GISBORNE OILFIELDS.
(special TO '*THr. PRESS.') GISBORNL, July 15. Mr C. T. Williams, who has had considerable experience on the oilfields of Russia, Trinidad, Persia and other fields, and who was sent out from London to report on the properties of the New Zealand Oilfields, Ltd., with a view to overcora'hrr the drilling problem, which up to the present has been an insurmountable difficulty to the exploiting of Poverty Bay as an oil-pro-ducing centre, after mature deliberation advised the installation of a rotary drilling plant, capable of boring to a depth of 4000 ft if necessary. This is the first rotary in Australasia, and the system which has revolutionised drilling in several fields both in America and elsewhere, proved on a trial here last week to be the only one which will overcome the difficulty for this district.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14408, 16 July 1912, Page 8
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