“Source: https://www.sltrib.com/, October 10, 2023
By: Anastasia Hufham

A hiker traveling last month in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument expected scenic red-rock views but instead found pools of crude oil.

Mechanical and electrical failures at a facility in Dixie National Forest owned by Citation Oil & Gas Corp. resulted in the release of 163 barrels of crude oil and 6,433 barrels of produced water — wastewater that comes out of the well along with oil that is usually saline and contains oil residues — according to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. That’s over a quarter of a backyard swimming pool’s worth of oil. Read more.