A former oilman with nodding donkey at Dukes Wood, Notts., UK, site of the first British commercial oil well.
Former oil production worker at Eakring in 1948, Doug Wallis,(he is now a volunteer at the Dukes Wood Oil Museum), with one of the original wells at the Nottinghamshire site. Work has begun at the old site by EGDON RESOURCES to determine if there are sufficient oil reserves to justify a major drilling programme. The UK's first commercial oil well was drilled at Eakring,(between Newark and Ollerton), in 1939 and fuel from Dukes Wood powered tanks taking part in the WWII D-Day landings. The site produced 47 million barrels of oil until 1964 and was instrumental in the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea-trained crew from Eakring transferred to the rigs at sea. The exploration will take place to a depth of around 800 metres. Photo © 2010, John Robertson, 20-01-2010 Fea0019999.
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Location: Eakring, Notts., UK
Photo credit: © John Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
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