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GeoLegends: Frank Royse, Jr.
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Frank Royse, Jr. - Oil and Gas Discoveries in the Fossil Basin, Southwest Wyoming and Northeast Utah
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Frank Royse Royse
Structural geologist for Chevron who was instrumental in the development of the Wyoming and Utah Thrust Belt in the Fossil Basin, finding several oil and gas fields on the hanging wall of the Absaroka Thrust Fault.
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