The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-11-11
Oil Developments
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and no new starts are expected
before spring.
With the announcement last
week that the Morning Gun well
had been plugged as mon
producing discovery, specula-
ton became general as to what
the next step of the Union Oil
Company, and other majors with
large and costly holdings in this
area, would be. No definite in
formation is available, but the
general opinion seems to be that
the next deep test will be made
south and perhaps a little east
of Browning. not too far from
Highway No. 80. and probably
north of Two Medicine Creek.
1t is also possible that next year
may see the test announced last
summer by one of the majors
to be drilled northwest of Brown
ing, started in the spring
Results of the sale of leases
offered in the extreme northwest
corner of the reservation. set
for November 30th, comprising
some 10000 acres of allotted and
tribal lands, may have a bearing
on what 1856 holds in store for
this area. This land was put up
Tor leasing at the request of the
California company, and extern
slve seiSmographing work has
been carried out for some time
in the area. This is the closest
location to the famed Pincher
Creek field, just across the in
ternational border, and thor
ough test of that structure may
be in the offing for the near
future.
The Mittens well, being put
down by Union near Heart
Butte, is being steadily deepen
ed,Wlth no announcements being
made, either favorable or un-
favorable. 1t may be completed
yet this year, and the results
made known.
The following information is
reprinted from the Montana Oil
Journal of last week:
Morning Gun Well Plugged
Following months of expert.
mentation, Union Oil Company
has plugged its No. I Morning
Gun, wildcat on the western
edge Of the BIaekfeet Indian
reservation, near Glacier park
in Glacier county.
In SW SW 18-31N-11W, it was
originally scheduled as a 1880
foot Devonian test. However. it
was stopped at a total depth of
1853 when it got sweet gas and
distillate in several zones at the
top of the Madison lime.
In one test, it had reported
flow of gas at the rate of 6.OOO,-
900 feet daily. with a recovery of
80 barrels of diStillate in five
hours.
The fact the we'll is being
abandoned as non-commercial
does not dim its luster as being
the first to establish the pres
ence of gas and distillate in
deeply-buried beds along the
mountain fronts in Montana.
Its findings undoubtedly will
lead TO very extensive additional
drilling in the adjacent area.
Two Tests On Arch Plugged
Plugging of two wells and
commencement of another was
the story on the Sweetsrass
Arch this week.
Northwest of the Pondera
field, Spring & Barrett went to
2970 and plugged their No. 1
Fisher in sc NE SW 22-28N-5W.
Top of Madison was at 2782 feet.
Near Brady in Pondera coun-
ty. II. NJ. CoX-NO. l Trowbridge,
Sc Sc NV 427N-2W, took an
unsuccessful look at a shallow
sand and was plugged at total
depth of 1924.
In the area northwest of the
Pondera field and northwest of
recently-plugged Hoadley-No. l
Miami Colony, X. c. Morton has
supdded in his No. l Hubbard,
c NE Sc l2-28N CIV. 1t is sched-
uled as Madison test.
Reservation Test at 7470
Reported making hole past
747O feet is Unions No. Nit
tens, NE NV 12-29N-11W, wild
cat in the southwestern corner
of the Blackfeet Indian reserva-
ton, in northern Pondera coun-
ty. 1t is the only well now drill
ling along the Rocky Mountain
front in Montana and so far has
reported no shows.
Glacier County Wildcat
Has 78-BarreI IP
A wildcat in the relatively I'M
tested region between the main