OIL EXPLORATION IN TARANAKI.—LEFT: The 140ft derrick at toe second well to be sank at Kapuni, where natural gas containing a light oil was discovered last month. Drilling will be continuous until the well is completed. Cement storage silos are to the foreground. RIGHT: The drilling control pane! and instruments on the platform at the base of the derrick. Three wens have now been sunk in Taranaki by Shell, B.P., and Todd Oil Services, Ltd.,—two at Kapani and one at Tikorangi, about 12 miles from New Plymouth.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29671, 15 November 1961, Page 11
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87OIL EXPLORATION IN TARANAKI.—LEFT: The 140ft derrick at toe second well to be sank at Kapuni, where natural gas containing a light oil was discovered last month. Drilling will be continuous until the well is completed. Cement storage silos are to the foreground. RIGHT: The drilling control pane! and instruments on the platform at the base of the derrick. Three wens have now been sunk in Taranaki by Shell, B.P., and Todd Oil Services, Ltd.,—two at Kapani and one at Tikorangi, about 12 miles from New Plymouth. Press, Volume C, Issue 29671, 15 November 1961, Page 11
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