Yates Petroleum Corp., Artesia, N.M.,
completed a discovery in two Mesaverde
intervals at its #1 Barrel Springs-State. The
eastern Washakie Basin wildcat, about 20
miles south of Baggs in Section 16-15n-
93w in southwestern Carbon County,
Wyo., tested flowing 2.5 million cu. ft. of
gas, 20 bbl. of condensate and 17 bbl. of
water a day. The company fractured the
Almond from 9,819-68 ft. and from 9,922
to 10,161 ft. with 1,500 psi of flowing tubing
pressure.