-| ent production of the state has been | Pace sri ihe ae to’ complete “ay incident i 1 --$108,403,848] pany ‘has decided that they are|and is derived. Since this forma priate torr well, The sand which ofl fi 1 ha 1 of 1923 the state| worthy of a test. tion {s the most prol{fic horizon in| ‘Ss pesauane oat Bolton Creek and to hur and ad produced 171,060, The most promising Tertiary | the state naturally every proven ban be aa 8 Rea: reek, has brar industry ft off and, while the fig-| structures are Arvada, Burlington,| structure which bad a chance of) eM EAlet panda ee ean ® a lack publ. tal production in the] Lost Creek, Baggs and Vermillion | developing production in this for. iteoula ae Shae the a a However, @. is state in 1924 ure not available, at|Creek. In the future no doubt some | mation has been drilled. The only| 1) Would appear thn is sand is ctual f in this time, it 1s safe to assume that|or all of these structures may be|latent area in the state which has|the Nugget and belongs ‘to the up- neg fi f 1t * production will approximate | drilled. t been thoroughly prospected in|Per part of the Chugwater forma r - — » region along the | ton. ee 5 the state from The Chugwater Formation. : : north to the Gros| The Chugwater formation is from Ventre range. This line of folding|£00 to 1,400 feet thick and consists Noe tH extends almost across the entire|in the most part of red, sandy shale A Seboiie state and in this area there are a| interbedded wiih a few beds of j : great number of fault blocks, fault-|'imestone, sandstone and gypsum is eat Jed anticlines, and domes, any one| ns avatlanion ais. {of which might be productive. Two | ere have been 869 un- tests are now being drilled in this bath in’ the area—one on a faulted anticline ca Alftrerent the other on a dome,gthe results geal Bet omnat tera! which will go a long Way toward de- Pacts cligapekes Beefs termining the future possibilities of een str cgpeitict 2 pt this district. dept The Cloverly Formation. ornanes The Cloverly group includes the | individuals or eyndieates,| 30,000,000 barrels for the year., ‘The Mesa Verde Formation. | Dakota and. Lakors sands and sls na oll or gas ip|Therefore, it will be readily seen} ‘The Qfesa Verde formation con-| third muddy of the Rock Creek field. | dal oq {ties upon any|that the industry has spent In actual] sists a®@ eeries of sands and shales, | ‘This formation 1s Seoduntiverinttt a Beeps entioned 91 struc $108,403,848 to produce|where the sandstones predominate.| sait Creek Muddy, Rock Creek, Of course, more than one 060,773 barrels of ofl, or a Uttle|Tt was tested on Golden Eagle and| pox Lake’ and Lost Soldier fields Thx Meeticitne tar teu y BESERES ty Neiber Dome—on the first, S| Large quantities of gas have also tures, since experie has taug an analysis of the above fig-| sas productive, while on the second,|heen produced from this series of operators that one location may] ures, it must be taken into con-|{t had no indication of either oll or|gands and {t can easily be called not successfully or adequately test|giaeration that the production fig-|gas. A well ts being drilled on Wal-|tho second most productive horizon & struc ures above are the gross production, | lace. Creek and the results of this|in the state. Tests are now being at aleg eopsetimnes 0 that there should be, to form an|well will have a great deal to do|artied to these sands on the Medi belied : te figure of the cost of drill-|with the. future off possibilities of | cing Bow, Cooper Cove, Dutton Crek pealipy td ing to the operators, deducted there-|the Mesa Verde formation. If the|and Crooks Gap structures. There into drilling additional wells|¢rom the average T¢ paid to|Mesa Verde formation is proven oll| js tittle doubt that at least one of| eens ructure in the hope |iang owners, state of Wyoming and| productive a great many Tertiary|thesg structures will be productiv: : r " ¢ : . the | the Unite States government. — = = ——- _ ————— — r i om . graduating upwar needless expe 8 lease con: ei bagi ‘ ; jot 3 3 per cent. litions oft ad lopers into] oo. cent errors of judgme i eee In a paper read t » the. Wook | state comes from ‘ i t would be fai Mountain Ol & ; “ata See fe verage ro pre asper 1.) Greek field td Db | r This r ~ time, or during : st been approximate’ workme: he te ie au Plthas eke ct rage | 1,9 other n the ata ny greater depth production, but on aq * nt of iled in Salt The Te eck th 2,000 feet can} ‘The Tertia matr recent of geo It ¢ ely, to drili|the greater yp proven field] Wyoming ar per fe t 1 j ered that ¢ t i x ft fo nimum ro: States gove is r to estimate t valent c nequit suffi ds ef for 8 unfortun. noted f s providing t of the leasing bill y to the United | 12% per cent to a maximum | Inasmuch as | of the ofl produced in the government .lan economical pr in 1s and the services of sts and production | be essential for suc tlary Formation. formation, the most | covers | of the -state of} ogical areas, ust } largo A ‘s from these cov: theNE Wit Long Flexi Ease in Interior Rich Appointments and Large Posi 322 South David St. Powerful Motor Smooth Disc Clutch | Is a True Delight to the Lady Who Drives Nolan Chevrolet Co. Chevrolet h Its ble Springs Steering Comfort tive Brakes Phone 2100 The sandstone beds occur in the of the formation re termed the Nugget sands, The Nugget sand is productive of oil at Bolton Creék and at South Casper Creek. has upper part sand seem produce been any either of] or gas. The thickness the state. of variegated stone beds, but in a few areas of the state the limestones, two beds of calcine sandstone. These sandstone it are productive Creek, Hamilton and Grass other structures that were drilled to this horizon did not commercial can readily he seen from the num tures. secure Derby, The has of ofl and tested a or In gas. this sand quantities Embar formation varies in different It consists in most part clay shale and 1 interbedded of oil Dallas, Creek at production, ber of productive fields that time the Embar is closed structure, of obtaining ofl quantitt Foot Creek are being tested at the present time for Embar production. Lake drilled there in Creek and V The Tensleep Sandstone. The Tensleep sandstone, which is 350 feet approxi mately thick, madb almost entirely of sand. sand has been productive of ofl on | Maverick | South Casper |tain ard Grass Creek domes other structures have been drilled to this sand without encountering com mercial The doubt p wells. Tensleep Springs, Ps Cirele, reek, Black M sandstone will t deal of crude The Nugget on a good many other structures in the state without developing deposit of either light of the past failures it does not possible that large commercial localities with Bolton Hudson, struc: on a is a chance commercial Notches, and gas the will of | in in ime beds It any West ta] This foun Ten no SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1925 ofl from the structures which have already been proven productive, and the one best bet in the state is the possibility of securing black oll tn this sand on the Salt Creek strnc ture. Lake Creek and West Foot Creek will be tested to the Tensleep Sand this summer and it is probable that one of these will be productive. There are very few structures left in the state where there is a chance of securing ofl production in this sand, so in the future we will have to fall back on the structures that have already been proven in the pro- ducing field where by deeper drill- ing we can expect to secure black oil production in the Tensleep. ‘The Amsden Formation. ‘The Amsden formation ts approx!- mately 200 feet thick and it is made up of pink sandy clay shales, lime stones and sandstones. ‘This forma tion has proven productive at Circle and Gri Creek domes. It has been proven dale, Pine non-productive on Tis- Mountai and Emigrant Gap structures. No doubt more structures would have: been proven nonproductive had the form: be tested, but where produced water it quanti that it was impossible drill deeper in that particular tes and the efforts were abando’ All the structures in the state which are productive In the Tensleep, have the such Amsden. The outlook of the black —_—.-— - to} a chance of being productive in the| URE OIL POSSIBILITIES OF WYOMING DISCUSSED Cars Lined Up for Loading Racks Back of Standard Refinery oil horizons is very good and no doubt as much black ofl will be pro- duced in the future as there ha: been light ofl produced in the past. The formations below the Ams- den have been arousing consider- able interest but at prese>t we know of no facts that have be ered to date that would lead/us to believe they have a chance of be- ing ofl productive. In conclusion it must be admitted from our analysis of the above ar- ticle, that basic geological principles do not always apply. Pust experi- ence shows such diversity of facts that it will necessitate the actual |drilling to untested formations be fore positive results can be obtain- ed. In the preparation and compila- tion of the above figures there is no intent to discourage those legi- timately engaged in prospecting for oll but the public should be inform. ed that it {s not ali profit in connec- tion with this Industry. 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