Water: Captain Bisley Guides Water Report To A Landing
Land and Water Forum chair Alistair Bisley says the forum process should land safely by the end of next week, although as in all …
Archive for July, 2010
Exploration: Kupe Upgrade Good News For Origin, NZOG and Genesis
The Kupe oil and gas field holds substantially more light crude oil than previously estimated, as well as additional gas and LPG which will …
Water: Tempers Fraying As Water Forum Goes Down To The Wire
The temperature on key issues inside the Land and Water Forum is rising with only some 6 weeks to go before it must issue …
Mining & Conservation: The Mining Decision, Anatomy Of A Political Defeat
Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee first floated exploiting the nation’s most protected conservation lands – those covered by Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act …
Exploration: Big Jump In On-Shore Cheal Reserves
Canadian explorer TAG Oil is reporting a 450% increase in recoverable reserves from the Mt Messenger formation, in Taranaki, taking known and probable remaining …
Energy Business: Genesis Will Seek ETS Recompense After All
Genesis showed more political nous than Contact or Mercury by saying it would not be raising tariffs as soon as the ETS came into …
Mineral Extraction: Massive Offshore Iron-Sands Opportunities Identified
NZ offshore ironsands explorer Trans Tasman Resources (TTRL) believes a 10m tonne a year steel mill using local ironsands as feedstock could be established …
Exploration: Oil Production Becoming An Export Mainstay
An insight into the value of oil production to the NZ economy came with the disclosure the Tui offshore oilfield has yielded 28.15mmbbls of …
Wind: Windflow Chases British Windfarm Subsidies
A new British Govt incentive scheme for small-scale wind projects is causing rocketing demand for 500KW turbines, perfectly fitting the specifications of Christchurch two-bladed …
Electricity Generation: Knockback For Solid Energy West Coast Hydro Scheme
Commissioners for West Coast Regional Council have rejected Solid Energy’s plans for a 35MW hydro scheme co-ordinating with its Stockton plateau mining operation. In …
Electricity Industry: Small-Fry Showing Strongest Customer Growth
Latest figures from the Electricity Commission show small-fry new entrants to electricity retailing, Powershop and Pulse Utilities, are having the strongest customer growth. While …
Nuclear Shipments: Yellowcake Shipments Provoke Questions In Parliament
Shipments of uranium oxide or yellowcake are regularly moving through NZ ports in transit from Aust to the US. Ships carrying yellowcake shipped in …
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