Navajo Indian nation and Dineh by Keyah. [None]

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1967 · Field Conf. Guideb. (N.M. Geol. Soc.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5375755

Pohlmann, H F

The Navajo Indian Tribe has been described as ''a nation within a nation.'' It has been defined also as ''a sovereign dependent nation.'' Both descriptions have merit. Approximately 110,000 Navajo people own 16,000,000 acres of land. Most of the land is barren, some is covered with lush vegetation, and all of it has beauty. The Navajo Reservation's new oil development--Dineh by Keyah, ''The Peoples Field''--continues to expand. It is obviously a big strike and will get bigger. Present production is 15,000 bpd. The productive syenite sill is not the only economic target. The deeper Pennsylvanian and Devonian intervals contain commercial quantities of helium gas. Good pressure information still is being obtained, and exploration continues; available figures indicate that large oil reserves in igneous rock probably are present and that increasing attention will be paid to the development of helium resources.

• OSTI ID: 5375755
• Report Number(s): CONF-671097-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Field Conf. Guideb. (N.M. Geol. Soc.); (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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