A couple of discoveries are lighting up activity in the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado. Denver-based independent Delta Petroleum Corp. is in the midst of an exploration program on 80,000 acres in five prospect areas and has met with excellent success so far. In Utah's Grand County, the company's Greentown State #32-42 flowed at the rate of 2 million cubic feet of gas and 500 barrels of condensate per day during a production test. The gas was made from 897 feet of net pay distributed across 4,000 feet of Pennsylvanian clastics. Seven miles north-northwest, Delta flowed gas at 4.5 million per day, along with 125 barrels of condensate, during a production test at its Greentown-State #36-11. This wildcat tested two of 16 potential pay zones and encountered 906 net feet of pay, also in Pennsylvanian clastics. The two wells are approximately seven miles apart on a large structure. The company has permitted four additional locations and a twin to the #35-11 well. At press time, it was drilling Greentown #35-12, a one-mile offset to the northern well. For more on this, see the August issue of Oil and Gas Investor. For a subscription, call 713-260-6441.
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