DRILLING FOR OIL
RUSSIA BUYING AMERICAN PLANT DEVELOPING POOLS IN THE CRIMEA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright « ■ NEW YORK, February 22. (Received February 23, at 8 a.m.) The Soviet has contracted for 44 American fast-drilling mobile oil rigs, mounted on trucks. It is believed that they will be used to develop shallow pools in the Crimea. The Government posted £2,220,000 to an American ban* to cover the purchase. The company offered to train Soviet technicians nt the United States, as none of its eaa* ployees will go to Russia,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400223.2.64
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23508, 23 February 1940, Page 7
Word Count
87DRILLING FOR OIL Evening Star, Issue 23508, 23 February 1940, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in