Discoveries

Central Utah’s Hingeline is a buzz with activity. Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Wolverine Gas & Oil first stirred up the Beehive State with its discovery of Covenant Field in 2004. That find has already produced 4.5 million barrels of oil from 10 wells, according to IHS Inc.

Recently, Wolverine and its partner Occidental Petroleum are reputed to have made a discovery at their #24-1 Wolverine Federal Arapien Valley, in Section 24-20s-1e, Sanpete County. The partners haven’t issued any press releases about the new field, but word got out in February at the NAPE show in Houston. Now it’s widely discussed and generally acknowledged.

The discovery well for Providence Field is said to be productive from Jurassic Navajo. That’s the same reservoir found at Covenant, which lies nearly 20 miles to the southwest.  Size and shape of Providence are still unknown, but its significance is tremendous. The discovery means that oil was able to migrate from long distances into structures at more than one point along Utah’s Hingeline.  

Additional good news has come from Denver-based Delta Petroleum, which encountered oil in Jurassic Twin Creek at its #23- 44 Parowan Federal, in Section 23-33s-10w, Iron County. That test, which was wet in Navajo, lies some 84 miles southwest of Covenant Field. Delta has to wait until raptor stipulations are lifted in late summer to resume work on the wildcat, but the company thinks it could have something interesting in the Twin Creek interval. 

–by Peggy Williams, Senior Exploration Editor, Oil and Gas Investor

Contact me at pwilliams@hartenergy.com

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