PETROLEUM

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13926, 3 April 1909, Page 2

PETROLEUM

We have received the following r6- v port from the Taranaki, Petroleum Co., Ltd. :— No. 3 bore has now been temporarily closed down and work a*,lNa.1 bore has been resumed. Silxty-two fetft of mud have "been pumped out ot tnffi bore and 188 ft of , cavings have been; drilled. Since re-open^ng, gas and some oil have been- coming* the ga& at times being very strong. , - * At No. 2 bore the work has been going on steadily, the pump working fairly well, and a considerable quantity ■ of gas and oil has been coming up/tneflatter, however, being mixed with a fair proportion of silt. With the arrival of the new pump,, which is expected~ very~shortlyrit- » .hoped, that better Tesults will be obtained at this well, especially as.tho manager considers thai he can now oope with the sand difficulty. The gas from this bore is n^w SS y burn<> | the furnace in order to economise the coal, and Jt this should give out the manager* noses io use the refuse oil.. There, is t now on hand 1000 gallons (rfoilmfte underground tank and 140 barrels above ground. f

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