WATER'S ARRIVAL TO PROMPT DRILLING IN NEVADA'S GRANT CANYON FIELD

G. Alan Petzet Exploration Editor Water has sharply reduced the oil flow in Nevada at what for several years has been the highest producing rate well in the Lower 48 states, and a well will be drilled in an attempt to reestablish higher oil flow rates. Apache Corp., which operates three well Grant Canyon field in Railroad Valley 65 miles southwest of Ely, staked two close in locations but plans to drill only one well. Estimates of the areal extent of the structure are from less than 200 acres