New Guinea Oil Prospecting.
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Scientific Party for Matapau.
FOLLOWING the extensive geological survey of the Matapau district of the New Guinea mainland by Mr. G. A. V. Stanley, of Oil Search, Ltd., Sydney, complete agreement has been now arrived at by Federal Government paleontologists on all data collected. Important and far-reaching results have been achieved.
As a result of a recent conference, at which Dr. W. G. Woolnough, Geological Adviser to the Federal Government, was present, Oil Search Ltd. decided that a minimum number of six scientists and engineers would shortly proceed to Matapau, to carry out a programme in con nection with the proved structures and the known seepages.