Drilling has started on the first of two exploration wells in the Tasman Sea about 40km off the Waikato coast and 100km southwest of central Auckland.An Origin Energy subsidiary has a 100 percent interest in the wells which are in about 100m of water in t
Drilling has started on the first of two exploration wells in the Tasman Sea about 40km off the Waikato coast and 100km southwest of central Auckland.
An Origin Energy subsidiary has a 100 percent interest in the wells which are in about 100m of water in the Northern Taranaki/Northland Basin.
Origin said the semi-submersible drilling rig Kan Tan IV yesterday evening started drilling he Korimako-1 well. It was expected to take three weeks to drill.
The Kokako-1 exploration well would follow Korimako-1, targeting the same reservoir formation but in a separate structure.
Both wells would be plugged and abandoned after the evaluation programme was completed, Origin said.
