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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1949Vol. XX, No. 3

Little Drilling In Papua

p. 105 · Read in the full issue

In September

iE Australasian Petroleum Company Pty., Ltd., has issued the following report upon the progress of oil ling operations in Papua in Sep iber: >roi: The hole has been deepened 3 feet, from 4,043 feet to 5,076 feet, [ohoro: The depth remains at 2,323 t. Reaming operations have been in gress to clean out the hole, fpoia: The depth remains at 2,662 t. The hole is being reamed to bottom h the new pressure drilling equipment allow drilling to proceed, lalalaua and Wana: Area preparation i been in progress at both these sites; iponents of the new outfits are being ted in Port Moresby in preparation for patch to the field.