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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Conoco Will Drill At National Monument

From Staff And Wire Reports

Conoco has won permission to begin drilling for oil Tuesday in the nation’s newest national monument, a step that has drawn phone calls and letters of protest from environmentalists.

The oil unit of DuPont Co. this week received a permit signifying final permission to drill an exploratory well on a section of state land atop Kaiparowits Plateau in the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Conoco said work won’t likely start for a couple of months, despite approval from the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining to begin next week.