The number of wildcat wells drilled in the San Juan Basin during 1950 increased over the number drilled in 1949 by approximately 300 per cent, with a total footage increase of over 400 per cent.

Thirteen per cent of the wildcat wells drilled during 1949 were successful compared with fifty per cent for 1950.

Most of the successful wells were drilled on Mesaverde and Pictured Cliffs trends of porous and permeable sandstones.

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