Paradox pipeline lives up to its name for Utah regulators

Millions of cubic feet of natural gas are being wasted in a ball of flame at a Moab-area oil field while state regulators and a bankruptcy court determine the fate of an indefinitely idled pipeline.The Paradox pipeline connects to a major interstate transmission line, passing oil-producer Wesco Operating Inc.'s Blue Hills plant, which processes natural gas coming from its 18 oil wells on Big Flat, a popular recreation area northwest of Moab. Without access to that pipeline, which regulators have