Oceania,New Zealand

 The New Zealand election has the opportunity to resurrect the upstream gas industry. Image credit: Vote NZ Electoral Commission.
POLICY

Last chance for New Zealand to resurrect gas industry

National Party tipped to form minority government

12 October 2023

 Jacinda Ardern was successful in winning the national New Zealand election in 2017. If re-elected she will ban offshore seismic acquisition across newly awarded oil and gas exploration permits, making yet another challenge for explorers in the region.
OPERATIONS

New Zealand should follow in Australia's footsteps: petroleum peak body

PEPANZ makes large ditch effort to stress importance of oil and gas ahead of election

15 October 2020

Ardern government taken to High Court over exploration ban
MARKETS

Ardern government taken to High Court over exploration ban

Greymouth claims more than NZ$200M in damages

25 August 2020

New Zealand faces manufacturing crisis on volatile gas supply
OPERATIONS

New Zealand faces manufacturing crisis on volatile gas supply

Jobs on line as industrial sector look overseas due to dwindling domgas production

31 July 2020

 Oil and gas production in New Zealand is slowly fading away without new exploration. the industry peak body warn this could lead to serious domestic supply issues and threaten the nations energy security.
EXPLORATION

New Zealand oil and gas industry suffers slow death

Industry lobby warn of stark energy security threat

06 July 2020

New Zealand companies pledge transparency over shutdowns
OPERATIONS

New Zealand companies pledge transparency over shutdowns

Public disclosure of all shutdowns and outages of upstream facilities

22 June 2020

Beach Energy to explore Canterbury Basin offshore New Zealand
EXPLORATION

Beach Energy to explore Canterbury Basin offshore New Zealand

New well to target Wherry Prospect

28 May 2020

OMV gets go-ahead for massive Taranaki drill program
EXPLORATION

OMV gets go-ahead for massive Taranaki drill program

NZ EPA gives green light for 10 well exploration and appraisal campaign

18 May 2020

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the energy sector, brought to you by the Energy News Bulletin Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the energy sector, brought to you by the Energy News Bulletin Intelligence team.

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ENB Cost Report 2023

ENB’s latest Cost Report findings provide optimism as investments in oil and gas, as well as new energy rise.

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ENB Future of Energy Report 2023

ENB’s inaugural Future of Energy Report details the industry outlook on the medium-to-long-term future for the sector in the Asia Pacific region.

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ENB Cost Report 2021

This industry-wide report aims to understand current cost levels across the energy industry

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ENB Social Licence Report 2021

In its second year, this research now includes trends and new findings surrounding impacts and responses as the energy industry seeks to secure and maintain a social licence to operate.