Show OH oil fieldson fields on propane allocation list lIt Congressman Gunn Gums McKay stated that the Office of Energy Policy had agreed to expand the original mandatory allocation list for pra propane ane and include oil an and gas well drilling and field production uses uses uses' in the basic priority list WHEN THE Energy Policy Office announced the possibility of a a mandatory allocation for propane they had not considered its use in some oil operations McKay explained In the oil fields fields' of Eastern Utah removing the propane would halt production It would be a ludicrous economy in the energy crisis if we were to eliminate that oil production Inthe in inthe inthe the name of propane conservation Oil in the Uinta Basin is very thick McKay said and propane is required to heat it after it has reached the surface The heat keeps the oil allowing it to flow now freely he said ITS NOT yet clear how the allocation will impact in Utah but OOt this decision assures that the propane will not be cut off McKay said |