Maori blessing for drilling ship
PA New Plymouth A Maori ceremony on the drilling floor is not the usual procedure before a new well is spudded in but when the well is named Tan? garoa (god of the sea) it is only fitting. ' , , That was the case yesterday in the Sedco drilling 'ship on location at Tangaroa l r about 60 miles north. of New Plymouth and 40 miles west of Kawhia. -The well, which is ex-
pected to be spudded In early today, will be the first of three wells Sedco 445 is scheduled to drill off Taranaki in 1981 under contract to Shell, 8.P., and Todd Oil Services, Ltd. Yesterday four Maori elders were flown from Taharoa and Kawhia to perform a ceremony blessing the new well. / The 18,600-ton Sedco 445 arrived from Singapore on Boxing Day after a 24-day voyage.
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