OIL IN FRANCE
Strong Flow Struck
PARIS, April 28.
Oil has been struck at Saint-Gaudens after boring operations which have been in progress for some months. The crude oil, which is gushing forth at a pressure of 14221 b. to the square inch, contains 22 per cent, of pure petrol. Over 2,000.000 gallons was collected in a few hours.
|ln 11)38 France produced 51G.000 barrels (-12 gallons each) ot crude petroleum. Saint-Gaudens is near the Spanish frontier.]
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 7
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77OIL IN FRANCE Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 7
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