Show st standard luigard oil ill el paso natural gas S w i g yu red wash G gas s S sales les contract t standard oil company of california and el paso nat ural gas gag co have signed con tracts covering sale ot of natural gas gag from red wash oil f field uintah county it was announced friday subject to federal power commission approval elpaso would pay standard cents per 1000 cubic feet of gas gaa the gas would be demyd rated by standard and delivered to el paso at the cen aral compression station on red lied wash field R W harris el paso vice president at salt lake city confirmed that his firm f I 1 r m would build an eight to nine mile lateral from froin the firms firm s main northwest division line to red wash this would be a 12 inch line and will be built upon approval of the el paso standard contract by the the line will have ent capacity to accommodate expanded sales above the 11 W million cubic foot a day average A factor in the supply of gas gaa from red lied wash to el paso is a program of standards to start a primary water flooding program on the west end of the welt well field if this water flood la is successful in this area it will be extended into the productive region at lied wash field gas injection as a main device tor for reservoir pressure maintenance would then be ended gas available as a result of terminating this program will then be sold to el paso A maximum of 40 million cubic feet dally daily of natural gas is a possibility when and if water injection replaces gas Inject injection lon at red wash at the same time stand urd ard would construct ably in 1961 a plant to re move the gail gas oil liquids from the gas produced with the crude oil at red wash these gall gas oil liquids would be placed on existing crude facilities for transmission to standards subsidiary salt lake refining co plant near north salt lake substantial addition of gas ga oil liquids to high pour point red lied wash crude would improve crude viscosity and help movement two new natural gas ga wells will be drilled shortly at red wash their principal purpose is to provide a balancing supply of natural gas to in meet e e t the winter cummer changes in el paso require ments from red wash the Stan standard dardEl el paso contract represents the first major agreement effected by el pasq covering natural gan production in the I 1 uintah basin of utah |