Nippon Mining to Drill for Oil in New Guinea
<i> United Press International</i>
TOKYO — Nippon Mining Corp. said it has assumed drilling rights in a Papua-New Guinea site to prospect for oil.
The site, 180 miles northwest of Port Moresby, is half-owned by a group of Australian companies, the company said.
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