Show r r nay nayl p f 1 1 y I 1 l j 1 f J r rIN fi IN THE FOREGROUND facing east Is the still uncompleted ted Mountain Fuel Supply Company pipeline project Pipe Is shown ready to go Into the trench It will connect with the completed Cascade Natural Gas pipeline and will bring natural gas from western Colorado gas fields to the Utah service area of Mountain Fuel L wn 5 14 a ary u a i- i t a 4 l j m i READY TO TURN the gas Into the line are left to right M M Fidlar president of Mountain Fuel Supply Company Lt Gov Robert L Knous of Colorado Glen M Hatch administrative assistant to Utah Utah's Governor Calvin L Rampton and William E Wall executive vice dent Cascade Natural Gas Corporation I Ceremony Honors Gas Line Hookup Luncheon at The Skillet East Main and a ceremony at Bonanza Thursday of last week symbolized the completion of a joint project to bring natural gas from western Colorado gas fields to the Utah market Two newly constructed pipe pipe- pipelines lines will connect at Bonanza One was built by Cascade Na tural Gas Corporation Seattle Wash from its Colorado gas fields westward into Utah and the other was built by Mountain Fuel Supply Company as an ex- ex extension extension tension of its existing Uintah Basin pipeline eastward to Bon Bon- Bonanza Bonanza anza The ceremony was symbolic as the project will not be fully operational until early Novem Novem- November ber due to delays in receiving pipe for the Mountain Fuel section of the line according to toM toM M M Fidlar president who hosted the luncheon During the ceremony a valve was opened and the gas roared through and then was flared off Opening the valve were Lt Gov Robert L Knous of Colorado and Glen M Hatch adminis assistant to Utah's Gov Calvin L Rampton ATTENDING the luncheon and ceremony were prominent dals of the two companies state representatives and civic and business leaders from the areas involved These Include Mr Fidlar Salt Lake City William E Wall ex ex- ex executive vice president and Ly- Ly Lyman Lyman man E Robbins director of public information Seattle both bothof bothof of Cascade Natural Gas Corp and M 1 V A Megeath Rock RockSprings RockSprings Springs Wyo personnel super super- supervisor supervisor visor Fuel Cascade earlier this year ac ac- ac acquired Garfield Gas Gathering Company of Denver which own own- owned ed gas purchase contracts in western Colorado and 27 miles of ten inch pipeline northwest of Rifle Utilizing the existing pipeline Cascade built an additional 88 miles of inch 14 pipeline to trans trans- Continued on page 8 W ry ryAr Ar c ci ca cour i a our OFFICIALS OF Mountain Fuel Supply Company of Utah and Cascade Natural Gas Corporation of Seattle Wash attend a ceremony at Bonanza Thursday of last week symbolizing the con of two natural gas pipelines Staff photos d I tl c r s r AI f fW W r r iJ Jre 1 I If r w r rw w BUSINESS and civic leaders attending the pipeline ceremony at Bonanza are left to right County Commissioner S Harold McKee Mayor Mavor Alvin Kay personnel supervisor Mountain Fuel Supply Company County Commissioner Rulon S Hacking James E Adney Mountain Fuel superintendent of production Southern District State Senator Leland and Stewart Ashton Vernal businessman I Gas Linc Continued from page 1 port gas into utah where it will connect with the 16 inch Moun taro Fuel pipeline at Bonanza Under terms of the contract between the two firms Cascade will deliver 25 million cubic feet of gas a day to Mountain Fuel Fuelin Fuelin in the first year and 50 million cubic feet a day in the second year PEAK DAY deliveries in the first year may reach 33 million cubic feet daily and in the second year 65 million cubic feet daily Mr Fidlar pointed out that one of the added benefits of the new pipelines will be the stimulation it will give to re- re renewed renewed exploration and develop develop- development ment drilling in the area the I pipeline traverses particularly in western Colorado Cascades Cascade's pipeline is likely the worlds world's highest as it reaches an altitude of feet and at its lowest point doesn't descend below feet |