ABSTRACT
Wyoming maintained approximately the same level of exploratory activity during 1960 as the previous year. Three hundred new-field wildcats produced 14 new oil fields and 7 gas discoveries.
The search for Cretaceous stratigraphic traps and Pennsylvanian oil highlighted activity in the Powder River basin. In the Green River basin, field development of Patrick Draw turned the 1959 discovery into one of the largest oil fields in Wyoming, spurring the search for Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous discoveries in the area. The Wind River basin also received considerable emphasis in the same stratigraphic horizons while other producing areas remained relatively dormant.
Exploratory activity for the coming months will follow the same basic trend as the past year. Continued success in delineating stratigraphic possibilities is anticipated as more and more control becomes available.
One wildcat, a failure, was drilled in Idaho during 1960.
