OIL DRILLING
MORE TROUBLE AT MORERE (PA.) QISBOfINE. this day. The New Zealand Petroleum Company reports that operations M Morere (East Coast) have been suspended owing to a breakage of the crankshaft in the power unit. At Midhlrst (Taranakl) the depth Is eSTOfU There Is no change in the lonniation. During January the drill pipe at Morere became stuck and drilling has been suspended since then. Mldhirst had reached 6405 ft. according to the last report on April 36.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 107, 8 May 1941, Page 4
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