Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
SWIVELNECKS
AT LONG LAST
IN kelvin FIELD

Kelvin field, "the last stand Of cable
tools" was this week invaded by a
modern light rotary rig, the first ro-
tary to cut the prairie sod Of the
vast Kevin-Sunburst structure.
Montana-Dakota Utilities company.
major gas producer and marketer in
the state of Montana, brought modern
drilling to Kelvin field In its quest for
shallow oil production, choosing the
new West Sunburst pool for its initial
test.
Location Is half mile south Of the
Parent Holbrook discovery well, on
the Reicher farm. The well win be
known as Montana-Dakota Utilities
Reicher No. /, center NW4 SEA IL
36-3W It is 1878 feet north of south
and 1888 west Of east. Surface eleva-
ton is 3470 feet.
The well was spudded on the after
noon Of Sept. 30 and 100 feet of 10
inch casing was cemented with %
sacks of cement. This well win be-
closely watched TO determine what
speed and economy may result from
use Of light rotary tools In this field.
This rotary outfit was moved from
Haystack Butte structure in the Sweet-
grass Hills where a 1,500.OO0-foot gas
well was completed last week.
-Four new wells were started in Kelvin
field this week including one by High |
Gravity Oil Producing Co. on its gov
eminent lease, No. 3 location, in Sc
NE1 SW4 18-35-3W This one location
east of the company's No. 2 well,
75-barrel producer, located on the rim
rock northwest Of Kelvin, IN a new
pool.
mile and three quarters farther
northwest. on the same fold, Is Big
No. /, Sc SCI NW3
l2-35-4W, spudded this week. After
1O-inch pipe at 2l5 1t Is
irilling at 240.
In the Rocky Ridge pool, Nepstad-
Fargher-H augen No. 4,
center south line SW3 SW3 2-35-3W !
S a location.
In the Kelvin pool, COlOneI-Kevin- I
No. 10, Q NW3 Mel 27- (.
I5-3W, is down $50 feet
Two abandonments were reported.
SoIberg No. 2, SW SW3
Sci 2O-35-3W, was shot with nitro
,lycerin and acidized at 1920 feet but
t was not commercial so was aban- \
Ioned.
Washington OIL Finding Co.. Unz No.
!, G NW4 SW4 936-2W, picked up I
more water at 2200 feet and decided
o abandon, after having fought
through five water strata. Location Is
n wildcat territory east of Sunburst.
he company is reported preparing to !
rill a new location south Of the town
t Sunburst.
Drilling reports are as follows:
Agen- GOeddertz No. 10, CSL NEl
wa 23-35-3w, 1850; 8a-inch set at 976.
Hannah Porter State No. 1, SW NEa
IVA 13-33-2W, has 7-inch pipe ce-
rented at 1195 on top Of the Sunburst I
and. o
Imperial Craig Martin No. 6, GEL a
E4 SEA 18-35-1W, failed to get a \
pod cement JOB at 1888 on account
I a 3-barrel flow Of oil from the
unburst sand, so hole was deepened p
} 1888 where 3-16 inch pipe was
It and the 7-inch is being pulled. c
Oien-EngemOen No. ~, NV SEA 81
wa 14-35-2W, drilling, $50. fl
Pfabe e. EngIeking -DanieIson No. l, N
MI SEA NEa 20-35-1W, drilling, 1910. A
Nepstad-Hugi No. 3, @ SEA NW4 P
.-35-3W, rigging up. CT
Yealey-Shaw No. 16, NV NWa NEl "
'-36-2W, is cleaning out after shoot ST
z the Sunburst sand from 1859 to W
20 with so quarts Of nitro glycerin.
ole was carried to a casing spot at nj
AS so that 1t can be deepened to 81
le lime, later ON. 1t looks like a
nall Sunburst sand well. I,