, 1927-12-14
OREGON BASIN OIL FIELD
SEEMS ON VERGE OF BOOM
Seven Rigs Drilling Below. 1000
Foot Level with Prospects for
Oil Within Next Three
Weeks

The Oregon Basin Oil field, which
promises ever to rival Wyoming's
wonderful Salt Creek, if it realizes
even a portion of its potentialities,
seems to be at a point where the
next few weeks will either make
or destroy it. In spite of winter
weather, practically all of the big
drilling companies have been stead
lily pounding away in the Basin
with the result that there are sew
en- holes drilled to a depth greater
than two thousand feet, one of
them down 200 feet and another
drilling company which hopes to
reach the 1900 level within the
next few days.
Excepting the discovery well.
which went into a heavy oil bear
ing sand at about $500 feet, the
Cody Petroleum Company has the
deepest hole In the Basin today
with the drill about t. penetrate
the red beds at 270o feet, The
Ferdig-Wyoming is possibly next
with a 1900 foot hole. Both of
these wells are being drilled with
Standard cable tools.
The two most likely wells to be
finihsed in the basin next those be-
ing drilled. by the Ohio Oil COM
pany on the SEASEA Sec. $50
100 and the Orchard well being
drilled on the extreme SW n SWH
of Section ~28-51-100. Both OF
! these wells are being drilled with
rotary electric driven tools, and
are now at the 1900 foot level
1t is estimated that another 20
days should finish one or both
of these. wells.
V. J, Freeman, drilling for J. w.
Leonard company on the SCI NV
Il of Sec. 3~3-51-100, has about
1000 feet of hole, drilling with
cable tools. This well has been
g0fag ahead rapidly and Mr.. Free
~ cspects to be able to finish it
si.oltly after the first of the e
TIE Continental Oil Co.. drilling
on the NV NWA Sec. Is, 81
100, State, is drilling at about 1900
feet with cable tools.
New operations are being started
in the field by both the Ohio Oil
company and by the Cody Petro-
leum Company. The Ohio has
erected a steel rotary rig owe its
well on the Sc NWA of Sec. g.
51-100, and this week is installing
its second set of rotary tools to be
brought into the field. This well
was drilled to a depth of 1850
with cable tools last spring, and will
now be finished with the rotary
equipment. This hole is located
about 200 yards west of the ohio's
discovery well.
The Cody Petroleum Company
has also brought in a new rotary
set of tools, and have already
spudded in for its second well on
the Klindt permit, located in the
Sc u SEX Sec. 7-51-10O.
The Ohio has erected rotary rigs
on the NV NWA Sec. 4-50-160
and on the SW Il sen Sec. Ssh
100. and will drill these two wells
as soon as equipment is made
available by the completion of its
other. two wells now being drilled.
The P. & r. are still spudding
on the Frisby Permit, SW u Mex
Sec. 32-51-1O0. having a hole about
$50 feet deep.
Fred G.. Ostland is cleaning out
the 1850 foot hole on the Roush
permit. NWANWA Sec. 8. and ex-
poets to resume drilling with cable.
tools within a few days.
The p. G. r.. have made a loca-
tioon on the Owens permit, Sec
~29-52-1O0, but it is not likely that
operations will be started until
spring.
Work is going forward on the
Inez Frisby permit, SEH Sec. So
51-101, where C. D. Markham is
drilling for the Hoodoo oil company.
Darrah and Baston that
they will validate the Chas. WEIGH
permit. having u location on the
.NWHNWH Sec. 10-50-101. This
work is to be lone by contract
Fred G.. ostland is still drilling
on the Shaw permit, Me- NWA
Sec. 1S-51-1O0. and reports 42o
feet of hole.
Operations have been closed down
on wells located on the Lyle lei
NIT, SEX SEA Sec. 24-51-101; Pull
ley permit, sen SEX Sec. ~13-51-10I
Garner permit. Sec. 2~S-51-101. and
at the Half Moon structure. Water
was encountered on the Half Moon
and operations have been suspend
ed indefinitely,
The Ohio Oil company reports
1850 feet pf hole on the Pulley
lease. east of Cody. with very fans
progress being made.
Operations are going forward
slowly at Horse Center with abel &c
$50 feet of hole.
.. L. t. Sxor.