Surface exploration and well drilling began at Sulphurdale, Utah in 2001 after a ten-year hiatus. Electrical resistivity measurements were taken in a previously untested area west of the producing field to help identify and rank potential well sites. A 601 m well was drilled and cased to 396 m and a preliminary temperature survey run. The well has already yielded some information for comparison with geologic and resistivity models of the area. The temperature results are encouraging but not definitive. More testing is planned upon the return of favorable weather and surface access. The new well was completed without trouble and within budget in twelve days using a conventional rotary rig. Hole and casings sizes will permit deepening and commercial production if budgets and technical indicators warrant doing so.

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