RE: More About Oil‏ at Fish Lake

Pitts, Alan R 
6/01/10 


Myrna:

I trust that you had a great holiday with much of your family.

This informatiopn regarding oil near Fish Lake was interesting because My Father took me fishing there several times. We were not fishermen but we did row the lake, swim and had a fun time. We cooked our meals over an open fire which dad was good at there was a very small store near wshere we camped.

Thanks again
Love you
al

I sent an article entitled: "Sigurd's wells prove Utah is oil country," which was written by Lee Benson in the "Deseret News." Al's response was interesting because it is about his father, brother of my grandfather, Tom.

"SIGURD, Sevier County — About three miles south of this farming community of 430 people, on the way to Fish Lake and, beyond that, Capitol Reef, the oil wells stick out like, well, like city people.
"You couldn't miss them if you tried. It's like you turned the corner and there's Houston.
Welcome to the first oil boom in Utah in at least 25 years and the first in Sevier County since the dinosaurs died. Over the course of the past two years, the Wolverine Oil & Gas Corp., a Michigan-based company, has struck it rich with seven wells now in operation, another three ready to come on line and who knows how many more after that.
"Upwards of 15 tanker trucks a day leave the Covenant Field Wells loaded with upwards of 3,000 barrels of crude. By the end of the year, as the new wells begin producing, that figure could be up to 4,000 barrels and beyond.
That'll run a lot of tractors.
If you drive by the new landscape, however, know this: You cannot fill up at the factory.
I found this out the hard way when I pulled up in my Subaru and asked Tony Cook, the products foreman, if I could fill my tank right there at the well. By avoiding all the middlemen, who knew how much a person could save."

The article continues but I will not quote it further.