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“First offshore gas” flows from NZ’s Pohokura
21 March 2007
Media release
“First offshore
gas” flows from New Zealand’s second largest gas field -
Pohokura
The joint venture owners of the Pohokura gas field development Shell, Todd Energy and OMV today announced a major milestone has been achieved with offshore “first gas” flowing from the Pohokura field in Taranaki.
Gas and condensate flowed from the first offshore well (approximately eight kilometres offshore) through the subsea pipeline to the processing production station at Motunui, near New Plymouth.
Five further offshore wells are expected to be drilled over the coming year. Three onshore wells were commissioned in September 2006, along with commercial gas to market.
Natural gas from the Pohokura field is fed into the North Island gas network and the condensate piped to storage tanks at Omata near New Plymouth for shipping to refineries.
ENDS
Note-to-editors
Shell (48%), Todd
Energy (26%) and OMV (26%) jointly own the field while Shell
Exploration NZ Limited (SENZL) operates
it.
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