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Horizon Oil Acquires New Exploration Acreage In New Zealand

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Horizon Oil (HZN) has acquired a 25% interest in Petroleum Exploration Permit 38494 in the southern Taranaki Basin, offs...

Australasia

Contact Energy Files Consent Application for Waitahora Wind Farm in New Zealand

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Contact Energy has filed resource consent applications with the Tararua District Council for its 177 megawatt Waitaho...

Australasia

Austral Pacific Announces Cheal A7 Oil Well On-Line

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. announces that the Cheal A7 well commenced production on Saturday August 30, 2008. A...

Australasia

Origin Commits to Drill Carrack-Caravel Prospect off Dunedin, New Zealand

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Origin Energy has committed to drill a deepwater exploration well into the large double prospect Carrack and Caravel whi...

Australasia

AWE Plans Major Development of Wider Tui Field in New Zealand

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Australian Worldwide Exploration is planning a major expansion of the Tui oil field next year. The company has...

Australasia

Contact Energy Welcomes Wind Farm Call In

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Contact Energy has said the Environment Minister's intention to call in the company's resource consent application fo...

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L&M Petroleum Spuds Goodwin-1 Well in South Island, New Zealand

Monday, August 25, 2008

L&M Petroleum Limited (LMP) announces that the Goodwin-1 well spudded at 11.45 NZT today. The well drilling and cori...

Australasia

L&M Petroleum to Begin Coal Seam Gas Exploration Operations in New Zealand

Monday, August 18, 2008

Highlights • Drilling of three wells targeting 300PJ of coal seam gas potential on South Island ...

Australasia

L&M Petroleum Signs Contract For CSG Drilling in South Island, New Zealand

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Highlights • Drilling of three wells targeting 300PJ of coal seam gas ...

Australasia

Record 42 Wells Drilled in 2007 as NZ Exploration Activity Expands

Friday, July 25, 2008

A record 42 petroleum wells were drilled in New Zealand in 2007 as exploration and development activity reached new heig...

Australasia

Contact Energy Investigating Waitahora Wind Farm Project in New Zealand

Monday, July 21, 2008

Contact Energy is investigating a new wind farm project on the remote Puketoi Range near Dannevirke in Southern Hawke...

Australasia

Origin Energy Makes Third Small Discovery

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Origin Energy Resources (Kupe) Limited, on behalf of the Kupe Joint Venture, advises that the Momoho 1 exploration well ...

Australasia

Pan Pacific Petroleum Announces Senior Appointment

Monday, July 07, 2008

Pan Pacific Petroleum NL advises it has appointed Mr Tom Prudence, MSc Petroleum Geology; BScHons Geological Geophysi...

Australasia

Austral Pacific Reports Results of A6 Well Drilling

Sunday, July 06, 2008

The current well program was designed to test additional reserve potential in the greater Cheal area. The locations were...

Australasia

NZOG Reports Further Increase of Tui Reserves

Thursday, June 19, 2008

The initial proved and probable (2P) reserves for the Tui Area Oil Fields have been further increased from 47 million to...

Australasia

Exploratory Drilling starts at Momoho 1, Offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Origin Energy Resources (Kupe) Limited* (“Origin”), on behalf of the Kupe Joint Venture, advises that the ENSCO 107 has ...

Australasia

Origin and Contact Finalise NZ$110 million New Zealand Oil and Gas Deal

Friday, June 13, 2008

Origin Energy and Contact Energy today announced the completion of a NZ$110 million acquisition of Swift Energy’s New...

Australasia

Origin Energy Reports Completion of Drilling and Testing of Kupe Development Wells

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Origin Energy Limited, on behalf of the Kupe Joint Venture, advises that the drilling and testing of the 3 Kupe Devel...

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