SOUTHLAND OIL PROSPECTS
The possibilities of finding oil in Southland in sufficient quantities to warrant exploitation by a company are considered to be very bright at the present time, and the proposal to test thoroughly the prospects said to exist at Kauana is being actively prosecuted. Last week a party of Invercargill business men visited the Kauana. district and were shown what is claimed to be definite indications of oilbearing strata, while the activities of an oil locater were followed with close attention by those present. It is claimed (states the "Southland Times") that the district is the centre of a vast oilfield, and that it will be possible to tap the oil by a bore at a depth of 1500 to 1600 feet to the main oil-forming strata, compared with the depth of about 6000 feet, which is held by geologists to be the oil-forming horizon in the New Plymouth area. Southland, it is claimed, gives every indication of being a large potential supplier of oil, and it is for that reason that the preliminary steps are being taken to test out fully the possibilities which, if proved successful, would mean a big thing to the province.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 139, 10 December 1930, Page 14
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198SOUTHLAND OIL PROSPECTS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 139, 10 December 1930, Page 14
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