Show Major Oil Firms Select Uintah Oil Shale Tracts At least five oil shale tracts have been selected In the Uintah Basin by major oil companies In the Interior Departments Departments Department's Depart ments ment's shale leasing program reported Sh Sherman P P. P Lloyd R ft Utah THE DEPARTMENT Rep Lloyd said will wilt not identify the companies involved In Utah but said that in the three three state stale area of oC Utah Wyoming and Colorado 15 companies have shown Interest In shale lands officials agreed with the companies that details of the leasing would not b bs be divulged to protect the competitive interests I think the so far Car has been very encouraging Rep Lloyd said Many people felt Celt when this program was announced last June that companies would not be Interested because an oil shall was too loo far down the theline line This has not been the case THE COMPANIES have submitted 23 lease ease nominations for prototype oil extraction ex ex- traction operations In addition to the five In Utah 17 tracts have been nominated nomi in Colorado and one In Wyoming This has been far more successful than the oil shale leasing program of of- in 1967 Rep Lloyd noted UNDER THE Tl-IE tentative schedule lease nominations will be evaluated by a committee committee com of federal and state officials that will then recommend six tracts for competitive competitive competitive com com- bid and leasing The department will make a final selection and pending environmental Impact studies will make six leases easeS in the three states available I ii in A PILOT oil shale industry producing up to barrels barrels' per day could be in operation by 1975 Rep I Lloyd said with maximum production from the industry possibly reaching barrels per day by 1980 and by 1963 Annual public revenues from royalty payments income taxes and property t taxes would ranged from 75 million in 1 1975 75 to million by 1983 if those predictions hold true Of these revenues the federal government would get 70 per percent percent percent cent while state slate and local bodies would get 15 per per cent each i 1 RE REP P. P LLOYD and former congressman congress congress- man John Wold R pressured Interior In t tenor officials in 1970 in initiate an oil shale leasing program President Nixon announced the leasing program in his clean energy message to Congress in inJune June 1971 Companies submitting nominations ons in inthe inthe inthe the three states include American n Pet Pet- r of Texas Ashland Oil Inc Atlantic At lantic antic Richfield Occidental de dental tal Petroleum m Gulf Mineral Resources Marathon Oil the Oil Shale Corp Phelps Dodge Shell oil S hio Petroleum Superior Oil Sun Oil and Western Oil Shale Corp COUNTY EMPLOYEE INJURED Milton Wooley received Injuries Thursday Thurs day morning of last week at the county road department yard when he was loading loading loading load load- ing a heavy pipe onto a winch truck The pipe slipped striking a 4 by 4 timber timber tim tim- ber her which hit Mr Wooley on the side of the head and broke his leg as it fell fellon fellon fellon on it A gentlemen has a phone number that seems to attract a lot of He lie routinely the number they dialed then suggests that they dial it again more carefully But Dut one day when he asked a woman oman what number she had dialed she replied Well I guess I must have dialed yours whatever that i. i is s. s Son Dad what is college college bred bred Father a four year loaf made from the flavor of youth and his old oldmans oldmans oldmans mans man's dough |