Show Major Oil Begins Roosevelt Work A building permit has been Issued by Duchesne County to Major Oil Company with offices in Salt Lake City for the construction of a refinery on a 25 acre 25 acre tract of land just west of Roosevelt on highway 40 KEITH WINEGAR vice president and engineer for Major Oil Company was In Roosevelt last week making final preparations preparations preparations for the start of construction He states states' that construction will begin immediately im mediately and should be completed withIn within with with- in 90 days The 25 acres of land involved in the the refinery site have been deeded to the oil company and the transactions completed ed and registered Mr Winegar pointed out that the refinery refinery re reo finery will process crude which will be produced by extraction units to be located located located ed at various excavation sites around the Basin Two such sites have been opened one in Whiterocks Canyon and another at Sand Ridge The extraction units will willbe willbe willbe be moved to the sites within the next two weeks THE CRUDE will be extracted ir from m moil oil bearing sands large deposits of which are found throughout the basin The process process process pro pro- cess of extraction has been developed develop d dby by Major Oil Company and if it proves successful should provide a new dimension dimension dimen dimen- sion slon to the oil Industry The refinery construction site h has s been cleared and surfacing should begin within within with with- in the week Gravel b base se and other Sur surfacing sur surfacing facing materials will be placed before actual plant construction begins |