Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1951Vol. XXI, No. 9

Apc Progress In Papua

p. 12 · Read in the full issue

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AUSTRALASIAN Petroleum Company Pty., Ltd., reported on April 10 that Test No. 2 at Hohoro has been deepened 2,262 feet from 1,958 feet to 4,220 feet.

Two seismic parties are continuing operations, one in the delta of the Purari River, and the other further west near the mouth of the Kikori River.

Island Exploration Company Pty., Ltd., reports that the test well at Omati has cemented 13g inch casing at 3,320 feet and the hole has been deepened 565 feet from 3,350 feet to 3,915 feet.

A gravity geophysical party is working in the Turamu River area.

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