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| Picture No | 12917197 |
| Date | 1959 |
| Description | Oil in Dorset |
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Night photograph of the 80 ft high B.P. Exploration Company's drilling rig near Kimmeridge in Dorset where a show of oil had been encountered at a depth of about 1800 feet in limestone in the Broadbench No.1 well being drilled.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News, 11 April 1959 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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