has been 27% less rain than normal across all rain gauges. Mean river flows for April were 17.4% lower than typical values, low flows were 6.8% lower, and high flows 17% greater than typical values while mean river (non-mountain) water temperatures were 14.8°C, an average of 0.8°C warmer than long-term April values. The average air temperature for the region (excluding Te Maunga sites) was 15.7°C, which is 1.5°C warmer than long-term April averages. The maximum air temperature recorded in April
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TAG Oil (NZ) Limited
Cheal-E Wellsite
Monitoring Programme Report
2013-2014
Technical Report 2014–51
ISSN: 0114-8184 (Print) Taranaki Regional Council
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Document: 1392470 (Word) STRATFORD
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February 2015
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Executive summary
TAG Oil (NZ) Limited established a hydrocarbon exploration
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Final report on
Interim review of the Regional
Policy Statement for Taranaki 2010
Evaluation of appropriateness, efficiency
and effectiveness
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area of approximately 100,000 square kilometres and
is the most explored and commercially successful hydrocarbon producing area in
New Zealand. Oil and gas exploration and development has been on-going in the
region for nearly 150 years. Since the first well in 1865, over 600 exploration and
production wells have been drilled. While the majority of the basin is offshore, the
majority of the producing wells are onshore. The geology of the basin is derived from
diverse episodes of tectonic
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Greymouth Petroleum Ltd
Turangi-C Wellsite
Monitoring Programme
Biennial Report
2016-2018
Technical Report 2018-28
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
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Greymouth Petroleum Ltd (the Company) established a hydrocarbon exploration site located on Turangi
resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
GPL holds water discharge permit 6498-1 for the northern section of the site, to discharge treated
stormwater and treated produced water from hydrocarbon exploration and production operations at the
Turangi Production Station onto land, where it may enter into an unnamed tributary of the Parahaki Stream.
This permit was issued by the Taranaki Regional Council on 7 December 2004 under Section 87(e) of the
RMA. On 17 March
involved with the oil and gas exploration and
production industry in New Zealand, as follows:
As a regulator
Seven years (1981-88) at the former Taranaki Catchment Commission & Regional Water
Board, now the Regional Council. During this time onshore exploration and development
was “in full swing”, requiring of environmental consents (then called water rights). There
were also several offshore developments at the time, including the installation of rock
protection
another 59% demonstrated a
good level of environmental performance and compliance with their consents.
1.2 Process description
1.2.1 Background
The Taranaki Basin occupies an area of approximately 100,000 square kilometres and
is the most explored and commercially successful hydrocarbon producing area in
New Zealand. Oil and gas exploration and development has been on-going in the
region for nearly 150 years. Since the first well in 1865, over 600 exploration and
production wells
associated with
hydraulic fracturing activities into land; consent 7068-1 to discharge waste drilling fluids
and produced water into land by deepwell injection; and consent 7069-1 to discharge
drilling muds, cuttings and wastes from hydrocarbon exploration via mix-bury cover (not
exercised during the monitoring period under review).
During the monitoring period, Greymouth Petroleum Limited demonstrated an overall
high level of environmental performance.
Taranaki Regional Council’s (the
exploration site located on Rimutauteka Road at Waitui, in the Waitara catchment. The site is
called Mangahewa-D wellsite. This report covers the period from August 2014 to December
2015. During this period, four wells (MHW-21, 22, 23, and 24) were drilled and tested. The
hydraulic fracturing programme is ongoing. This report describes the monitoring programme
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s
environmental performance in relation to drilling