34      
 1 4 
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 2 1 
 1 2 
 
4      
 1 
11 
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2 
 
 
1 
3 
3 
1 
1 
7 
5 
 
1 
  2 12,030 
 4 15 66,909 
 23 49 366,229 
 1 14 62,098 
 8 12 39,980 
 21 37 89,325 
 5 59 239,026 
 2 9 33,142 
 3 7 87,051 
 3 12 93,760 
  3 24,090 
 8 88 187,512 
 7 10 32,279 
 6 67 280,252 
 9 22 108,790 
 7 34 178,014 
 4 9 45,892 
 19 48 151,329 
2,097,708 
4,682,612 
 Source:Committee on Statistics of Drilling, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists.THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF WYOMING 
879 
 
acquired by CRA, Inc. (formerly Cooperative Refinery Association), when the
latter purchased the domestic holdings of Amax. Husky Oil Co. assumed the
operation of the gasoline plant previously operated by Ralston Processing
Associates, Inc. 
 
 Oil Shale.—In January the U.S. Department of the Interior proposed
a five-point policy for developing oil shale in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.
The policy proposed (1) action to clear title to public oil-shale lands burdened
with mining claims; (2) possible exchanges of scattered private oilshale
lands for concentrated blocks of public land; (3) establishment of provisional
leasing to permit private firms to do research and development; (4) cooperation
between private industry, the Atomic 
Energy Commission (AEC), and the Department on testing underground nuclear
explosions as a means for extracting shale oil; and (5) expanded research
programs involving the Federal Geological- Survey, Bureau of Mines, and Bureau
of Land Management. Public response to the proposal, including hearings before
a Senate committee, was varied—some people demanded Federal ~overnment
development of the oil shale; others urged private development; some wanted
quick development; others urged a go-slow policy. 
 On May 7 Secretary Udall announced regulations governing oil-shale leasing.
Provisions limited the initial leases to 5,120 acres and to 10-year terms,
royalty rates ranging from 3 to 50 percent, and requirements that all research
discoveries and 
 
Table 6.—Oil and gas well drilling in 1967, by counties 
 
County Oil Gas Dry Total Footage 
 
Exploratory completions: 
Albany 
Big Horn 
Campbell 
Carbon                                       
Converse 
Crook 
Fremont                                     
Hot Springs 
Johnson 
Laramie                                      
Lincoln 
Natrona                                      
Niobrara____________________________________ 
Park 
Sheridan 
Sublette 
Sweetwater                                   
LTinta 
Washakie                                     
Weston 
 Total - 
 
Development completions: 
Albany 2 
Big Horn 11 
 Campbell 26 
 Carbon 2 
 Converse 3 
 Crook 16 
 Fremont 52 
Hot Springs 7 
 Johnson 4 
 Laramie 8 
Lincoln 
 Natrona 77 
 Niobrara 2 
 Park 60 
 Sublette 6 
 Sweetwater 22 
 Washakie 5 
 Weston 28 
 8 8 21,204 
 8 8 38,498 
 90 124 1,013,471 
 28 33 116,232 
 18 20 80,174 
 34 38 175,923 
 13 23 104,035 
 4 5 23,838 
 10 14 159,804 
 2 3 21,858 
 5 5 29,972 
 33 35 133,617 
 9 9 46,568 
 8 10 41,683 
 2 2 17,579 
 12 15 67,072 
 24 27 200,611 
 2 2 9,588 
 5 9 82,821 
 37 38 200,356 
 63 8 357 428 2,584,904 
 Total 331 36 130 497 
 Total all drilling 394 44 487 925