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�If 75% of the 9,000 acres of closure on the 36,000 acre Parowan prospect were to contain reserves, a potential oil target in the order of one billion barrels of oil may be present. A target of this size is possible when one considers the vertical closure of 1,000 feet on the Parowan structure compared with a 400 -foot pay in the Covenant Field.
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When combined with the main Navajo and Twin Creek targets the total potential for the Parowan Prospect is substantially larger, and could double the proposed potential of one billion barrels of oil for the Parowan Prospect to the two billion barrel level.
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MILES
KM0 160
0 100
Canadian productive salient
RobbMountain Park
Lovett RiverBrown Creek
NordegStolberg
Limestone MountainWilson Creek
Panther River Burnt TimberHunter Valley
Benjamin CreekBenjamin Creek
GhostJumping Pound WestMorley
Jumping Pound-Wildcat Hills
Moose Mountain
Sarcee
Whiskey
Turner Valley
Quirk CreekStimson
Savanna CreekColeman
Waterton Pincer CreekLookout Butte
BRITISHCOLUMBIA
IDAHO WYOMING
NEVADA
UTAH
COLORADO
MONTANA
ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN
RichSummit
WasatchUtah
Juab
Millard
Piute
Sevier
Beaver
SaltLake
Beaver City
Wyoming
productive
salient
Utah
potentially
productive
salient
Hogback Ridge
Whitney Canyon/Carter CreekRyckman Creek
Clear CreekPainter ReservoirEvanston
Yellow CreekAnschutz Ranches
PineviewElkhorn
Lodgepole
Sanpete
Wild Horse
GreatSalt Lake
Wolverine Gas & Oil
Central thrust belt discovery
“Kings Meadow Ranchesȥ�ˋHOG
Easternmost thrust
East ernmost thrust
East
ernm
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Uinta Mountains
Kern R
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pip
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Oil Field Gas Field Area of Lease Interest
Thrust Belt Northern and Central UtahFIG. 2
Map courtesy of Utah Geological Society (2005)
Oil / Gas Field Thrust fault
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0 25
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UtahLake
BearLake
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TOOELE
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CARBON
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GARFIELD
PIUTE
WEBER
MORGAN
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UTAH
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10 40.02
11 40.90
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5 32.12
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Williams Land Co. Ltd
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MAP SCALE 1" = 5,280' November, 2013
PROSPECTSIRON COUNTY, UTAH
TIDEWATER LEASEHOLD
Virtus Oil & Gas Company
Location of the Parowan Prospect, 36,000 acre lease tract,Iron County, Utah
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