05/12/08

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ Gas drillers last year set a production
record in Utah.

Drillers produced more than 385 million cubic feet of natural
gas. That was up 12 percent over 2006.

The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining attributes the increase
to markedly higher drilling. There were nearly 4,700 wells
producing gas.

Uintah County was the state's largest producer of natural gas,
followed by Emery, San Juan and Summit counties.

Oil production, once in decline, rebounded to more than 19
million barrels _ the highest since 1997 but still below the record
of 41 million barrels. Duchesne County is the state's biggest oil
producer.

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