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Show .'.x Ncs CiircutTun - UJ A, .sAwfcuw 4 Vol. 1 No. 41 December 8f 1969 25 Cents per Copy Dim Utah tar sands will be among the topics discussed this week when the Interstate Oil Compact Commission meets in Salt Lake City. state governors are Several among 400 persons from 32 member states expected at the semi-annumeeting which runs from Dec. From a governmental point of view, the compact is the most important organization in the petroleum industry, according to Paul Burchell, chief petroleum engineer for the Utah Division of Oil and Gas Conservation. The compact was formed 35 al 8-1- 0. WASHINGTON Common trash may someday become a source of oil and gasoline, according to Rep. Laurence J. Burton, citing a U.S. Bureau of Mines study. By 1975, this nation could have a serious gas supply problem, Burton noted. One R-Ut- years ago by the industry itself to bring order out of chaos. The compact made the industry more stable. Before, people were drilling a well to the acre, causing great pollution problems, and ruining attempts states oil and gas division in the Department of Natural Resources. members meet year to iron out industry Compact resources, Mr. Burchell says. In the mid-30- s the industry introduced legislation in state departments with the authority to regulate production and cooperate nationally with other states. Such legislation established the Utah Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, forerunner of the twice a problems, such as production, conservation and pollution. California remains the only major producer not a member of the compact. While Utah isnt recognized as a significant oil state, it still ranks 14th in the U.S. and produces about two million barrels of oil a month, Mr. Burchell said. Other major topics to be considered at the meeting include the leasing of state lands solution of the House to oil-produci- conserve our natural ng might come from research at a Pennsylvania coal center which indicates that wet, ground-u- p garbage and paper can be converted into a type of crude petroleum, from which fuels and other valuable products could be refined. Ranking Republican member Mines and Mining subcommittee, Burton said the tests were conducted on a limited laboratory-scal- e run, but did produce gas. If yields could be obtained from conversion on a large scale as scientists believe, there could be the equivalent of just over one barrel of oil per ton of garbage, he said. Burton said a Bureau of Mines estimate indicates that 93.5 million tons of coal will be Lump incidence of emphysema in Utah can be attributed to the high altitude and mining occupation, Dr. C. Du Wayne Schmidt, assistant clinical professor of medicine. University of Utah Medical Center, believes. REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS, Mericle Oil Co., Phoenix, told of a perfect record of oil well drillings in its Chico Martinez field in the 14 wells to date and all 14 San Juaquin basin of central California hits. Drill rig is shown at left, pumping well at right The field is located 50 miles west of Bakersfield, Calif, in the foothills of the Temblor Mountain Range. IN A Perfect Record high The national mortality rate from emphysema is 13.6 persons per 100,000 population, but in Utah it is 16 persons per 100,000 population. Dr, Schmidt told some 50 doctors attending a week-lon- g General sessions begin Monday morning with an opening address by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton. He will be followed by governors Preston D. Smith of Texas and Robert D. Docking of Kansas. Other morning speakers include Sen, Frank Moss, and Jack H. Abernathy, h, chairman, National Petroleum Council. Monday night activities (Continued Page 2) used by 1990 to provide electric power for one year for 1 1 western states. A subastance called culmbank may be useful in supplying fuel for these power plants. Burton said. A rock-lik- e has a 30 per material, culm-ban- k cent potential for fueling furnaces. The waste could be used for making bricks, filling land and other projects, the Bureau of Mines study suggested. stady cites miMe, The and the use of nuclear explosives to stimulate oil production. An unofficial reception will be held the evening of Dec. 7 at Hotel Utah. General InlDDlfDDInigi Practice Review at the medical center. 4 He said the mortality incidence was even higher in those Utah mining counties (such as Summit. Wasatch. Emery. Iron and Tooele' where the elevation is 5.000 feet or more. Dr. Schmidt said the greater a the person's age. higher the mortality in i n c i d e n ce . "particularly persons oxer He added that t0." emphysema is the fastest-risincause of g death. |