FLOWING OIL WELL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13322, 6 March 1914, Page 8

FLOWING OIL WELL.

THE ROTARY BORE,

(Per Press Association.) v "NEW PLYMOUTH, Since the first indications of oil m tho rotary bore of the Taranaki New Zealand OUw-ells, Ltd., , .about ".'lo fMtys ago, drillihg^as been carried ftown^^o an . oil seam similar -to that met with At No.. 5 well. To-day a powerful gas seam was *penetrated at the bottom, while the drilling manager reports that he has not Witnessed a stronger outbreak m the . Mbturoa ; field; This outbreak commenced at ;4vSO p.mv,' to-day and. lasted, jtill 7 p.m.^Wh«n*.th^^ well -»\ as capped and the flow of oil devertvrd to an iron tank. Ths gas 'is now strong as ever, and the oil is increasing. it is impossible at present to determine the yield of oil, but the manager states that the well gives promise as good^'as any s yet on the Moturoa field. Wiule.'- Mr -Morgan, the GoveMihient geologist', '*Aia_ 'here, lie" r «c&re_ i the ooi* free" of. water. Mr; Morgan's report *n . the alleged flooding of the field 'has been received. He fotin / d'«tltat ( .the' evidence of flooding is not conclusive, but, with a view to reducing tlfe :"ri"sfeo^««y -possible dajigeiin that respSbt-v'-^e'^^^'e^t^ih'^re--commei),da-tiQns.; i jas' 1i r M fp inspection, ** etc., which >vlllv^|^E^}>leJto the oil prospecting cppftanies^^at 'present operating m New .Plymouth "and district ihese regulations, 3?e 'iii p'perat'ioh m other bilborihg^cou^tties^.,..*. i'