OIL BORE BLOWS OUT
LOCALITY BESPATTERED WITH MUD AND STONES Press Association NEW PLYMOUTH. Fndav A -blow-out'* occurred at the R’ heim oil bore this afternoon. mud ?' ing forced to a great height bv strong pressure of gas. The de L* was flooded with oil and mud and ts’ locality to the leeward was dren h for several chains, mud. small ston ' 1 and debris falling on the roofs ’ S houses. The company states that for abc one hour and a-half oil had been ing from the bore while the bar plunger was being worked, the j sometimes spurting to a height of»oft The blow-out had been anticipated f O . several days. A length of ttle Tin casing, weighing about 16 tons k lifted about 16ft from the bore anc the pipe connecting the bore with th. oil reservoirs was blown away at th« coupling. Gradually the blow-out es hausted its violence, and the casinr sank back into place. The bottom of the Tin casing j s a , the level of ",047ft, where, the conv pany states, there is a large quantity of debris loosened by the previous blast.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 602, 2 March 1929, Page 12
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189OIL BORE BLOWS OUT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 602, 2 March 1929, Page 12
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