PETROLEUM NEWS.
MOKE BLOWS-OUT AT NO. 5. \ Yesterday two big blows-out occurred at No 5. At 6.30 the staff were engaged, in drilling when the first eruption tool place. Oil and mud were thrown ovJ the top of the derrick, and the pressurl of gas was so strong that it was found impossible to lower the tools. The flow • continued for about an hour, after which the sand pump was lowered and borfmr continued. Everything went fairly smoothly till about % o'clock .m-flur afternoon, when the second blow-out occurred. If anything it was greater fIW the previous one, a great deal of 0* and mud being thrown over the derrick. ENORMOUS GAS PRESSURE. , t Between six and ten o'clock last the gas pressure was tremendous, otf coming up freely from between the casings, whilst the sand pump brought w>a good deal from the bore proper. Only about five barrels of oil were saved Owing to the gas pressure it. is found possible to connect a pipe with the well 1 and so save the oil, a great amount of ' which was lost yesterday and the day before. The gas pressure i 8 also interfering with boring operations. Big oil measures; it is believed, cannot be far' away.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 190, 9 February 1912, Page 4
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206PETROLEUM NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 190, 9 February 1912, Page 4
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