

Object Name |
License |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2022.002 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2022.002.057 |
Date |
29 Jan 1987 |
Dates of Creation |
29 Jan 1987 |
Title |
Drilling Rig Licence |
Scope & Content |
Licence issued by The Ministry of Natural Resources under the Petroleum Resources Act to Rawlings Drilling Co. Ltd. in respect to the machine for boring, drilling, deepening or plugging wells described as follows: Make: Bucyrus Erie, Model: 36 L, Serial No.: 85810. Issued at London 1987/01/29. Licence No. M87044. Property of David "Stewart" Rawlings, the grandson of International Driller, George Rawlings. After 26 years working internationally, George returned and joined his father-in-law in 1932, Mr. Stover, in his drilling business, Stover Drilling Co. in the Chatham area. After the death of Mr. Stover it became the Rawlings Drilling Co. Stewart and his father, Frank, followed in the family business. |
Extent of Description |
Paper, 21.6cm x 14cm |
Search Terms |
Bucyrus Erie Drilling Rig Licence Ministry of Natural Resources Oil & Gas Exploration Oil Company Oil Drilling Oil Industry Petroleum Resources Act Rawlings Drilling Company Record |
People |
Kerris, Vincent Palonen, P |