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Vernal Express in Vernal, Utah

15 Jun 1923

Page 6

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Vernal Express

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Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1923

Page

6

Oil Problems in The Uintah Basin

The article examines oil bearing shales in the Uintah Basin, discusses migration and accumulation theories, critiques the anticlinal theory, and reviews historic structural ideas and key geologists who shaped petroleum geology. It weighs buoyancy versus gravity in oil movement and previews broader structural types beyond simple anticlines.

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Shell W. H Emmony Petroleum Emmona Appalachian United States Ontario Pennsylvania Pittsburg Andrews West Virginia Hunt Petrolia Oil Alexander Winchell Newberry Winchell Ohio Lessey Pennsylvania Geological Survey I. C. White
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Anticlinal Theory in Petroleum Reservoirs Questioned

An analysis from the Salt Lake Mining Review on May 15 1923 questions the sufficiency of the anticlinal theory for oil formation and trapping. The piece notes widespread occurrences of features like flat beds inclines and terraces across various rock types and asks what general principles from Melds work and lab practice might reliably guide petroleum reservoir discovery.

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Salt Lake Mining Review
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