STEADY OIL FLOW
BLENHEIM NO. 2 WELL
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, 6th May,
Stated to be the best since oil commenced to show on 20th April, a strong blow-out 'occurred at Blenheim No. 2 well to-day. During swabbing operations the pressure rose to 3701b. At that stage oil shot up over the top of the derrick several times before the valves were closed and the flow was directed ' into the storage tanks. There was a steady flow for an hour or more. Mr. R. H. Launder, the superintendent, said that the No. 2 well was probably the first in New Plymouth to have been brought in under control. The gas pressure was held on the reservoir instead of being allowed to blow wild. This had the effect of curtailing the initial .production, but had proved the correct 'course. For a week it was necessary to swab the well to induce the oil to How,, but latterly there had been an increased tendency to "selfflow.". The policy of the directors had been, to swab about 10 barrels a clay. The flow had been at a daily average of 32 barrels, each of 35 gallons, for the 16 days tho well had been flowing. .- ■ ■ The amount in storage since the well ■commenced to flow on 20th April was 18,000 gallons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 22
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219STEADY OIL FLOW Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 22
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