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Senate backs Uinta Basin energy zone language and state support resolution for oil upgrading
Summary
On Feb. 22 the Utah Senate amended and advanced SB83 to expand energy-zone boundaries in the Uinta Basin and approved a concurrent resolution (SCR8) endorsing private investment in an oil upgrader ('cracker') to process waxy crude for pipeline/rail transport. Sponsors described potential $400–$500 million private investment and emphasized coordination with counties and federal agencies.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 22 amended and advanced legislation and a concurrent resolution aimed at coordinating energy development in the Uinta Basin.
Senator Van Tassel moved Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 83 to add part of Daggett County to the designated Uinta Basin Energy Zone and described the proposal as a state–local effort to coordinate development of traditional fuels and nontraditional resources such as wind and solar. "We'd like to work together as both the counties and the state... and…
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