BORING FOR OIL
PROGRESS REPORTS Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. Taranaki Oilfields report: Waiapu No. 2 well has been drilled to 1,135 feet in grey shale. Water and a little gas was met with from 1,105 to 1,110 feet. The hole was caving so a ten-inch casing was run to 1.12 S feet. Taranaki No. 3 well is still obstructed*' from 72 to 77 feet, but progress is now more satisfactory. In Gisborne No. 1 well good progress has been made in the erection of the rig and camp, but weather is delaying transport.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 47, 18 May 1927, Page 13
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94BORING FOR OIL Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 47, 18 May 1927, Page 13
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