Accommodation;for three drillers and twenty-five other workmen has been erected close,to the.drilling area on Tptangi Dome, about twenty miles from Gisborne, by the New Zealand Petroleum Company, '■ in anticipation of several months of continuous work in the neighbourhood. At the top is a general view '~ of the huts. Below, machinery in course of assembly on the drilling site. In the foreground are pieces of miscellaneous machinery, to be operated by a powerful Diesel unit. Rotary and lifting gear are already installed on the drilling platform above. Top right, the new-type rig, with duplicated main members, which the staff, under the supervision of an American .expert, erected in three weeks. The structure is nearly 160 feet high, contains 60 tons of steel, and is tested to carry a iveight of 500 tons.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 69, 19 September 1938, Page 7

Accommodation;for three drillers and twenty-five other workmen has been erected close,to the.drilling area on Tptangi Dome, about twenty miles from Gisborne, by the New Zealand Petroleum Company, '■ in anticipation of several months of continuous work in the neighbourhood. At the top is a general view '~ of the huts. Below, machinery in course of assembly on the drilling site. In the foreground are pieces of miscellaneous machinery, to be operated by a powerful Diesel unit. Rotary and lifting gear are already installed on the drilling platform above. Top right, the new-type rig, with duplicated main members, which the staff, under the supervision of an American .expert, erected in three weeks. The structure is nearly 160 feet high, contains 60 tons of steel, and is tested to carry a iveight of 500 tons.