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Show Oilman Has Strong Sentiments About Government Rules By MARILYN KARRAS working for, RCA during his early years. He also lived for 22 years in Alaska quite a distance from the oil fields of Texas. His years in the North weakened his southern accent, but he said, so many people in the oil industry are from the South, Ive started to talk like they do again. As Canson said, he could say a lot about government interference in the ' industry. When those folks in the government talk about our huge gross income they dont tell people how much it costs for research and development before we have anything to sell," Canson said. He pointed out that Amoco has spent between $40 million and $50 million in drilling beneath the Great Salt Lake in two years, and it is still undetermined whether any oil will be produced. We spent $10 million on one wildcat well in Jackson Hole alone, he said. Wildcat wells are those (hilled with only seismic data to indicate the possibility of the presence of oil. Seismic testing only shows the existance of rock formations which might provide a reservoir for oil. Nobody has a witch stick that says where the oil is, Canson said. He said government regulations requiring the filling out of a myriad of forms and documents cost the companies millions of dollars, but hurt the small, independent oil companies most. The smaller companies work wells that produce 50 to 60 barrels a day wells we couldnt afford to keep going but multiply that by several thousand companies and it adds up to a substantial amount of oil, Canson said. "These independent oil companies can really be hurt by trying to meet the actually government requirements, he said. Canson said delays caused by the. after Staff Writer LITTLE VALLEY, Box Elder County Asking an oilman how he feels about government regulation is a little like asking a farmer how he feels about drought. Every dollar we have to pay to the government in extra taxes is a dollar we cant spend looking for oil, said B.E. Barney Canson. We have to practically have our own bureaucracy to deal with the red tape and fill out the forms the, government requires. Canson,' is an oilman. And, he has some opinions about how government regulation and taxation of the oil industry effect both the consumer and the oil producers. A day spent with Canson at the site of an oil drilling operation on the Great Salt Lake, provided an enlightening glimpse of the people who make up the d oil industry that group of giant corporations that some claim are more powerful than the government itself. Even a brief acquaintance with a few oilmen makes the observer aware ol one quality common to them all from the fledgling roustabouts to the formen who oversee the operation thoy are proud of the work they do and loyal to their employer. , Canson, now a senior drilling foreman who supervises work at a number of wildcat wells throughout the West, started in the industry 10 years the bottom of the ladder for , ago at Amoco Production Co. Everybody, except the board of directors, has worked their way up in the company, Canson said. You : begin as a roustabout, and as soon as ; you learn the ropes and the ter-- ; minology, you can begin moving up. Canson, whose Texas accent and ' cowboy boots make him the picture of a often-criticize- born-and-bre- 'i- oilman, careers in mid-lif-e d changed 4" 4 : ,1 I! w I,: Silt A Of Q - s m- tmmmm .vMWW .W'X '..'.Sv:' '.w V, O' A BARGE weighing a million tons is needed to carry oil drilling rig located Great Salt Lake. Trailer at left houses office and quarters for a crew in the government and environmentalists hiked the final cost of the Trans-Alask- a pipeline to more than 15 times the original estimate. Three major oil companies were committed to the hilt on that project, he said. If it hadnt gotten going when it finally did, they would have had to of about five men. Every inch of space is put to use on the bail out. over that, he said. The original cost estimate to bring oil Canson said he understands the from the North Slope was $996 million. feelings of people who are faced with Delays of several years while the oil higher and higher gasoline and oil companies dealt with government red prices. I get irate, too, he said. I dont get tape put the final cost at $15 billion, Canson said. any break on my gas prices, either. The A lot of people in Alaska went broke prices in grocery stores and the mor barge. tgage rates are enough to get people upset, too. He said oil producers are often seen as getting rich while avoiding paying their share of taxes. Actually, if the oil industry was allowed to put the money back into exploration and research, consumers would also benefit, he said. ctober penning Date Targeted tor Museum It .j Lakeside Reiev, August 28, 1980 Iage 7A LAYTON The Heritage Museum ,.,board of trustees will open the history museum to the public in early October if it can raise enough money to buy storage shelves and display cases for the facility, members. according to board' The $150,000 museum building has been completed and a museum director hired, but those running the museum have not been able to accept donated artificats yet because there is no shelving on which to safely store the items. '.t! The trustees hope to solve the g buffet problem with a dinner and auction at the 403 Wasatch Drive building Sept. 6. The dinner, which costs $25 per person, will begin at 7 p.m. The auction will be held immediately afterward. We are aiming at raising $10,000 , from the auction and dinner, board , member Carol Morgan said. I think it will be an exciting evening. Items donated for sale at the auction include seven quilts made of pieced antique tops and paintings by Robert Day of Kaysville and Deseret News art critic George Dibble. We welcome people who come to the auction after the buffet, Mrs. Morgan 4 said, indicating that tickets to the buffet could be obtained from Oma Wilcox at nnt Kent Day at or Don ' DeWitt at The creation of the Heritage Museum - s fund-raisin- i .r 376-149- 376-811- 1, 376-386- has been a long, drawn-ou- t process, according to Mrs. Morgan, but those who have worked on the lengthy project are finally beginning to see some results. The City of Layton, which loaned the museum $48,000, has told the museum board it can postpone paying the nearly $40,000 it still owes the city to concentrate on raising money to open the place. We have formed a curatorial committee, explained Mrs. Wilcox, chairman of ,the board. We are now working on a list of available artifacts. Also, we want to include family documents, tapes and so forth . . . anything having to do with the history of the area. She emphasized that the facility will be a history museum of the north Davis County area, not just Layton. Newly appointed museum director Kent Day, who has a doctorate in anthropology from Harvard University, said, It was originally named the Pioneer Museum, but the board soon decided if were going to do a museum dedicated to regional history, we cant just concentrate on one group or one religious group. Day said he envisioned the museum having displays on the areas physical environment, the activities of native Americans, the region as a Spanish socio-econom- ic territory, the mountain men, the Mormon pioneers, the development of what was then called Kaysville, and the changes which took place up until World War II. We want to emphasize the diversity of ethnic groups here, Day explained, noting that Greeks, Japanese and Mexicans have been important parts of this areas history. Hopefully, we can be tied in with the new Davis County library to be built down the street. I think its a marvelous opportunity to develop a cultural complex, he said. Since Layton pays Days salary and the costs of maintaining the museum, the museum board is free to concentrate on raising funds for storage and display cases, and on paying back the citys loan. If we clear those two hurdles and people see the results, were more likely to get private donations, Day said. Its really critical now that we get the museum functioning. We hope to be fully functional in a year. Meanwhile, the building will be open every Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. to let people know we do exist, Day said. The public can make an important contribution to the museum by donating memorabilia and by serving as volunteer assistants, he said. We want them to have direct involvement in the gathering and preservation if history. THE HERITAGE MUSEUM, with its clean, modern lines, was designed by the architectural firm of Fowler, Ferguson, Kingston and Ruben, which also drew the plans for Symphony Hall and the Salt Lake Art Center in Salt Lake City. VftV, TOTAL MARKET COVERAGE Reach 29,000 homes from Roy through Centerville Free home delivery by carrier every Thursday morning. For more information and advertising rates phone: 825-- 1 :' 2 ... MUSEUM DIRECTOR KENT DAY already has a few items on display to give visitors an idea of what artifacts the building will one day contain. i 666 .r 359-26- 1 5383 South WOO West. Roy. Utah 84067 |