Description:
This is the third bulletin of the following series:
1. Oil and its geology.
2. Prospecting for oil.
3. Drilling for oil.
4. Laws pertaining to oil.
It is not intended that this bulletin should serve as a book by
which! the prospector could undertake the drilling of oil wells, but
only to show that drilling is a profession by itself.
Drilling for petroleum should in all cases be undertaken by the
expert and also under contract, if possible. The conditions which
are encountered and which have to be overcome are often great and
tax the ingenuity of the expert driller. For this reason, therefore,
this bulletin is written to show the oil prospector what is being undertaken
when drilling for oil is commenced, and the conditions, troubles
and set-backs which may be encountered. 8 p.