The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-05-28

several months. AS a result of
this preliminary survey the
Union Oil Company started a
leasing program in February of
1852. (Since that date many
thousands of acres of fee land
have been leased In conjunction
with this leasing in 1852, add,
tional evaluation of the area was
made by Union E q, ..> If diff.
ferent exploratio :" is. In
addition TO UGio' .luration
work, Sinclair, Co." ii, Stan.
olind, and other companies did
evaluation work in 1852. In May
of 1858 Union started an intensi,
fled seismic survey in the i'm.
mediate area which was bid in
at Wednesdays land sale. Later
in 1853 Continental and Shell
moved seismic crews on.thc res.
ervation. In the last few months
Carter. Phillips, California and
Stanolind Oil companies have
started seismic programs. At the
present time there are eight scis.
mic crews operating on the res.
ervation with a cost to the oil
industry of between 100000 and
$3.50, 900 per month. Undoubted.
ly this intensive seismic work by
the oil industry will result in
many future land sales which
will greatly benefit the members
of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe.
It is rumOred that two more
large sales involving both d.. I.
ed and tribal lands viii be forth.
coming during the summer sea.
son. One sale -hs orrn request.
I ed hy,the Unior =. Company
and the other BY the Continental
Oil Company. In addition to these
two sales the following have re.
quested the Tribal Council TO ad.
vertise lands: Ray McShanc. Cut
Bank; G. S. Frary. Cut Bank:
Sicily Oil Company of Oklahoma
and Brown and Brown of Austin,
Texas.
In addition to the interest
shown by the oil industry in &C.
quiring oil and gas leases on the
reservation. the industry also
plans to spend large sums of
money for the purpose of devcl.
oping oil or gas production.
Reliable sousces estimate that
besides the exploration monies
spent for geologic and seismic
work during the coming summer.
the oil industry will also spend
over $780, 900 for the drilling of
wildcat and production wells.
II the initiative of the oil in.
dustry to invest large sums of
money to develop the oil reS1,,rc.
es of the Blackfcet reservation
is encouraged through convcn.
ti0nal we'll established leasing
methods. all members of the
Blackfcet Tribe and ether resi-.
dents Of the reservation will
greatly benefit.
Exploratory Work Continues
Encourage! shows Of oil and
Gas wrrr Z! rvcred this last
week In ~ mon Carter Tribal
SAL Wild. we'll now being
drilled in the Landslide Butte
area. On a test from the upper
q feet of the Madison limestone
at a depth of +69O-47l3. recovery
was IS feet of free oil and 1870
feet Of heavily oil and gas cut
mud. 4 test from 4769.l788 re.
covered 1925 feet Of sulphur wat.
or. Al last report the we'll was
drilling ahead below 5000 feet
with the projected total depth at
approximately $500 feet. This
, wildcat we'll Is being drilled on
a tribal lease and IL II can be
| completed in the upper portion
of the Madison limestone for n
commercial well. more wells will
be drilled on tribal land IN this
area. Expectations or high among
oil people that production can be
established in this area similar
to the production found on tri.
bal land IN the Reagan area.
The Union Carter Tribal Miller
we'll being drilled In the Cadmus
area nj last r, ,HJrl was nj n depth
Just below 1000 feet. This we'll
will also br drilled to the Madi.
son limestone,
In addition TO tho above wells
there are unc0nfirmcd rumors
that the tnron OH Company will
drill two more wildcats on tribal
lands this summer.
II any of the above wells arc
discoveries the Blackfcct Indian
Tribe will receive direct benefits
from oil royalties which are made
possible with no money invested
on the par, Of tho tribe.
NOTICE 70 MEMBERS or