Show Utah oil production keeps slipping Utah oil fields are producing barrels daily dally a downhill trend since barrels dally daily Production at the larger fields since 1975 have gone down Greater Altamont Altamont- Bluebell at the end of 1975 w was wis s producing barrels daily dally for percent of ot Utah's total production Now the field is down to barrels percent of ot the states state's total production According to Carlton Stowe minerals specialist Utah Geological Mineral Survey production of of oil in Utah reached an time all peak of ot 40 million barrels in 1975 The record wasn't surpassed in 1976 million with 30 million barrels of liquids produced nor will it re reach h the high rugh for tor 1977 OIL PRODUCTION for the first 9 months of 1977 according to the the monthly oil and gas production report issued by the Utah Division of Oil Gas and Mining is 24 8 million with 23 million barrels of liquids produced At an average rate of 27 million barrels monthly for forthe forthe forthe the next three months month Utah's 1977 production will be right at million barrels with liquids produced produced- down down from million barrels Pr Production of 40 million barrels per year requires a sustained volume of barrels per day and Utah's daily dally average has slipped to w barrels Aside from a decreasing cycle of ot production at the Greater Altamont Altamont other losses are being felt Greater Red Wash Walker Hollow and Valley field fieldIn In Uintah Count County are down from froma a daily dally average of barrels to barrels IN SOUTHERN Utah the Upper Valley field in Garfield County has dropped con con- In 1975 production was barrels dally daily in September 1976 down to barrels per day and now down downto to 86 barrels per day or less than 01 percent of the stat states state's s 's total production Lisbon field San Juan County is down to 2632 barrels daily dally or 28 percent of Utah's total production and Bridger Lake field in Summit County is down to barrels a drop from 1314 barrels daily dally in 1975 and 1080 barrels in 1976 Two increases in producing areas are noted The successes at Summit County's Pineview field have brought that fields field's production up from 1035 barrels daily dally in 1975 to barrels per day in 1977 or percent of Utah's total production In 1976 Pineview was producing or 39 percent of total production The remaining oil fields in the state and a slight increase in Greater Aneth field production produces the rest of Utah's oil OIt k r I 9 A lit CLUB OFFICERS are I left ft to to- right Betty Johnson president Virginia Clayton secretary and A Thelma Williams vice president r s Ti S A f d e OFFICERS OF THE Vernal Women's Bowling Association Association Association tion are left to right Betty Johnson secretary Arlene Gardner president Bettye Guffey sergeant- sergeant at arms at-arms arms and Barbara Culpepper publicity Missing when the picture was taken was Beulah Hall vice president r 0 There has been talk of turning Devils Devil's Island the former French penal colony Into a tourist resort |