A Preliminary Report on the Utilization of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Wyoming (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Preliminary Report on the Utilization of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Wyoming The presence of oil and natural gas in Wyoming has been known for a long time, and many more or less sporadic attempts have been made to develop these resources commercially, but owing to a number of factors, such as inadequate transportation facilities, lack of capital, and poorly advised prospecting, it has been only within recent years that Wyoming has taken other than a minor part in oil production. With the successful development of the Salt Creek field north of Casper, however, prospecting received a new and vigorous impetus, and at the present time many rigs are being operated at widely scattered localities in the endeavor to develop other equally remunerative territory. Gas has been discovered in the State in considerable quantity, notably in the Bighorn Basin, but owing to marketing limitations this resource has thus far not been utilized fully. Unlike that of many other oil and gas producing regions the history of production in Wyoming has not been marked by large or excessive waste of either gas or oil. This exceptional feature is the natural result of local conditions, for there have been few instances where wells to producing sands have not been easy to control. The generally excellent quality of the oil produced has also been a factor in discouraging waste, for it is self-evident to the operators that any waste of oil means commensurate reduction in financial returns. In general the oil of Wyoming is of paraffin base and of low specific gravity, with a consequent large percentage of lighter distillation products. Conditions are therefore quite different from those prevailing, for instance, in those California or Gulf Coast fields where the oils have an asphaltic base. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.