TARANAKI PETROLEUM.
A BIG BLOW OUT
(Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, August 1(3
At- Moturoa to-day tieiSe was a big blow-out at .the Tarannki Petroleum Company's No. 3 well, the deepest r.n tho field. At a depth of from 3030 to 3083 feet a strong gas vein was met with, which hurled c.'l, water and silt over the. top of the derrick on several occasions, the oil getting more plentiful each time. At No. 2 the flow ot oil continues satisfactory.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12587, 17 August 1910, Page 5
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