MUD GEYSER.
GAS WELL BLOWS OUT. By Telegraph—Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 25. The Moturoa Oil Fields, Ltd., bore this morning blew out without warning, sending up great gushes of mud, that coated the derrick and spread over a wide area. The bore was down 1740 feet, and the force of the gas blew the drilling gear up till it stuck with the amount of debris it gathered. Then gas, gathering force, blew the gear clean out of the hole, up 60 feet twisting the wire ropes and doing damage to the tackle. The gear came straight down like a huge spear, burying itself 20 feet in the ground. The blew continued for a quarter of an hour, followed by a continuous flow of inflammable gas.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18629, 26 July 1930, Page 20
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126MUD GEYSER. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18629, 26 July 1930, Page 20
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