PETROLEUM NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 127, 21 July 1911, Page 6

PETROLEUM N EWS.

NO. 3 BORE ACTIVE

For some weeks past preparations have boon proceeding unucr luc supervision of Air. J\orcn, tire manager, lor connecting up the Taranaki Petroleum company's No. 3 bore witn tno tank system, as has been done at No. 2 bore. Tiro bore Jias been drilled to a depth of 4010 ft., the deepest on the held, and it is expected that when the casing is tapped opposite the various oil seams \wnch v.ere oncountercu during tno drilling process, fro won will prove just as prolific as No. 2. Tno oil, Avnicfi has come up lately, amounting in the average to GO barrels weekly, has conic up between the 4in. ami din. casings, out when tin work now in hand xs finished it vvi! ■ flow through a 2m. pump tubing which the company recently acquired for this purpose. ' > Yjcstorday a start was mode, mic the wall immediately commenced tr f‘play in).” A blow-out occurred, and for a period of over an hour oil aim mud were hurled high above the derrick; the escape of the tremendous forces below causing a loud roaring which could be heard a great distancaway. This effectually stopped th. work for the time being.—“ News.”