PETROLEUM IN ENGLAND

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 53, 4 March 1913, Page 4

PETROLEUM IN ENGLAND

The recently reported discovery of pet roleum in England is the outcome o! three years’ prospecting and boring operations conducted by a syndicati at Kelhani, near Newark, Netting hamshire, and after the coal had heei proved the borehole was carried belov tlie level of the coal measures. T'Ju result of this further boring, it h stated, has been the discovery of a thick band of sandstone charged with crude petroleum, which rises in tin borehole against a head of water. Samples of the oil have been submitted to analysis, and pronounced to be of excellent quality, containing a large percentage of hydro-carbons, and thus of special value for fuel purposes. A report on the discovery has been made by Sir Boverton Bed wood, who declares that “there need be no hesitation in regarding the oil at Kelhani as a true normal petroleum, indigenous to the rock in which it occurs, and possibly filling the pores of the sandstone as far as the band extends.” The right of working over a large area has been secured, and a syndicate is to be formed to put down oil wells in various parts of the estate. Whether or not the oil is present in payable quantities remains to be seen, but it is highly probable the lind will turn out satisfactory and that a successful new industry for the country will be started.