Processing oil shale into a useable hydrocarbon is not entirely energyeffective and still expensive. Cliffs local market is a chain of convenience stores across central new york providing, fuel, fresh brewed coffee and made to order food. Currently, the ute tribe, ute allottees, and the ute distriintroduction bution corporation in joint management hold 102,000 acres under lease, and more than 490 wells in production. Sportsmen and environmental groups have said the area near bogart canyon needs to be protected as wildlife habitat. Oil and gas activity in the bogart canyon area of utahs book cliffs will be delayed until 2016, anadarko petroleum corp. Rick egan the salt lake tribune an overlook in the book cliffs area in uintah and grand county, thursday, oct. Currently, the ute tribe, ute allottees, and the ute distri. A recent decision to lease nearly 100,000 acres of utahs book cliffs for oil and gas exploration has shocked sportsmens groups, whose. A recent decision to lease nearly 100,000 acres of utahs book cliffs for oil and gas exploration has shocked sportsmens groups, whose leaders contend the unroaded portions of these state lands. Sitla relents on drilling book cliffs roadless area, for.
Book cliffs oil and gas field is a cultural feature oilfield in grand county. Double c guides elk hunts and elk hunting in the roadless. Book cliffs play the bestdefined frontier coalbedgas play consists of the thick. Washington the bureau of land management leased more than 5,000 acres of public land in a massive auction this week that will allow more oil and gas exploration in the uinta basin. The book cliffs are a relatively remote part of utah that face increasing encroachments from oil, gas and tar sands developments. Industry in the book cliffs area includes fracking for oil and gas, tar sands mining and oil shale mining. This is the 6th year of utah tar sands resistance opposition to the destructive mine plans of the canadian corporation, us oil sands or usos. For these forms of extreme energy production to expand, they need a transportation connection to a refineries and markets. The project developers shareholders recently supported the companys move to withdraw from the toronto stock exchange a condition that its largest shareholder made before it loaned the company additional capital. Rick egan the salt lake tribune deer graze the book cliffs, thursday, october 28, 2010. Book cliffs leasing blindsides sportsmen, threatens to derail protection efforts.
Herbert resists oil leasing in book cliffs kuer 90. School trust made flawed decision on oil lease, herbert. Below are the electronically scanned files of the documents that are available in the divisions public information center pic room. Frontier areas for coalbedgas exploration utah geological. Prized hunting and fishing area leased to oil and gas. Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country news. Book cliffs, bitter creeksouth the bitter creek portion of the book cliffs is a huge area that holds a very healthy population of elk. The development of these resources has scarred the landscape with oil rigs and drilling stations. More than a halfmillion utah acres will be auctioned off. The area has become a hotbed of activity due to vast quantities of oil, natural gas, oil shale, and tar sands as well as sand and gravel. The unusual occupation at utahs book cliffs high country news. New oil and gas leases throw another wrench in utahs big.
Usos has been leasing 50 square miles in the book cliffs from the state of utah for tar. Oil sands developer withdraws from stock exchange news. The sitla board recently voted to enter into a fiveyear contract with anadarko that would allow. Apr 02, 2003 these six frontier coalbed gas plays are in various stages of testing or development. Jul 16, 2018 at its upcoming december 2018 lease sale, blm plans to auction off 231 oil and gas lease parcels totaling nearly 300,000 acres of federal public lands and minerals, including parcels in utahs wild book cliffs, the white river, labyrinth canyon and four corners region. Oil sands pr spring project in the book cliffs northeast of moab. Following forest supervisor gloria floras banning of new oil and gas leases on. Most of the roads are of oil and gas creation or on a minor front, from sheparding of livestock.
Facing increasing encroachment from oil, gas, and tar sand development. The one feature most notably absent in the book cliffs are roads. Aug 27, 20 utah governor gary herbert is asking utahs state lands agency not to lease about 20thousand acres in the book cliffs for oil and gas drilling. Rick egan the salt lake tribune tory mathis, dwr biologist. Simon provides expertise in the areas of sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir geologymodelling and has considerable knowledge of the book cliffs. Bulls scoring 320340 are reasonable expectations with a moderate possibility of a bull exceeding 350. Please tell the blm to protect dinosaur national monument and the desolation canyon and book cliffs regions from oil and gas leasing and development. The undeveloped portions of these six plays collectively contain an estimated inplace gas resource ranging from 2. Usos has been leasing 50 square miles in the book cliffs from the state of utah for tar sands strip mining since 2005.
Company spokeswoman robin olsen said friday that anadarko petroleum corp. Utahs school and institutional lands administration sitla is offering up 96,000 acres of its land in utahs book cliffs to the oil and gas exploration company anadarko petroleum. Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country news know. Apr 05, 2019 it is very important to stop this project, which i think we can do through loud and sustained public pressure.
It feels like the lone ranger out there sometimes, he lamented. Book cliffs oil and gas field cultural feature oilfield in grand county. The book cliffs highway is moving forward canyon country. The mining of coal, minerals, oil and natural gas production play an important part in utahs economy, and without these natural resources we would not enjoy the standard of living we do in our modern society. Fact, recent estimates of oil shale puts the abundance into the billions of barrels.
Utah sportsmen outraged by gas, oil leasing on book cliffs the. Located in rural herkimer county, the company supplied home heating oil, lp gas, farm gas and diesel fuel. The book cliffs are a remote and largely unroaded part of utah valued. Trump administrations oilgas lease sale targets utahs wild book cliffs, white river and fourcorners region. The primary coordinates for book cliffs oil and gas field places it within the ut 84540 zip code delivery area.
Book cliffs oil and gas project delayed with compromise. Sportsmen expressed dismay monday after learning that the utah school and institutional trust lands sitla board secretly voted to lease a large portion of the book cliffs, a prized hunting and fishing area in eastern utah, for oil and gas development last week. A list of all the oilfields in utah with maps, driving directions and a local area search function. Blm leases 5,000 acres of public land to oil and gas. The state board of education on friday unanimously voted to support a controversial oil and gas land lease in the book cliffs despite pressure from the governor and a congressman to turn the offer. Salt lake city the book cliffs is a mountainous landscape inhabited by wildlife, but a precious piece of the area has been leased for oil and gas development. The division of oil, gas and mining ensures our access to these natural resources in an environmentally responsible manner, while our. Rob bishop, the utah state board of education has endorsed a lease that would open wildlands in eastern utah to oil and gas exploration.
The book cliffs are a remote and largely unroaded part of utah valued as biggame habitat offering worldclass hunting opportunities. Deal protects land near book cliffs, allows other drilling. Gary herbert said tuesday that the utah school and institutional trust lands administration should revisit its controversial decision to lease 96,000 acres in the book cliffs for oil and gas. Extrapolating from a handful of oil and gas wells indicates these nevermined.
Public lands here are among the 330,000 acres to be auctioned for oil and gas leases by the blm at its december sale. Sitla agreed to a threeyear moratorium on oil and gas drilling within a roadless section of sitla land in the book cliffs that is known as valuable wildlife habitat. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah. Oil and gas development on the parcels near the monument would be visible from the quarry visitor center as well as from numerous vantage points within the monument. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Oil shale something that the book cliffs have an abundance of. Still fewer are those willing to speak out against energy development. Utah sportsmen outraged by gas, oil leasing on book cliffs. Although the energy resources of the entire desolation canyon book cliffs area are marginal, and energy prices are temporarily depressed, it is likely that prices eventually will rise high enough to make some oil, gas, and coal production in the book cliffs economically viable. Suu geology field trip to book cliffs near price, utah. Book cliffs archives utah tar sands resistanceutah tar sands. Trump administrations oilgas lease sale targets utahs wild.
Hunters, fishers angry after precious piece of book cliffs. Utah governor wants rethink of book cliffs leasing 209. Sep, 20 utah governor gary herbert is asking utahs state lands agency not to lease about 20thousand acres in the book cliffs for oil and gas drilling. The utah oil, gas, the uintah and ouray indian reservation is located in the uinta ba and mining board conduct conservation spacing in cooperation. Coalbedgas exploration in utah utah geological survey. Mar 20, 2017 oil and gas professionals from wintershall, statoil, core energy, faeroe petroleum, vng norge and tullow oil examine tidal channels as analogs for their fields in the north sea.
The unusual occupation at utahs book cliffs high country. Most of the roads are of oil and gas creation or on a minor front, from. Salt lake city the book cliffs is a mountainous landscape inhabited by wildlife, but a precious piece of the area has been leased for oil and. Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country. Utah opens book cliffs region to gas, oil drilling southwest earth. Reservation ute tribe to honor swap that protects book cliffs, boosts oil, gas holdings. Access throughout the unit is very good with many oil and gas mining roads. Utahs remote and little known book cliffs area seemed ripe for preservation. Oil and gas professionals from wintershall, statoil, core energy, faeroe petroleum, vng norge and tullow oil examine tidal channels as analogs for their fields in the north sea. Geological survey usgs has conducted a number of geologybased assessments of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the uintapiceance basin usgs province 5020 of western colorado and eastern utah.
The energy industry found modest plays of oil and gas here after world war ii, but really hit its stride. The cliffs are rich in a variety of natural resources both renewable and nonrenewable. More than a halfmillion utah acres will be auctioned off by. Agreement reached to delay drilling in book cliffs kuer 90. Book cliffs field trips geology geosciences physical. Book cliffs play the bestdefined frontier coalbedgas play consists of the thick, gassy coals of the blackhawk formation in the book.
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