RECORD OIL DRILL
DEPTH REACHES 6570 FEET (0.c.) NFAV PLYMOUTH, Thursday All New Zealand records for depth of drilling have been broken by the Midhirst oil well, which is 870 ft. deeper than the previous deepest hole. A well at Blenheim was drilled to 5080 ft. and this was beaten when the Totangi well on the east coast was sunk to 57001t, The .Midhirst well was at. (3570 ft. when the latest, report of tlio New Zealand .Petroleum Company was issued on Friday. Considerable difficulties with the formation were experienced at Midhirst, in the early stages, while drilling at Morere, on the east coast, was going ahead steadily. Over recent months the position has been reversed. Good progress has been made at Midhirst, but, a series of troubles has arisen at Morere, culminating in the breaking of a crankshaft of the power unit. Work will therefore he held up thero until another crankshaft arrives from America. In the meantime drillers from the east coast have come to relieve Midhirst drillers due for leave.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23966, 16 May 1941, Page 8
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173RECORD OIL DRILL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23966, 16 May 1941, Page 8
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