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According to data compiled by the Utah Geological Survey in 2005, Utah holds 493 million barrels of proved oil reserves (about 1.9 percent of the total U.S. onshore oil reserves).

And while Utah’s refineries continue to take about 85,000 barrels a day from the basin, the growth is coming from Texas and Louisiana. “It has to have a buyer,” Holst said.