uintah ir ul to n ah BasinO basin operators P renew jeffia 0 1 J U V 1 to 0 reach R e hv vast as oil 01 0 I 1 and nd Gs gas reserves B t uintah basing bikson Opera operator toro are arc renewing effort to tap tile the vast enst oil and reserves ro servo of C this potentially t tho the basin holdi one of tho the worlds largest larger kose it of petroleum tr not only in the conventional vent ional lonal pools but also in 11 4 oil asphalt and gilsonite estimates of total reserves es range from bullon billion to billion barr barrels els contained co in a comparatively small area nilles miles by 50 buea the uintah basin covers p parts arts of seven northeast utah counties c vintah duchesne Duc herme grand emery utah wasatch and carbon 1 and runs over into colorado taking in the pandely rangely field v despite its ite tremendous oo 00 potential and the urgings of many geologists popularity of the basin has dwindled after the oll oil boom of 1048 40 due to high drilling or illing costs inaccessibility and other drawbacks dra wracks in remote areas also a big boom in the four cornera area has lured attention from frim the however recent discoveries and renewed leasing activities point up to strong possibilities of rapid growth or even an other jboob boom period 90 show more than 90 perc percent ent of all wells drilled in the BasAn have had go good ad oil or gas shows chov important formation objectives that will receive the greatest impact ox of the j i oil all and gas search include the uintah upper and middle green clver wasatch the green iziver wa satch batch transit transition loii zone and the mesa verle verde an ImpOrt important ani factor ln iq the currently in the basin 1 Is the um of nc now completion il lotion methods now gaining acceptance in the bocky mountain area arehur gracs pressure fracturing was not used in most of the early posts 4 continued on page 0 8 toh continued lri ultimo I 1 world war 11 tests i ip in 1119 13 aill in nio ilia in loon bamo bomo we cojei was to dah oil tile iho way total deit taken come apic up op and tes amt ony any egowa iowa Mein willie 4 beavy of 0 drilling mod had bad been bee into the iho pro li ferval aa ibid the iha completion mort lulled failed examples of 0 completion now in use include pie ho work ot of ru paso ht bt gutham iain conyon block and ilay enette apt aad pun UA at uko trall unit 0 i 0 i 0 sun used salt water mide ure in fin water fracturing or standard ft dallmor dall tor for silo upped H well product production lon at red lied Wash appreciably py ennd oil pressure pres surp fracturing 4 Ga caolin the cost end of 0 the basin pre sent bently lyo f is tapped by the main line of 0 pacific northwest pipeline important gas ga i 0 lelda fields developed in the west could go directly to fo extension of facilities of 0 mountain nl fuel supply co or utah natural agas co standard afi 0 Cali fornias salt lake pipe mile line co operates a crude system from ran ilan gely und red ped wash with a capacity or of barrels per day this volume Is to be increased with the completion in 0 i 4 the high pour point of 80 90 deg ro F or higher of 0 green wa mattli brudes does pose a problem that may pave have to fo I 1 be overcome by semi ref refining ieng to trans portable laiq liquids aulds V t N the salt lake refining district with capacity ot of barrels of prude la at a logical I 1 market and the basin to la only knorth 0 a connection atthe fabulous new nee Four corn cra area where pipelines are under construction to los loa angeles 13 how being lv acon converted gasoline and cokely amerlan american co 1 and petroleum 0 FO o a stand ard affiliate ig evaluating the commercial feasibility of extracting oil from asphalt on asphalt ridges aldge g gigantic antic epos s seven mues miles west of vernal or j 4 it with allt all these ese ah I 1 factors ct ors now working inavon of uintah dasin development another era of rapid growth by oil experts aty