Spiral Galaxy II

Tyler Green discusses Dia's proposed buffer zone along the beach of the Great Salt Lake. Dia really ought to consider buying property inland, too. One of the things that Pearl Montana did not clarify in its lease application is how materials would be transported. As I recall during my reporting on the Pearl Montana bid, for various reasons it was highly unlikely that the company would ship materials on a path that passed by the Jetty. (A glance at a map will confirm as much.) But if drilling were successful, you might expect much, much more development along the promontory.

Perhaps Dia would buy out enough oil-lease acreage in the Great Salt Lake expanding outward from the Jetty that no other company would have a lease close enough to the promontory to make development or staging operations a very likely option there. Maybe, but that's a lot of acreage: Pearl Montana was about 5 miles out from Rozel Point and planned to build its staging base on the promontory. There just doesn't seem to be any other land access to the populated side of the lake except for the promontory.