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The possibility that drilling activities on the Big Flat area west of Moab will demonstrate a sustained oil production has precipitated a mixed reaction in the Moab community. To some, an oil boom in Moab means more jobs, increased royalties, higher lease and rental payments and the additional benefit of diversifying Grand County’s economic base. For others, the optimistic hopes are shadowed by potential impacts on wildlife, recreational use and public safety. While both commercial drilling companies and horizontal drilling technique has many specialists optimistic. The technique, which has not previously been used in the area, exposes a larger area of rock to the drilling operation, increasing chances for success.
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http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/04/01/from-the-1991-zephyr-archives-the-dream-of-oil-by-b-j-eardley/
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An excerpt:
“Trying to sum up the past 25 years, you’d think the logical opening here would be, ‘I don’t know where to begin.’ The truth is, once you wade through this issue, you might ask yourself, ‘Does he know how to stop?’
A few months ago, realizing that, against all odds, we were going to reach our 25th anniversary still standing, I played with the idea of writing a personal no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes history, as I’ve seen it, of this publication’s past quarter century. The effort has probably been more for me than for you, a cathartic experience in many ways; I wanted to jot down my memories, review the old print Zephyrs, and, for better or worse, reminisce a bit. It’s been so long ago since the first issue went to press, I needed to clear my own head and separate my perceptions, all these years later, from the facts.”
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Take it or Leave it: THE ZEPHYR at 25, A SUMMARY…by Jim Stiles
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