Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 February 1947Vol. XVII, No. 7

Oil Exploration In Papua

p. 32 · Read in the full issue

Page 3232

APC Continue Drilling

DRILLING by the Australian Petro leum Co. Pty., Ltd., of their bore at Kariava, Papua, reached a depth of 6,362 feet on December 30, 1946, footage drilled since last report issued on Dec ember 13, 1946, being 816 feet.

Mr. H. L. J. Hunter has arrived in Melbourne from Iran en route to Papua to take up the position of Fields’ manager of the Company. Mr. Huntfer was deputy Chief Drilling Superintendent of Anglo Iranian Oil Company Ltd. in Iran and has had extensive experience in oil fields’ work.

The geophysical party has arrived in Papua from USA and will commence the survey at an early date.

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