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NZ's largest gas field development completed
28 May 2008
Media release
NZ's largest gas field development completed, Pohokura drilling rig departs
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The joint venture owners
of the Pohokura gas field development Shell Exploration New
Zealand Ltd, Todd Energy and OMV NZ, today announced the
final milestone in the construction phase of the project has
been safely delivered with the departure of the Ensco 56 rig
from coastal Taranaki.
Construction of the onshore
Production Station situated at Motunui, near New Plymouth
began in 2005. The drilling of three onshore wells was
completed in August 2006. The Ensco 56 recently completed
drilling a further five wells, approximately eight
kilometres offshore which tie into the onshore production
station.
Natural gas from Pohokura has been flowing
since September 2006 and is being fed into the North Island
gas network, with the condensate piped to storage tanks at
Omata near New Plymouth for shipping to refineries.
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