| Show hearing scheduled mon on 1450 mile gas pipeline A hearing before the power commission in washington on monday on a proposal r 0 po s a 1 pipe natural gas to pt the he N northwest 0 rth will be of more usual interest to the uintah basin if 11 the proposal is approved a market would be provided for the large supply of al gas available in this from a number of oil fields good gas producing wells chut shut in would become as valuable as oil producers the would skirt the eastern of the uintah basin on its ram mack a c k colo 0 to C r springs p zin wyoming Y m n the gaar hearing I 1 ng wi will 11 be of national interest as well rated by barrens barrons the financial weekly potentially one of the greatest donnybrooks donny brooks in pipeline history tova area interest in this forthcoming knockdown knock down drag battle of financial giants from the application of the pa cefic elf ic northwest pipeline co transport natural gas from medicos cos san juan basin to great oregon washington mar ket this 1450 mile pipeline would cost an canadian opposition opposing pacific in the F P C hearing are canadian american companies transmission ltd and northwest natural gas co these firms propose to the northwest with gas lr canadian fields in alberta an british columbia these we unea lines are shorter around allies miles each and one has a lower delivery price the american company an bounced the potential consumer consumers as equivalent to a saving annually the american firm is to stay in the competition continued on page 12 I 1 HEARING SCHEDULED MON continued from page 8 0 a longer line fry by virtue of assured and potential customers along the new proposed pipeline route pacific northwest has agreed to deliver million cubic feet of gas per day over a 20 year period to colorado interstate ter state gas co at rock springs wyo marketing agreements have been sought with southern idaho communities obviously a ove to strengthen pacific bargaining position before the F P C liquefied petroleum or Al bottled gas idahoans Idaho ans are pleased at the prospects of a supply of cheap n neural gas el paio paso firm opposes however pacific northwest faces some good domestic opposition to its plans el 91 paso nat ural gas the bla big texas company which pipes new mexico gas to southern california has ani an bounced that it will oppose the american line its argument will be that limited gas supplies in the mountain area should be reserved for use here and in california instead of transporting them to the northwest which Is so close to available canadian sources other opponents will stress military values of a canadian gas sup supply ay el paso is the e parent company of utah natural gas co which is awaiting a utah hearing on a proposal to build a pipeline from utahn clear creek field to salt lake city A new affiliate fil late utah western pipeline co la Is believed to have been formed to pipe surplus utah new mexico gas to san francisco in the future the initial capacity of the pro 0 nosed line will be million 1 l ton cubic feet and it Is estimated that the uintah basin including the rabbit mountain discovery could supply well over one half of this amount the line will ultimately have a capacity of million feet rangely langely field would supply a large quantity of gas to the line as would the rabbit mountain field chakita wells red wash walker hollow and most of the smaller fields of the basin with a compressor station located at jensen utah the line would most likely serve ashley valley and possibly roosevelt |
