ANOTHER BLOW-OUT.
MOTUROA OILFIELDS.
(By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.") NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday.
Another powerful blow-out of gas occurred on Wednesday niprlit tli6 No«-1 (bore of Moturoa Oilfields, Limited, but as no drilling operations were being carried on at the moment no damage was done. The gas blew out with a sudden roar, and with a pressure of six hundred pounds it \vae still blowing off this afternoon, but was -nder eo .rol. A start has been made to pump liquid mud into the bore to seal off the gas. The bore had reached 2120 ft when the blow-out occurred. It is expected that boring will be delayed for only a short time.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 198, 22 August 1930, Page 4
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