Show Oil Sands Separation Plant and Refinery Located in Duchesne County Major Oil on Corp announced plans Monday for construction of an oil refinery and separation separation tion plant In Duchesne County The plant is designed to extract oil from sand JOHN B. B FAIRBANKS Jr president said the company has purchased a portable refinery which will be built on six acres of land two miles west of Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt on US U.S. 40 The refinery with a production production tion capacity of 1000 to 1500 barrels of oil per day will employ employ em em- ploy about 26 persons Mr Er Fairbanks Fair Fair- blinks banks said The facility Is ts being purchased from a Dallas Texas firm which has operations at Billings Montana CONSTRUCTION also aiso will begin begin be be- gin eln In about two weeks on the oil separation plant he said This portable skid skid mounted mounted facility facility fac fac- will be constructed in Salt Lake City and be moved to about seven miles northeast of Mountain Home on the Black Diamond claims between Lake Fork and the Yellowstone River In hi Duchesne County Fairbanks said This plant will employ 20 to 24 persons Strip mining will be undertaken there Ray S. S Brimhall secretary secretary- treasurer of Major Oil is Inventor inventor tor of the firms firm's oil extraction process It incorporates thermal thermal thermal ther mal chemical and mechanical methods in extracting oil from sand he said CHARLES R. R Henderson sec rotary manager Vernal cham cham- ber of Commerce saId sad the company's company's company's com com- pany's project should give a good test of the oil sands in the Uintah Basin It has been at least 10 it to 12 years since anyone anyone anyone any any- one tried to test the oil sands there by mechanical separation he said uld It will bo ha a substantial boost to the economy of the entire area particularly it it proves successful Henderson said He lie HeIs Is ls also associated with the Division Division Division Divi Divi- sion of Oil and Gas Utah Department Department De De- of Natural Resources GORDON E. E Harmston executive executive tive director of the Department of Natural Resources said he hopes the venture is successful because It would be a boom to the economy of Uintah Basin and the state f |