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Question: Oil Production in Sarawak
Answer: Title : Oil Production in Sarawak
Date Published : January 3rd, 1949
Issue Number : 1090
Volume Number : LXXV
The earliest reference to oil in Sarawak was in a report written by Claude Champion de Crespigny, then the Resident of Baram, dated July, 1882. The first well started drilling on August 10th, 1910, and was brought into production from 865 feet on 22nd Dec, 1910, making 10 tons of oil per day in Miri.
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(Source: E-Sarawak Gazette, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 25 Jun 2020)
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