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<br />000904 <br /> <br />Page 9 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OIL AND. Gl\S <br /> <br />The ll:US ilil the various deposits in the ilIlmediate Rangely are/!. are paraf'filll base <br />OJ:" Pennsy1vania type prellDium quality with practicallJ" no c~tam:inat1ClI!i\ of' an;y <br />leillld. <br /> <br />The I\):!.la ill! the fields tl\) the west of' RangelJ"g frCllll Red Wash westg are of' a <br />dU'ferent natllNl and contaiDl a considerable quantityof' heavy waxy substances which, <br />while qw.te val'Wlblsg dl1) reduce the poor point/and cause sClllle i;ransportatiol1l problelIl$ <br />am will probably call for processing plants to reincve these 'substances so that the <br />petriCIle= can be readilY' transported in the existing pipelines which are adjacen.t <br />till them. <br /> <br />TheN are .two on refining plants in the areag ollle at Rangely and one at Jensen. <br />1Jtahg and wh:Ue their cCllllbined present capacity probably does not exceed two <br />tuwsand barrels per daYg by' using prellDium oils. they are turning out high grade <br />petr@le1llll products. Additional capacity is in the pla~ stage. <br /> <br />TM llU fields ('f the RangelJ" area are pr@ducing ilVer 10g~ barrels of o:U per <br /><ila;r at the present t:ime am llla1l\f new wells and some of the new structures have <br />I!ll<llt yet bei!llD\ put int<ll productiol!1l as of January 19 19,9. <br /> <br />W:it,1h\ the eX@$ptiOllll of' a l:!.nrl:ted ammmt transported by truck and used by the <br />looal ref':I.ii:leries 9 t.':le crude I>U is being carried to the great pipeline networks <br />"fld re.finer:i,es through a double pipeline to Salt Lake City and a single line to <br />the 'l~g systems. These pipel:l..nes could probably be expanded to Clarry lOOgOOEl <br />~ls per day. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Under the present pr~ductioIll methods and repl"ess11l"ing plans 9 engineering studies <br />shaw th8ot. the great Webel!' sand in the Rangely field alone w1ll be able to contimle <br />its prese!mt proouctioWl rate wtill999 and that the provell1 reserves m this field. <br />will be ilm excess of 500g0.00g~ barrels. nus does lIllot include the man;y othell' <br />fields @f the a:NlolI which are being developed at the preseRt and reserve data has <br />Ill\!lt yet beellll c!OOlp:Ued~ nor does it :I.ii:lclude the shallaw or ma%'ginal production of <br />th:!.sfield nor is an;y estmate made of the probable future production from deeper <br />f'fi)mat:i.ollSg although it is knllWll'l that such great fo:rmatiolll.S as the LGWllr Pennsylvania <br />and M:isiillisd:ppian groups lie beneath the Weber and at depths whieh call. be reacheci. <br /> <br />5/20/5' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />;,t <br />