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Shell NZ taps Chinese investor for deep ocean oil search

Wednesday May 08, 2013 | 2 comments

A 50:50 joint venture with the Chinese state-owned oil company wants to drill in the unexplored New Caledonia Basin.

Closed-shop consenting for oil exploration sub-standard, EDS says

Gary Taylor
Tuesday April 30, 2013 | 9 comments

"Public scrutiny is an essential component of best-practice environmental regulation."

"...and here he is dribbling on about the importance of public scrutiny. What a hypocrite."

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Controversy likely over onshore oil exploration acreage in new block offer

Pattrick Smellie | Monday April 29, 2013 | 7 comments

Northland iwi may react over deep-sea drilling in new acreage being offered for oil and gas explorers.

Rash of oil and mineral protests nationwide

Pattrick Smellie | Monday April 08, 2013 | 19 comments

Environmental protests against oil, gas and gold mining have broken out from one end of the country to the other in the last two days.

"NZ has the potential to be a Norway, leading the world in social welfare, cradle-to-grave provision. But first we need an oil and gas industry."

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NZOG's first well outside NZ to spud in late January

Plant at NZOG's Kupe field in Taranaki
Pattrick Smellie | Monday January 14, 2013

The spudding of the Parit Minyak-2 well onshore in Sumatra, Indonesia, will take place in a little under a fortnight.

10 new oil and gas permits awarded, little interest in greenfield basins

Pattrick Smellie | Tuesday December 11, 2012 | 2 comments

"Pretty disappointing. A decent oil find is very much required to re-stimulate interest."

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