Resource
What is the Uinta Basin?
The Uinta Basin is a stacked formation that shows oil and gas pay from intervals ranging anywhere between 1,300’-18,000’, in both conventional and unconventional tight sands and shale formations. Much like the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah, which began producing natural gas and oil in commercial volumes in 1925 and 1949, respectively, has experienced something of a rebirth in recent years. After reaching average daily crude oil production of 44,000 b/d in 1985, annual crude oil fell by more than half, to an average 20,000 b/d in 2002.
Counties
Utah: Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Uintah, Wasatch (although the overwhelming majority of production in the Uinta Basin occurs in Duchesne and Uintah Counties)
