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Show 66 NUMBS! 42 October VOLUME estraicitioini The Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored a tour to the area oil shale sites Oct; 12. The tour included a visit to Camp Karagen, home, base for Geokinetics, Inc., and an explanation of present and proposed processes. The method of extraction that Geokinetics uses is one designed for oil shale formations, with 60 to 160 feet of overburden. The shale doesn't have to be thick, so the process is adaptable to areas surrounding the big oil shale deposits. Mike Lekas, president of Geokinetics, started the project six years ago and came to the present location a year later. His early work was funded by various oil companies with -- an interest in the project Two years ago, the Department of Energy assumed fending in an effort to develop the new technology and prove that it was a workable process for oil extraction. Lekas stated that they have come a ' long way from the first in situ retort site. The expected only 6 gallons of oil with the first experiment and ended up with 86 barrels. After selling it to a refinery, they found out that half of it was water. . Lekus stated, "You have to think little, not big, with this process. ' . methods Blast holes are drilled and detonators lift a section Of the oil shale. The first full-siz-e area will be 200 feet square, and will actually rise 10 to 15 feet, to allow the air and fire to pass through. .Next, air and fire' holes are drilled into the shale. Burn holes are started at various locations so that the entire field is processed simultaneously. Water is pumped from the field so that the burn process is more complete. Fire is started in the burn holes, and air is forced in behind the fire to enhance the heating effect. A temperature of 900 degrees is needed to decompose the carbon, pushing the oil and gas out in front Lekas stated that burning the carbon and not the oil is the important consideration. The process move very slowly but is complete, reaching levels of 60 percent, where other processes of oil shale extraction are around 20 to 30 percent effective. The oil is then pumped out of the shale into a separation tank, where the water is separated from the oil by gravity. The water is used to keep the dust down on the road around the camp, while the oil is placed into another tank and stored until trans . portation. Half of the oil is being tested by the Federal government. The remaining oil is sold to Plateau, Inc., in Roosevelt, where the refining process removes . nitrogen from the natural product. Modifications are now being studied must to determine what refinery change or add in order to accomodate this type oil. Lekas stated that he was getting $26.50 a barrel, including the upgrading charge. Natural gas is a retort that will be put to use in the near future. There are about 60,000 cu. ft. of this gas per barrel of oil, but 10 times as much of this gas is required to be graded the same as natural gas. The future of Geokinetics looks bright. There are 10 sites suitable for oil shale development, and they plan to have 10 sites in production within the next five years. They plan a minimum production of 20,000 barrels per day. For a commercial site to be profitable, 2,000 bbladay production is required. An estimated $5 to $10 million dollars is required to establish a new ' site. Lekas stated that this money . , ' Continued on page 8a WHAT EVERY HUNTER WANTS TO SEE-- The popular sport of deer hunting will be on everyone's mind as the season opens this weekend for Utah sportsmen. The hunt may or may not measure up to last year's, but hunters will enjoy the trek into the great outdoors for just a taste of what life was like in simpler times. -- Police plan crime prevention program O' CRUDE Mike Lekas, president of Geokinetics Inc., turns on the valve to allow the flow of as parin the of recent Chamber Com ticipants BUCKET crude-from-sha- le merce tour look on. Lekas started the project six years ago, came to the area south of Ouray the following year. Know the candidates Dennis Jenkins, representing the E. Progressive Party, and Gordon Snow, Peoples Rurty, are first-tim- e candidates for elective office, as they join the Roosevelt City Council race. Snow, a 1970 graduate of Utah State University, has been an accountant with a national firm and locally for seven years. He feels that certain areas of the city need street lights, and is also concerned with city finances. He believes that a healthy-financicondition can be achieved without raising taxej and says he would run the eity like my own business. Snow also feels that new The crime rate has out-ru- n the population growth rate in the Roosevelt area, according to Police Chief Cecil Gurr, and the police department intends to take crime prevention to the people. In such a campaign undertaken some time ago, local law enforcement officials held an open house, offering advice on crime prevention, films, etc., to interested citizens. The response, said Gurr, was disappointing, with few area individuals coming forward to participate in the program. This time, he said, the campaign will be Dale spear-heade- d by Patrolman Smith, whose previous experience in crime prevention brings special exper-- tise to the effort. The Roosevelt Police Department will publicize a standing offer to survey local businesses and homes, demonstrate different types of locking n devices, offer advice as to measures that are available to all,., such as cutting weeds around homes and businesses, marking valuable items for identification, and the like. Gurr has statistics to back up his contention that crime in on the rise. At this time last year, he said, there were 937 reported incidents in the sources ol water must be developed. Jenkins has been the owner of the Sears Catalog Store in Roosevelt for three years, and prior to that was employed by Ford Motor Co. and L&L He holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Weber State College. Jenkins told the STANDARD that his primary area of interest is police and fire protection. He serves as a volunteer fireman, and feels strongly about the need for additional equipment in the area. Jenkins is a past president of UBIC, and has been a resident of Roosevelt for many years. Prec. Ford-Mercur- fire-fighti- Open house at STANDARD The offices of the UINTAH BASIN STANDARD will be open to the public Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18 (Uidny) and 19, and tours will be provided for area school children and other interested individuals. The event is in observance of National Newspaper Week. Tlie STANDARD was first published Aug. 29, 1914, 65 years ago, and has played a significant role in the development of the rounty and the life of the people. The facilities that produce the STANDARD each week include an impressive urray of modern technology. such as a new $20,000 computer and a four-unKing Web Press, the - Gordon E. Snow Dennis Jenkins it . through the local police department, including booklets entitled, Breathe Easier When Youre Away," Protect and Your Wheels," "Vandalism," others. Crime must be a prevention community effort, said Gurr, and while the police can handle their role in the investigation of crime, the best cure for the problem is prevention. And the police cant do the job alone, he added. Hunters urged to use courtesy on private land official, A farm organization speaking for about 86 percent of Utah's farmers and ranchers, called on deer hunters to use caution and courtesy as they traverse private land in their search for game this fall. Frank O. Nishiguchi, president of Utah Farm the Bureau Federation and a farmer himself in Garland, Box Elder County, said: "If hunters would only observe the statement on their hunting license and obtain permission from the owner before entering private land, a lot of problems both farmers and hunters face at this time of year would be solved. The farm leader referred to the fact that many landowners have either posted their land with No Trespasswith ing signs or signed contracts sKirtsmen's clubs to only allow members to hunt on their farms and ranches. "The .careless or even malicious actions of a few hunters have spoiled . largest press to be found between Salt Lake City and Denver. things somewhat for the majority of The tour will show how stories and sportsmen who are considerate of farm pictures arrive at the STANDARD, property, livestock, private and the processes through which they farms other on items and equipment, pass before they are put on the press where they hunt," Nishiguchi pointed and printed. The mailing process and nut. machines will be denionstarted, and a Most deer in the Rtntc feed o:i forms souvenir page, with an American Flag and ranches at times during the year, reproduced in color and the text of the he claimed. The percentage of feed Declaration of Independence,, will be and habitat furnished by formers for while the students art pheasants, other birds and small game printed present. The souvenir pages will be is even higher, Nishiguriii added. For given to the teachers for distribution that reason, among others, hunters in class. owe it to the owners of private land to The management and staff of the gel their iiermisMon before entering STANDARD cordially invite the their properly. public to visit our offices and "Cutting ferns wires h aving, gales' participate in this years open house. 0sn, tearing up "No Trespassim'-crime-preventio- Low Roosevelt area. This year, the number is 1,217. The Uniform Crime Report published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicates that crimes of violence are up approximately thirteen percent. Most of the crimes we investigate, said Gurr, are crimes of opportunity." Deny the potential criminal the opportunity, and a crime can be prevented, he addl'd. A wealth of literature is available shooting holes in barns-a- nd other acts of vandalism d or worse all have contributed to the closing of some private land to hunters, the Farm Bureau head recalled. "And sometimes, when the property owner objects to such acts, or even is threatened violence resorted to by hunters, he declared. Nishiguchi criticized a recent column in a Salt Lake City newspaper for incorrect facts and conclusions about farmers. The column criticized a law requiring the state to pay farmers for damage done on their place by deer and other wildlife. It pointed out that in most states this is regarded as "an act of Good" ahd that farmers and ranchers do not receive compensation except in four states, including Utah. "The Division of Wildlife Resources claims ownership of the deer, Nishiguchi said, "and it's only right that they pay for damage done by the truck ran animals. If a state-owne- d signs, livestock-an- Continued on page 8 Chamber to meet The Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular i. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Zinas First National Bank. Guest speaker will he Mayor W. Ralph Shields, who will address I be group on "The State of the City." Tl c meeting ai i'nni. jn scheduled to |