Show pilline okeh would start boom in uintah basin the oil and gas Indus industry tty of ol the rocky mount mountain in s states at Is poised ased on the brlik brink of ol its ila greatest step fo forward r wa rd a said alie t rocky mountain mounta ta in OH oil reporter 11 heady eady to unleash the greatest adril drilling ing program rot yet seen operators now arc are acx anxiously bously awaiting n g cammisia mIsia federal feder I 1 power Com commission approval P r 0 va 1 ot of the great transmission fi line ne t to be built from the san juan basin northward through northwestern new mexico western colorado olora d 0 eastern utah and southwestern sou ahw t r n wyoming to the populous areas of oregon and washington A spur line would be built from rock springs wyoming to denver to supply additional gas to southern wyoming and astern eastern colorado communities in n the fast growing denver metropolitan tro Iro pollian area pacific c fic northwest pipeline corporation would build the pr principal rap 1 I gas trunk line from the farmington n agton a area rea in new mexico to sea seattle atle wash colorado interstate ter state gas company would build the line from rock springs to denver as a supplement to its lines lilies already supplying ing eastern colorado from the amarillo and hugoson gas fields our trigger finger Is itching 0 as one oil man put it describing the attitude of operators is as they wait tor for the federal power commission to make up its mind about authorizing the pacific northwest pipeline petition drilling pr programs anu running ni i into 0 the hundreds hundri of T millions U alons of 0 f dollars for the next five years would be released it the tile great pacific northwest market could be reached by gas from the mountain states area be like the boost the rocky mountain oil industry re continued op on page 3 PIPELINE OKEH WOULD START DRILLING BOOM IN UINTAH BASIN continued from vage 1 calved from the platte pipe line and from the el paso natural gas companas comp anys his big pipe lines to OaM xnia another re ible oil industry spokesman stated last week indicating his companas comp anys appraisal ot of the significance ance ot of the pacific northwest project canada wants northwest markt market international politics enters the picture and may have the deciding vote since the re dertl dertil power C commission om mission also Is con si eldering dering a petition from canadian gas interests to supply gas from western canada fields to the attractive pacific northwest market american gas producers as its well as consumers in the market area are trying to prevail upon the to let the american take care of the american part of the northwest market the die most bellm argument advanced before the ethe great expansion of oil and gas activity in the mountain states that would result immediately from approval of the american companas comp anys application technical experts have presented proof at various hearings of the that either the line from san sin juan or the one from canadian fields could provide ample gas to meet the needs of the pacific northwest market eastern canada needs natural gas and must get its supply from its own northwest and prairie provinces or else import the gas from the united states many observers expect an agreement whereby the canadian company will give up its plan to supply the puget sound area where most of the population and demand for gas Is on the V U S side of the international bound ary in order to concentrate on the task ot of providing canadian gas lo to populous areas of eastern ern canada north and northeast of the great lakes the international tug litwar is complicated by the tact fact that the big gas reserves in canada are owned in large part at least by american companies or their canadian subsidiaries some of these companies are prominently identified with the flourishing gas as industry of the san juan basin and other uther gas rich parts of the rocky mountain states unless the pacific northwest project is approved it may take generations fo or r many pro promising ml trig gas and oil areas of of the rocky rocky mountain ain states to reach their full development many gas fields in western colorado eastern utah and southwestern wyoming are shut in or operating at minimum capacity for lack of an outside market geologists with the united states geological survey bureau of mines and private operators have reported a great many promising gas structures which might turn out to hold important oil fields too which can be ex explored lored and devel developed only w when a large hutsi outside oxe market for gas Is available the future of the oil and gas industry in the rocky mountain states rests in the hands of the Ire federal deral power Cora commission mission which Is still conducting hearings but is expected to announce its decision goon soon A tube developed for or packaging tooth toothpaste chaoing cream and ou oil apablas pala ats is to be so strong tha that t a pound d man can stand on it w without t rupturing the eldea sides or seams the tube costs about the fame I 1 as those now in tn use but is said to be economical because the I 1 contents wont be wasted by I 1 I 1 bursting ot of tubes in shipping |