Petroleum Operations.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11316, 7 September 1898, Page 2

Petroleum Operations.

MR Mck AYS REPORT. v ' [BY TELEtfBAPH.— SPECIAL TO ttERALth] Wellington, September 7.— Mr McKay, in his report on his ( recent Visit to'the petroleum \7orks at New, Plymouth,, first det-tilß the results' of 'the recent' boring'," and then proceeds as follows regards] the .prospect ' o£ buecessi'ul !boring-j! boring-j •xprVoil.in thp.vicjipily^oT ,New r P.ymou^n, ' thife is "nqt f of 'th^ mosX'bppet'ul^kinai'ye't' it is perfectly manifest .tnat there t exists a source of oil,apar{i from whai ) tt 1 1 m > ay'be derived from^lighfte; (Jepo^tts 5 ; of , the younger tertiary <or past n tertiary' ' age. The facts connected with the sinking of the ihird bore( £how.-, that, the,-, oil -obtained therefrom is not derived from a superficial source or.»,from\^. deposit comparatively near "the ' 'surface.' The primary csburce": bfr'oil 'lies at'Ca'igreater -depth than hat ye'fi been.reached',f'or at a distance fr,Qm any of theweUs yet bpred. ;At 900 anTW'^erSl'MMs'raiF stored in strator^irKri*, t^Ta 1 dep^h^f '2000' "feet ] there fire'^o Tt>eW- tbaC l'n'SePfirV^ instance.. <j^.ujd iha.te giVftn lQ££.pil.-Ifc;doe8; appear that a further 1000 fe?t might be bored without reaching r caflb^aceoti3 btjds likely to or capable of affording the oil at the^ohighsrifjevels^ bjit^ifcjis _hardly a question ofjreacbingcarborjiac^ous strata from which c th'e oirh'a l^ been' derived. Much, more is it to determine an abundant supply J ih tne^qragfe 1 'levels ; a*t 1900 W 900 {fee^or'af.o'ther' Jesser' 'o^'per-' mediate 1 deptbs.''^'The' supply ''tfair n'ot'-"prove^o'ver-abundaa^ and the'tem'po'/ary r abandonment of different localities ana' particular bores are certainly discouraging facts." • "'"'• Mr McKay, co^cludejj^ his repprt in. an incohcluhive'andVuusatigfying piftailißiL.by c expi*essiog a.-hope^ that, (the^Eetrojieumj Company will be ableifia^he sfxth bore tor&icha stratum equaL to that at 915 feet:in-.jthe;thirdabore,f,at ( which depths should oil nofe berfstr^vlij-r-ifcri^ighfc m itter for consideration ' whether boring I shpiild be continued.