Show w vw 4 A iti p 1 te knifa W 1 4 p air sm ua OT oil A C I 1 e s artt ayS PP 1 lS 1 T jarv 1 alt ki W rec or d levi 0 nar D ore Wildcat wag featured in 1947 ik I k i oil activities in the inter mountain region thanks to high prices and a demand iw for every thin guthat could be produced produce do hit bit a record pace this year the area had red hot leasing plays by the major oil co companies m n les and independent operators ra fa r looking for new oil alq and afe g gas as reserves to satisfy an eager market drilling was a accelerated far ab above ovea 1946 1 leve levels Is I 1 refine refineries rits operated full blast and con construction work was started on new plants pipe lines and additions to existing existing facilities T the he bif wildcatters wildcat scatters took the spotlight in the field they made new oil and gas discoveries in the wide open spaces as well as on the known OM af surface CID structures and their success caused a general increase in pl orator work new operators from the west coast and the areas m moved oved in snatched up acreage an and d opened edven division vision offices for the their ir ocene land men and geologists oil and gas shortages ea and booming g prices were t the e big reasons for tha black gold rush four general price increases in two years had more than doubled the ante for crude oil colorados biggest oil field was the rangely langely area following two years of intense development this pool I 1 Is turning out barrels barre or of oil ou a day with sufficient pipe line outlets could easily double that figure over night As a result of the greater crude oil output denver and sa salt it lake refineries werft enlarged the C california li fornia co will begin construction in early 1948 of two gi gigantic gantle refineries to process rangely langely bilone at rangely langely Ran gely the other at salt lake ci city ty A also so scheduled daled for early cc completion m ale on in the new year by t the he california a ornia company Is the five mil million ion dollar pipeline from the rangely langely ft field e id to the com bartys new salt al t lake refinery |