PETROLEUM IN ARGENTINA.
Recently "Engineering" drew attention to the discoveries of petroleum in Argentina. It appears that petroleum has beeii found in Jujuy, Garrapatal, Laguna de la Brea, Salta, Cacheuta, San Rafael; Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego. In the Andine province of Mendoza as.-many as 20 wells were bored in the years 1896 and 1897, and the illumination of this town has been for some time supplied by the gas extracted from the oil-fields of Cacheuta. cally Comodoro Rivadavia — the new oil region — is most favourably*, situated for the exploitation of the possible production; it is in the Gulf of St. George, on the South Atlantic coast. The first stratum of mineral oil^substance was found at a depth of 1770 feet/ with a bore having a diameter of. 4in. The daily ■ production has averaged 13" to 14 tons, the flow of petroleum being obtained .without the aid of pumping machinery. The fluid comes out as a very heavy substance, of a dark brownish "colour, arid seems specially adapted to he used .is fuel. The Argentine Government has recently sent new boring machinery to Comodoro Rivadavia, and is pushing the works of new perforations with great alacrity. \ :
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12502, 31 March 1909, Page 4
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197PETROLEUM IN ARGENTINA. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12502, 31 March 1909, Page 4
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