In Papua
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Oil Borehole Nearly Three Miles Deep
TOURING February, the Austral- S S 1a’ K Which fer oil irf Parma 1 bo 1 (immediatelv P below 8 ?3 74n fpotw ummeaiareiy oeiow 13,740 feet) in Omati No. 1 bore where “gas cutting of the mud and high pressure was originally encountered ” last year. ’
It will be remembered that when wi? I 7 e ‘"®L l ri eaC i?, e A in 1954 there whole of the k ririiw b^ St f nd the
has been eagerly awaited.
The Co. reported: “The well pre duced small quantities of gas. Drill mg is being continued. The hole has been deenened from 18 780 fppi to 14 222 Sf P t P ” ° * 13,780 ma y be noted that 14,222 feet represents a depth only 1,600 feet short of three miles.
The Co.'s other bore in the same area—Omati No. 2—is now down to “* * Pr ° Ceed -