Show permit asked for oil pipeline from moab field to railroad A utah oil refining co hies application line will run to floy 38 miles distant the utah oil refining company subsidiary of the midwest refining company on saturday filed in the united states land office at salt lake city an application for a permit to build an oil pipeline from the midwest utah southern well on tha j colorado nver nine miles southwest in an airline from moab to floy on the denver rio grande western railroad located about half way between green river and thompsons Thomp sons in its application for a permit the company stated that in its opinion the moab field had sufficient potentiality to justify the building of a pipeline and asked for a 25 foot j right of way across government land length of the line will be between I 1 thirty five and forty miles probably about thirty eight miles cost of the building of the proposed pipeline it is estimated will be about including pumping stations and other facilities filing of this application is another substantial sign of the importance attached to the moab oil discovery the utah oil refining companas comp anys plant at salt lake city will handle the production from the moab field at least for the first year or two the company it is stated has a two year contract from the midwest and affiliated companies for the production from the field the site for the pipeline is now tentatively being mapped out by jack cleary chief civil engineer of the midwest refining company the line will probably ascend the cliffs west of the oil structures to the tog of the flat top mesa from the oil will flow by gravity to floy |