TARANAKI OIL FIELDS.
(United Pkess Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, March 11. There was another blow out at the petroleum works on Saturday rr.ght, this tim e at No. 3 !bore, where cleaning operations 'had been going on for a ft-w •days previously. During a lull, however, the bore was successfully capped, much, to the satisfaction of people living in the neighbourhood, who were somewhat pranio iatiiicken b(y it he cTuptioiii. It started to flow oil at 5 a.m. on Sunday, and has maintained it up to tbj time of wiring, though the gas -pressure, is almost too strong to allow the oil to coYne away freely. No. 5 bore is still flowing steadily at about 40 barrels da: : iv, whilst No.' 1 shows no variation in its output.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 March 1912, Page 3
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127TARANAKI OIL FIELDS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 March 1912, Page 3
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