Show Shell Will Expand Uintah Oil Search Shell Oil Company plans to conduct additional drilling and testing in the Uintah Vin Uin tah lah Basin to determine the full Cull importance Inv im- m of ot a recent discovery of at oil there the company's president said last week HARRY BRIDGES said results so far tar have been very gratifying Shell made its discovery in inlay May lay and since has followed it with an active program of oC exploratory exploratory exploratory atory and development drilling he said Thirteen Shell-Interest Shell wells have been completed and production has been established established established es es- at a number of locations he said Mr Bridges made his comments in a summary of Shells Shell's exploration n program throughout the world In which he also announced that the firm has discovered three offshore Louisiana tracts acquired in the December 1970 1070 federal lease sale MR BRIDGES announced plans to spend more than million in the next five live years for environmental control fa fa- duties and Shell refineries lie He also said the early development of unconventional fuels such as oil shale tar sands and coal is required to help supply the nations nation's growing energy needs THE TECHNOLOGY exists today to produce gas from coal and oil from shale but it costs significantly more than the processing of conventional sources he said To stimulate early develop development ent industry must receive added economic incentives a higher p price r i ice c e for forthe forthe forthe the fuels special tax considerations and so forth he said |