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...unexpected result of the methods used in constructing the exhibit, Teri Buchanon, spokesman for Chevron, notes, is that is contains no writers. "The creative process a writer goes through is so internal that it is extremely hard to document," she explains, adding, "They don't have sketch pads or lab notebooks. Everything goes on in the mind...
...idea of an exhibit on creativity evolved when the Chevron Family of Companies began searching for a way to celebrate its centennial. Planners and designers comparing the America of 1879 to the America of a century later decided that the single unifying force which accounted for a hundred years of change was the spirit of innovation. Out of this realization the conception of a tribute to creativity was born...
...price of fuel continued to spiral upward in the mid-1970s and drilling technology became more sophisticated, the cost of pumping those reserves suddenly became competitive. The rush was on, with Amoco and Chevron the first major companies to leap in. Today, in 16 fields with more than 100 wells, each costing up to $25 million to build (five times the price in Texas), production has reached 30,000 bbl. of oil and 75 million cu. ft. of gas per day. Geologist Richard Powers estimates that as much as 15.5 billion bbl. of oil and 62.5 trillion...
...estimated $250 million has been spent on exploration and drilling around Evanston. Amoco and Chevron are spending a total of $700,000 to build two gas processing plants. "We'll be here years from now and still growing," says Garret Eckerdt, an engineer for Chevron. "We haven't even found the edges of the thing...
...Bear River. Bar brawls, family fights and burglaries have more than doubled the crime rate in the past year. Says Sheriff Leonard Hysell: "We're desperate for detectives." With school enrollment up 20% from 1979, most of the $1 million in funds voluntarily contributed by Amoco and Chevron are long gone, mostly for buses and classrooms. Roads torn up by the big rigs need constant repairing, and traffic jams a quarter of a mile long clog downtown streets. "We are suddenly loaded down with a lot of big city problems," says City Manager Steve Snyder. Adds Mayor Dennis Ottley...