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Show ( i n CAPITOL I MJ watchdog J By Hill Hrndriv Oil to burn Utah is much ahead of the nation in the development of natural resources that could be the key to the current energy shortage. Our geological uniqueness, which brought literally millions of visitors to the Beehive State, when gasoline was plentiful (tourism is down by 30 percent), holds in suspension the answer to the nation's energy concerns. As mast Utahn's know, billions upon billions of gallons of synthetic cmde oil is looked up in oil shale along the borders of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Technological advances make the recovery of this supply more possible than ever before. While oil shale development has boon a purely U.S. endeavor the Canadians have devised a system to recover oil from tar sands w hich may have wide application in Utah for another billion or so barrels of crude. Utah, in fact, has 90 charted tar sands in the The University of Utah, it ? with the Utah Geological .v developed a recovery sysK 1 tar sands. About all thais the granting of leases on &' ; to recover the substance. financial commitment to program. In addition to the oil s. sands, is the discovery , forms of crude oil in , Area in the corners of !-' and Idaho. EstimjW , recoverable supple portion of this jested at 1.5108 .. , oil and 6.0 to 51.5 tnllK , natural gas. ,. d Whon combined t sources oftarsaiw." 1 oil shale, the t$ f of crude. And, if r , a matter of 5 to 15 Yn i morally have oil j corner of the Wl c ? modern day "M""0" for "black gold. unprecedented. thisentialn.' J ,e Utah LoKisW ;:, J ,l,e great rush for are still waitinC , K.x.nonrofll'V ! intents and 1?" dol.Hn'oil' officials It's 1, Utahn's think l"7 . s , About the way h7,hr 1; has developed A only shortage is " to new "d l,r rnersy k. |