Show 7 Million Pipeline May Boos Boost Activity Possible additional gas gasfield gasfield field exploration and a mar mar- market ket for shut shut-in wells looms with the plans for construe construe- construction tion of a 7 million mile mUe pipeline from northwest Colo Colo- Colorado rado fields to Bonanza Mo Mountain Fuel Supply Co has signed agreements with Western Colorado Gathering Systems Inc t f f Denver which could lead t to delivery to of 10 million cubic feet of natural gas daily M M FIDLAR president of Mountain Fuel has disclosed that the agreements are de de- de dependent pendent upon getting the type of authorization needed from t the e Federal Power Commission Slon sion Western Colorado Gather Gather- Gathering ing headed by T D Christ opher of Denver proposed construction of the transmission transmission sion system to connect with Uintah Basin nasin line near I Bonanza I Mr Christopher said the theline thel line would provide a market ou outlet for several gas fields which presently have no such I facilities Several Utah firms have shut shut-In wells in the I fields involved I HE SAID THE new line will start at Divide Creek J Field 15 miles southeast of Rifle Colo Application for authority I to build the line will be filed with the FIC in Washington I in about a week and a ruling I is expected from the in about two months inI l I First construction will be a 27 mlle segment of inch 14 I line from Douglas Creek Field Fieldin Fieldin in Rio Blanco Colo County County FieldI I to Bonanza possibly to be completed early In 1964 The Theother Theother other 86 miles of inch 12 pipe would tie in the na- na nasin Basin sin Douglas Lower Creek Horse Draw and Divide Creek fields MR CHRISTOPHER said the contract calls for 25 mil mil- million lion cubic feet of gas per day the first year increasing re- re regularly regularly up to million cub cub- cubic cubic ic feet of a day in the fourth fourt h year |