Show Altamont Site for Gas Plant Floret Utah's Altamont area in the heart of the new Uinta Basin Tertiary oil trend is to get a gas processing plant accordIng according accord accord- ing to Carlton Stowe staff mineral specialist specialist spec spec- Utah Geological Survey HE NOTED that Petroleum Information Information tion Corp Denver based oil Industry that Shell Oil whose discovery of Altamont Alta mont field in 1970 brought the new play into focus is taking a lead role will probably probably ably construct and operate the fact facio facility lity Other producers in the area are being offered processing agreements or ora ora ora a chance to join in construction and ownership The lh firm also reports that tentative plans plan call caU for the facility to be located near the town of Altamont in the vicinity of the fields field's discovery well with a high pressure gathering system to bring in gas from wells in Altamont Bluebell Cedar Rim and Starvation fields and the adjacent areas THE PROPOSED plant will have an initial throughput capacity of 40 million cubic feet of gas per day Processed ga gas gasis gasis is expected to yield an average of four gallons of propane butane and heavier liquids per thousand No contracts have been made for the sale of the processed or dry gas but possible purchasers in elude clude Mountain Fuel Fue Supply and andEl El Paso Natural Gas The need for a gas processing plant in the area was recognized early by the industry operators Shell proposed the formation of an engineering committee to investigate the design and related economics eco ceo of a Joint venture gathering and processing facility last September Par were to include representatives of Humble Oil and Refining Coastal States Slates Gas Producing Chevron Oil Mountain Fuel Supply Texaco Inc Gulf Oil Warren Petroleum and Flying Diamond Dia Dla mond Land Minerals l THE INITIAL gas processing facility will solve one of the marketing problems for operators throughout the Uinta Babin Basin Ba- Ba sin bin area Mr tIr Stowe says that Petroleum Information In formation known throughout the Rocky Mountain Region for its accuracy and reliability in factual data ports 20 rigs working in the Altamont Bluebell area on exploration and development development devel and more scheduled to be activated acct actio in the very near future This is twice the number of rotaries employed ed edin in the entire state of Utah in January y and February of 1970 on a week week week-to-week to week average basis ELSEWHERE IN the tho state new de do- v are rapidly attracting attention atten lion tion in the Book Dook Cliffs are north of Moab Toledo Mining Company reports a new well will be bo drilled offsetting its Us apparent discovery in Grand County Toledos Toledo's Number 2 Dull Bull Canyon test is projected to at least feet to test the Entrada formation Oil flowed on early tests at the discovery well and testing continues Bruce Druce Anderson and Thomas Casper Wyoming independents will also drill an exploratory well in the area Their well located on state land four and a half hall miles southeast of ot Cisco Dome be drilled to at least 2500 feet |