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Union's Whillash Deep Test Half Way Through Limestone Union Oil company is approximately half way through the Madison lime, heading for the Devon ian, in its deep test in the center of the Whitlash field on the Alberta-Montana border, north of the Sweetgrass Hills. It had the top of the lime at 2172, recovering oil-stained cores, and is now reported drilling at 2620 feet, with rotary tools. Outcome of this well may have a marked effect on other im mediate future development over a wide area in northern Montana. Uournal i^Vontan; PUBLISHED WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1921 Volume 24 Great Palls, Montana, November 4, 1944 Number 33 Kicking Horse Second Well Gets Gas; May Drill in During Week link between the Kevin Kicking Horse structure, connecting Sunburst field and the Sweetgrass Hills area, which attracted at tention during the summer with completion of Husky-Rankin No. 1 as a large gasser, was bidding for the limelight again as the week ended, with indications another well on the structure would soon tap the horizon in which the discovery well t gas. - ---♦ Fulton Lets Contract For Hagan Test «»tec of a labor contract for drilling a 3,400-foot well on stractorv on the Indian réservation. Sj» M Black mm fhwesl of the f>t B«*k field, was announced this week by Bill Fulton, pioneer wildcatter, resident of the Hagan Struc ture Oil Co. The well will be the company's No. 1 Lavlna Horn, in NE NE NE (Continued on Pag« 2) H < I WO NORTH FIELD WELLS COMPLETIONS Two completions and two starts was the score In the Kevin-8anbnrst field during the week, with most attention in the field continuing to cen ter on a well that last week ex tended the field to the north west. Completions were J. H. Agen No. 4 Krause, C NE SE SE 9-35N 3W, which had 150 feet of oil in the hole from the Ellis-Madison contact at 1805, was acidized with 1,000 gallons and is testing, and Cobb-Hardrock-GF 084648 No. 8, C NW NW SW 18-35N-3W, which got the Ellis-Madison at 2414, had 75 feet of oil in the hole, was acidiz ed with 1,000 gallons and is also testing. Last week's completion still re ceiving attention is Pacific Oil Corp.-GF 083345 No. 1. SW SE 4-35N-3W. It bad some sulphur gas and 40 feet of oil in the hole (Continued on Page 3) 's 'a eatei i SE Snow Slows Wildcat South of Bears Den Wildcat of the Texas company on its Keith block, a few miles south of producers in the Bears Den field in the Sweetgrass Hills, was shut down at 800 feet Thursday when the region was swept by which left half of a storm the ground. The well, being drilled with ro tary tools, is the company's No. 1 Cleon, C NE NW SW 29-36N-6E T n Ha»*' B»| **.*<>> I 'nlaalia JL Wyoming - Total DMriet 4 T! nearing completion is Husky-State No. 1, C NW NW 16 36N-1E. less than half a mile south east of the discovery gasser, which has an estimated flow of from 20, 000.000 to 50,000,00( cubic feet, com from the Ellis-»aadison contact he , 1( After getting an estimated 3.000, 000-foot gas flow at 1475, the State well, reported checking about 12 feet higher structurally than the discovery, has run pipe at 1790 and is expected to driM In within the next few daya . Another well on the structure. Husky-Noble No. 1, C NW NE 20 36N-1E. slightly more than a mile south of the discovery well, is run ning 8-inch pipe at 1550. It is re ported checking substantially lower than the discovery well. There has been much leasing in the area since the discovery gasser was drilled in but commencement of additional wells is expec completion two now drilling. Should either find oil at the contact, it would upset some beliefs concerning the pos sible adverse effects of thermal metamorphism in this area. mg ted to be of the delayed until PONDERA EXTENSION PLUGGED BY TEXACO The Texas ^company has plugged and abaclnonecl its No. 1 E. D. Price, C NE SE NE 12-27N-5W, projected west extension of the Pondera field. This well had a show of oil and sulphur water at the Ellis Madison contact, at 2145, and was drilled to 2173 before abandoning. ~T~ Union Wildcat Finds Sulphur Water Flow Union Oil company is plugging back its No. 1 State m the Collins area, in NE SW SW 27-25N-3W, after getting sulphur water at the Ellis-Madison contact, 1560. It will test an oil showing in the Banna tyne sand, topped at 1474. Tarrant Dutton Test Making Hole Again R. C. Tarrant is drilling again in his No. 1 Emma Hodges southeast of Dutton, in SE SE SE 31-24N-1E, after shutting down for repairs. Hole is bottomed at 1280, about 500 feet above the Ellis-Madison contact. Northern Ordnance Spots New Well Location on Gage Dome Gage Dome near Roundup, in which there has been no activity for several months, has moved back into the limelight again with announcement another well will be drilled on the structure by the Northern Ordnance Company. (OonttaoMl on Fag* 4) Devonian Producer North Ot Line Averages 1 $0 Barrets Rush of Canadian operators to obtain additional leases in the Alberta plains area north of the Montana boundary increased in momentum during the week, spurred by two developments. Carter Test In Snowy At One of the stau. eating wildcats, that o. ter Oil company In a virgin >. a 20 miles west of H y sham in southeastern Montana, la drlll ing past 6.800 feet in a mem* her of the Big Snowy group, topped at 6,400. On the way down, this well got feet of oil in an hour's drill stem test of the Âtnsden, 6126-6170. The test showed no water. Structure on which the well is drilling is in Yellowstone county,_ 2-6N-32E. Carter reportedly has .more than 50,000 acres leased In the vicinity of the wellsite. 15 in Mid-Montana May Deepen To Devonian Attracting increasing inter est, Mld-Montana-Voong No. 1. wildcat on Hark» Dome in Wheatland ami Valley counties, south central Montana, has passed the 5,000-foot mark. drilling with rotary tools.' . Before draw y° r . . * following which, company officials hav * announced, the hole may be carried to the Devonian. A heavier crown block is also being installed Company officials believe the well no ^ m the Madison lime, est i mated to be from 800 to 1,000 feet th *£k in this area The we i.Mi drilling on an anti cllne on which previous wells were drilled only to shallow and incon elusive depths. proceeding farther, a new ks motor is to be Installed. Cobb at Mile Mark in Test A. B. (abb this week got to the mile mark in his interesting and important wildcat on the Biacfcfeet Indian reservation, 25 miles west of Cut Bank, on the Meriwether structure. Hole was reported made past 525* feet with rotary tools, with top of the Rootenal logged at 4997. Allowing for thickening of the beds in the area ad to the Rockies, It is be this well will test the top of the Madison lime at around 5,600 feet, or less. It is only a few miles east of the disturbed belt tug the east face of the is a region the geology of which is still obscure. m MM Ml Itockk I Hardrock Structure Wildcat Near 2,000 ' Wildcat of the C. C. IL Oil com pany, on the Hardrock structure a tew miles southeast of the discovery gasser on Kicking Horse structure m the Sweetgrass Hills, is drilling at 1980 after a shutdown due to mechanical trouble. Location is C SW SW NE 36-36N-1E, south of the well drilled a number of years ago on the Syrs farm by the Black Gold Oil company. The Black Gold well got oil In the Sunburst sand and has produced about 9,000 barrels since it was brought in There are no other oil producers In the area. Finit wm an aimo»nrr mcitt by thf Stands* mI Oil compati) of < altfornta that Its well in the Frinorao-BicvcvIHc area cast of lelhbridgr, producing from the Devonian limestone at 3965 feet, had flowed 4,824 barrels of 34..*» gravity ernde in the course of testa conducted over a four weeks period. During that time, it was determined that the well appeared to perform to os I effi ciently when flowing from 20« to 230 barrels dally through 11/KMnrh choke, at which rate it showed no apparent decline pressa Second was the report, print ed by the Western Oil Examiner of Calgary, that a Devonian teat is planned for the aonth end of Turner Valley, Alberta's pre mier field, now producing from the Madison limestone. Four prominent Alberta companies are reported planning to Join forces in drilling the deep test. Interest of Montana operators in these developments is heightened because tana ami of northern Mon era Alberta is vir tually identical, and further be cause synclinal slopes that extend far north of the border, into Al berta. apex on the Montana side of the line in such structures as Kevin-Sunburst and Whillash. , Whitlash Is now being tested I» the Devonian by a deep test sjMinsored by the Union Oil company. Oil showings and ter rific pressures found by (Continued on Page 2) geology I south« a ff« CUT BANK HAS FOUR LOCATIONS Ignoring the reason's first siaeable snowfall, Cut Bank op erators this week made location for four wells, one sponsored by the Glacier Production CtL, the others by the Texas company. Outside of that, it was a quiet week in the 25-mile-long field, one well on the Blaokfeet Indian reset vation showing for good production and another, also on the reserva tion, failing in an attempt to ex tend the field half a mile to the south. Successful completion was B. L. Frary's Tribal 7 No. 4. C SE NE SE . .-32N-6W. Drilled to 3195, this well had 1600 feet of oil in the hole am! Ls testing. Unsuccessful was Trigood-Allot ted 250 No. 1. C SE SE 2-35N-6W Half a mile south of the nearest production, this well was plugged and abandoned after drilling 3007, and getting only five gallons (Continued on Pag* 2) 14 to Moon Agency Firm Change Is Announced important changes agement of the Moon in ma 11 - Agency. leading Montana and Wyoming oil Meld were announced this week. D. Watson Robb, pres concern since 1936, has disposed his holdings to Roger Sllvernale] vice president since 1936, and to Arnold Olson and W. T. Hodges long associated with the concern Robb has left to make his home in Los Angi Silvemale ganized concern as president, with Olson as vice president, Hodges treasurer, and J. W. Speer, Great Falls attorney, as secretary. iMtnuHY concern. ident of the of MM will head the reor all types of insurance and bonds, one of its major specialties has been the is suance of Insurance and bonds in connection with all branches of the petroleum industry. -I WRACK DAILY PBODDCTiOM Wmk KnOac Sot. 4, 1M4 4kA MA « IlMlWMAB tfciBA 64» D.rmnm mJS Pnlrmi An ftMft *■ -- - - ' -AffxPIIMP SIMM fDCffw»