Word: pineview
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...most exciting strike was made in 1975 when a drilling crew hit oil and gas deep in northern Utah's Pineview Field in what is known as the "Overthrust Belt." A giant geologic knot that twists from southern Colorado to the Canadian border, the belt was not considered worth serious exploration at previous prices because of the tough and expensive drilling conditions. Pools of oil and gas are randomly located and perched on top of one another, and such formations make traditional exploration and analysis difficult, if not impossible. Says A.B. ("Pete") Slaybaugh, chief of Continental...
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