Show s x f i s I M v i i Y ck 1 u 11 r- r J iii Y I V 4 i L li t FARM BUREAU VIPS VIP'S left to right are Joseph Hacking Hocking newly elected vice president of Uintah County Farm Bureau Jerold Jerald Johnson vice president of 01 Utah Farm Bureau Berkley Hall Uintah County Farm Form Bureau president and Jake Jako Fuhriman Farm Bureau field representative Utah Gas Co denied exploring allowance The Utah Public Service Commission Thursday of last week denied a Utah Gas Service Co application for a exploration allowance to be applied to the company's ratepayers The Denver-based Denver company sells about 23 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually primarily to large industrial users in Daggett Uintah San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan and Grand Counties UTAH GAS attorney Thomas ThomasM M M. Zarr had argued the company company company comp comp- any needed the allowance because it is expecting a shortage of existing natural gas supplies by next year In denying the allowance the commission said it wants to encourage exploration but commissioners had questions concerning the gas company's contractual agreement with its parent company Cordillera Corp Under the agreement if Utah Gas struck oil the rights would go to Cordillera and the parent company would pay back the to Utah Gas If H natural gas was discovered Cordillera would retain the rights and pay back Utah Gas over a year five-year period If IC nothing was found Utah Gas would share in the expense The commission expressed concern that the agreement might not be in the best interest of Utah Gas ratepayers |