Show f j I 1 I I EARL H H. H RAMSEY oil shale program director o Oil iI- iI shale personnel named Petroleum Company Sun Oil Company and Phillips Petroleum Company have announced jointly the forma formation tion of a new organization called the White River Shale Project to direct the development of oil shale leases acquired in Utah as part of the Federal Governments Government's prototype oil shale leasing program KEY PERSONNEL named to head the project are Earl H H. H Ramsey of Sun Oil Company program director Charles E. E Doney Phillips Petroleum Company manager of engineering and Rees flees Madsen and Merril L L. Littlewood Petroleum Company environmental environmental environmental en en- affairs coordinator coordinator coordinator coor coor- and manager community development respectively respectively- Project headquarters will be bein bein bein in the University Club Building Salt Lake City A field operating office has been established InVernal in Vernal be mined are Tract U-a U and Tract U-b U located in northeastern Utah Ulah near the Colorado border Tract U-a U was acquired by Phillips and Sun for fora a winning ng bid of million inthe Inthe in inthe the Federal lease sale held last March 12 Tract U-b U was acquired by White River Shale Oil Corporation for a bid of million in the Federal lease sale held last April 9 Stock in White WhiteRiver WhiteRiver WhiteRiver River Shale Oil Corporation is owned equally by Phillips and Sun TilE THE NEWLY NEWLY JED While River Shale Project will wll report through Ramsey to a management committee of Phillips and Sun representatives all participants participants participants par par- in the joint development of the oil shale leases Project personnel will provide direction to one or more major engineering companies to be engaged for the development program It is anticipated that the recently acquired leases will be developed jointly to produce barrels of petroleum products per day from the shale The scope of the project 0 includes the development of the largest underground mine in inthe inthe the world to produce over tons per day of shale plus retorting and refining facilities The development of a new community and the resolution of environmental considerations considerations considerations consid consid- are major parts of the program |