RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE MATZEN AND ZISTERSDORF OIL FIELDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700020010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2004
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
L' or abou" 11. June 1950 a new we-1.1 was brought into production at Matzen..
This well 'is erupatiai -,end xao,q produces about 180 tons of crude; oil oer day.,
Des-r1~t.e a f.;~:iticai shortak~e of oil well casing-, the Soviets have b.esa puss-
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.rig, L2" new drillings irx the Matzen fields, (1) Apparently in their ea.7erness
to strafe aoill aoviet en. ineers sank tno wells,, one of the. to a depth of
_'001_; metears without ca;3inp5. As a ret3ult:, the Soviets lost all e,~,ui. ,ment
:;.ra stalled at both of these wells Bien ths.7 col.laosed earl a7 in Juno 1 O
AM.;ordjnjg to 1 n/r,c Mueliner, mechanic in charge of the Matzen pipe
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