Show RANGELY RANGED FIELD PRODUCES NINE NEVE MILLION BARRELS EI DURING M 46 Estimates of the 1948 1046 doff tion at the Rangely Ransel field put the total near the nine million bar ban barJ rel J l mark markup up to Dec 15 18 5 Experts that are quick to point out however that much more could have been beert produced except for tor the limited pl pl pipeline line capacity The single le pipeline into the field limits the capacity cl of the field to tp barrels barrell of oil oU per day No additional oil oil can be pro pro- at the field until more mor more pipe lines are gye e provided or a rail rait road outlet i It IS built bunt Into the field In view oi the big Investment of Union Pacific Pac c In the area erea come ome ome observers o look for foran foran an early move to put a rail ran road r a lne Into J Q the tb area area I- I 40 0 Millions tough estimates ate Indicated 40 million dollars al- al alre alj r re j c dy vetted In the field This Includes cost f drilling the wells in the t one area area one was a afa failure fa ure The California com com- company pany alone done has haa spent pent around for drilling Other expenses expense are tied in with leases roads roada built by oil companies i camps and lines line gas leases equipment etc Based Awed on nth th nine million bar bar- relief Tel of c crude cude ude token taken t k out o t invest invest- investments ments have ave been out ou of all pro pro- proportions portions to to earnings earn ins of the oil companies industry I leaders said IBid aid Companies Co par that depend on the limited pipe line are preparing to take action to mar mar- market ket their oil in 1947 1941 either through their own pipe lines or through a looped line Une from Wamsutter Wyo to the field Oie rhe lattes lattea is planned by b Utah defining although date of its completion is b indefinite As things stand now millions f dollars In actual oil available for tor market at Rangely are tied up by Jack lack of o facilities facUlties to get the oil oU out of the field Last Leat Wednesday the field got lot Its Ha its producing well with the coming in of the California's Emerald No 16 18 The new pro pro- producer ducer brought broucht California's total welts wells wel to 81 The Emerald No 16 is beat I ed ad in the NE NW of section 31 W Continental Oil company I worker still WI were endeavoring to put the Rooth No 4 well on production pro pro- production It was Indicated the well wen will haVe hate to be deepened a abit abit bit to get commercial output Other developments at Ran Ran- Rangely gely Included an an- announcement announcement that the California had made six new inside locations lo lo- lo locations Poor Roads Rod Hamper Field Operations In the Rio Blanco county field have been hamp hamp- hampered hampered ered seriously this month by bad weather and poor roads Rains have turned roadways in the field into quagmires oil men re reo returning turning from Rangely said State highway department officials have done nothing to meet the emergency which is holding up Rangely develop develop- development development ment oil leaders said With poor transportation fac fac- and a shortage of pipe for casing some oil men with In in- in interests interests in the district said Wed Wed- Wednesday it looked like winter in in- in inactivity activity was wh beginning to set in The company which was operating twenty-one twenty rigs is 13 working only eight |