BLENHEIM PETROLEUM WELL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 16 March 1914, Page 4

BLENHEIM PETROLEUM WELL.

After the Blenheim well kad been pushed some distance past the level at * which oil was originally struck an& lost through an inrush of water, a new oil level was encountered about a fortnight ago. After one or two outbursts, the well remained quiescent for about nine days, till on Thursday last, it recommenced its flow, and on Friday it exceeded eighty barrels, and a satisfactory flow has since continued. *ne two iron storage tanks imported by the company have arrived in Wellington, and should be in New Plymouth this week, when their erection < E l-i b T PromP% pushed on (says the • Daily News). J