PETROLEUM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 105, 26 September 1914, Page 4

PETROLEUM.

.4.. i A VIOLENT BLOW-OUT. J , AT HO. 5 BORK ,". £, ' Th« No. 5 bore of the TaranaJu Petroleum Co. at Motuaioa was rerjr rauck in evidence yosHerdky, when, a violent Mow-out occurred, 'i Js bore had recon% (had lUio recaßing coded to a depWi of 2750 feet. Lattoriy the progress of lx>ring had been alow owing to sand formation being met witn. On Thursday, night only about ifcwtt feet of drilling was accomplished, and the day shift on Friday morning! had only drilled another 18 inches torn* wljen aju exceptionttJly strong scam of ga» was tapped, resulting in a blow-out ot great riotenoe, mud, oil, etonas, ete, being ejected from the top oi th» derrick and hurled ftor some diatajsoe around. Sonne idea as ltk> the intensity of the fore© may be obtained from Oh* foet thai file thick iron eJtoow was jAaeed a few minutes., and had to be replaced. Operations toad to he temporarily sua-pc-nded, and the staff took advantage of a slight Wl to cap She well, but tE* actirilbv of the gas continued aM day. As the well cleared itself the oil began to flow, butt tJhere was no means of saving it. Lost nijght tihe oil was flowing between the casing . The gaa seam emcoranftared at tfi»s bore Silas been struck in the other bores, but at a different depth, and th» indications are Hint the well will be better tfhian ever. Drilling will be continued as soon as ithere is a subsidence of the gas, and tlhen some idea iqay be obtained as to t)he prospeota of ifehe toe, which tod already produced ihe hiefe average of 30 barrels a day lor about three monito when oil first commenced to flow therefrom. THE ROTARY BORE

1 Yesterday, sand pumping was' resumed at the T*otaiy bore at noon, and in a, very short time seven bameto had '■ been obtained, the supply of oil dtQl conitanuing. NO. 5 BOKB. i Too No. 3 bore continue* to flow BuUsfaidtorilv, bo tha.t there ore now three bores yielding oil, wn/ e goott program is being made with No. 2, Winer* it is confidenV-ly expected oil will 'be ritiruck before long. i