OIL BORING PROGRESS
i DEPTH OF 23 55FT. REACHED ! (0.C.) NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. I R»pid progress has been made with the boring • of the new Devon No. l oil well near Midhirst. i Tar&nskl, and in six weeks a depth of 2845 ft : [ has been reached. The early rapid progress was • maintained during the past fortnight, when the 1 drill penetrated a further 875 ft. i The New Zealand Petroleum Co.. Ltd.. reports • as follows:—"Devon No. 1 well, the drilling of which commenced on April 2n. 1942. h3s reached a deplh of 2845 ft. the strata penetrated bein? mudstone with streaks of hard sand." |
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1942, Page 3
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