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Show ."!..?.--'' ' a.-v. ..v -i-': x.' -., w . ',,'.: j .....v. :', ''. " - :" r ' '.'! - .- ::j';;-l4&fL ... "-j 'W ; -: " '-' ihK" -- ! ' '-;' -'r''r- , Vv:V: -.'.:; ,fVVv - ".-, J li,''.-, v!.V '. lX-.W' 1 '::'''Vp'S .v. . ,r , ih . .,:J,v; . j. t - t, , J "' - ' ' '-- 1 " x" . " ": !; " - " -v .. ' . . . . s (' . . . .' ....' -.-:.;."-'..-. '.. .-;X: x"y '' ' ' ;"r 1 - . -y:;i'V:-? ,l'V';X According to reports by Utah's Division of Oil and Gas Conservation, Grand County's annual-rate peaks of 1963-64 are followed by a stabilized gas production rate of 9-billion 9-billion cubic feet while oil production hovers at a 150-thousand barrel rale. Paradox Basin Leads the State In Seismograph Activities The Paradox Basin, which covers roughly 250 miles in a northwest-southwest direc- " ticn in' Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado, has been the site of the largest larg-est ' amount of seismic work conducted in Utah,' from January Jan-uary 1 through August 27, according ac-cording to Robert Norman, Moab, a member of the Utali Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. ' Norman reported that ex-ploration ex-ploration activity can generally gener-ally be used as a barometer to indicate where the next surge of wildcat drilling will take place. According to a summary of activity compiled compil-ed in -early October, the Paradox Basin lead the state in seismic activity with 5G crew-weeks by 9 companies and two crew-weeks of gravity gra-vity work by one company. Next in the rate of activity was the Wasatch Hingline, with 45 crew-weeks by iour companies. Next in line was the Uinta Basin with 25 crew-weeks of activity by 5 companies. A toiai of 140 crew-weeks of seismic, work with 2 crev-weeks crev-weeks of gravity work were recorded for the first eight months of the year. Of the eight, seismic crews in Utah at the time of the report, three were located in the Paradox Basin, 2 by Mobil and one by Union. Following many months of inactivity in this area, four remote wildcat locations were announced late in . August. None of these, however, hit oil during ther exploraton. At ths time there are a number num-ber of ether locations in th-; Paradox Basin and if predictions pre-dictions are correct and drilling drill-ing follows the sebmic work, more will be here in the not too distant future. From Dec. 5 through 7, . Mr. Norman, along with other oth-er members of Utah's 0;l and Gas Conservation Commission, Com-mission, attended the Interstate Inter-state Oil Compact Commission Commis-sion meeting in Bilexi, Miss. The Commission is made up of state representatves from across the nation and meets annually to centralize regulations. regu-lations. Mr. Norman is a member of the Regulatory Practices Committee. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton also attended at-tended the meeting. - Hull i- v '! -v; ; ; ' ' -; V: J ."! fyf 'vi'V:, ''.;-.!; vi'i" ' '''--'.yol , " .... r ' i'J. F" Bob Norman of Buttes Gas and Oil serves as a member of the Division of Oil and Gas Conservation and as a result keeps current track of drilling and exploration work going on in Utah. |