Crude Oil

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Preview Link: https://geology.utah.gov/?page_id=49159

Replaces this page: https://geology.utah.gov/resources/energy/oil-gas/

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Mack Review

• [x] All Links Checked
• [x] Design Uniformity
• [x] Photo Captions
• [x] Mobile SLM Correct

[marshallrobinson]

Looks good to me.

[Mackenzie-Cope]

MDH Comments: Intro paragraph refers to Utah’s ranking in 2018. Should that be updated to a more recent ranking (e.g., 2020?). Or, do we really want to tie the ranking to a specific year that requires updating from time to time? Alternatively, we could say something like “Utah has historically ranked in the top XX largest producers…”

Intro paragraph mentions central UT thrust belt fields, but no mention of the northern thrust belt fields. Seems like we should say something.

Can we give general location of where the crude oil seep flowing over salt photo was taken?

Petroleum Research Projects/Reservoir Studies section: Change “principle” to “principal.” At the end of that sentence, delete the hyphen between “petroleum” and “research” (petroleum research projects). In the list of projects, many of the linked pages still list Tom Chidsey as the point of contact; these will need to be updated.

Utah’s Oil Booms: Rather than say “four oil booms in the past 65 years,” consider something like “four oil booms since large-scale production began in the 1940s.” That way the number of years doesn’t need to be updated from time to time.

In the Core Center News box, recommend referring to the Core Center as the Utah Core Research Center rather than the UGS Core Center.

[jackie-dewolfe]

Addressed- Intro paragraph refers to Utah’s ranking in 2018. Should that be updated to a more recent ranking (e.g., 2020?). Or, do we really want to tie the ranking to a specific year that requires updating from time to time? Alternatively, we could say something like “Utah has historically ranked in the top XX largest producers…”

Stiil needs addressing- Intro paragraph mentions central UT thrust belt fields, but no mention of the northern thrust belt fields. Seems like we should say something.

Addressed- Can we give general location of where the crude oil seep flowing over salt photo was taken?

Addressed- Petroleum Research Projects/Reservoir Studies section: Change “principle” to “principal.” At the end of that sentence, delete the hyphen between “petroleum” and “research” (petroleum research projects).

Still needs addressing - In the list of projects, many of the linked pages still list Tom Chidsey as the point of contact; these will need to be updated.

Addressed- Utah’s Oil Booms: Rather than say “four oil booms in the past 65 years,” consider something like “four oil booms since large-scale production began in the 1940s.” That way the number of years doesn’t need to be updated from time to time.

Addressed (had to be changed from Utah Core Research Center to UCRC as it kicked "Center" onto a second line and it looked strange with button imbalances.)- In the Core Center News box, recommend referring to the Core Center as the Utah Core Research Center rather than the UGS Core Center.

[Mackenzie-Cope]

I'll send MVB an email asking for a sentence about the northern thrust belts. This may have to be added after we're live.

I put it on my to do list for after we're live to go through all the project pages and update contact info

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MVB didn't want to add anything about the northern thrust belts.