Drilling Second Oil Bore At Moturoa
NKW PLYMOUTH, July 11. llitssive c0ncrete fqundations newly laid. are ready for th'e erection of oil boring equipmcnt for . the second venture by New Zealand Oil Eefineries LlJ. at Moturoa, New Plymouth. The steCd derrick.-Sover the cbmpany's fir^t well is to be dismantled early next vveek and ereeted over the new site but iiie managing director, Mr. F. J. Dobson, said tonight that he could not say at this stage when drilling would .. begiiu •/ /;£ . 'ihe*' well '#oih/which, 'rtiie derrick is to beremov.ed, wfis suhk to 2222 feet last Afarv-h;Mid 'kits been'flowing consistently siii **6 Production has held to about 1 OOQ/gail qiA a (lav and the volume will b'e " thus rfegulated pending the contemplated extension of the capacity of the rellning plant.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 July 1949, Page 7
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