Show Vernal Site Sile Chosen to 10 Make k f Underground und Nuclear r Shale r Test Testy The tentative site of Operation Operation Operation Oper Utah has has' been selected on Western Oil Shale Corporations Corporations Corpor Uintah Basin properties properties proper proper- ties by i Corporation Corporation Cor It was was' announced this week py by y Jr Dowdle Western Oil Shale Utah is an experiment aimed ly at commercial r recovery covery of 01 oil from shale through nuclear fracturing and retorting on the company's in in the Corporation of Las Vegas has selected a site on the the com company's com com- I pany's properties approximately approximate approximate- ly 25 miles south of Vernal The report states that the site appears to contain a sufficient volume of oil in place to be considered considered con con- as a potential site for nuclear oil shale recovery THE CENTER of the Uintah Basin properties is I a 25 mile radius around the the point where the White River enters the Green River miles south of Vernal Corporation Corporation Corporation Corpor Corpor- of Las Vegas Nevada represents 18 16 firms in oil and related industries The The- propos propos- proposal al al has been submitted to the Atomic Energy Commission and the US Department Interior for for- fora a joint joint ment to further study the feasibility fea feasibility feasibility fea- fea of fracturing oil shale with an underground nuclear explosion and recovering the oil by an place in-place retorting heating process The proposed experiment BRONCO would be part of the Plowshare Program to develop peaceful uses of nuclear explosives THE NEXT phase of the program calls for the the drilling of a core hole to further substantiate sub sub- substantiate its findings The core hole will be be l t a depth of approximately feet this this' summer on n Fran Frank J J. J Jf Allen Ailen of Salti Lake ke City recently appointed executive executive executive exe exe- vice president and r general gen gep eral counsel for the company will will b tie operational pera onal coordinator coordinator- for the Operation Utah Mr Allen is a former director and chief executive officer of the Utah State I Land and Board the the agency concerned with the mineral minerai leasing of State lands' lands in Utah Western Oil Shale owns 1200 acres of leases on on the proposed proposed pro pro- posed site for Operation Utah and efforts will be made I I f to have other companies join Western Oil Shale in the development and completion of Operation Utah |