The Good Oil
p. 81 · Read in the full issue
Strictly for geologists—or those with a more than ordinarily heavy investment in oil stocks —is Geological Results of Pet roleum Exploration in Western Papua, 1937-61. Our copy was kindly sent to us by the Austra lasian Petroleum Co. Pty. Ltd., which has undertaken the lion’s share in the search for oil in this part of Papua-New Guinea. The book is Volume 8, Part I, of the Journal of the Geological Society of Australia.
The papers cover about a quarter-century of work in this part of the world, and for those who have the necessary technical qualifications to read the signs it no doubt tells why (a) oil in commercial quantities has not yet been found in Papua; and (b) the chances of ever finding it.