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
The iconic view of Taranaki Maunga reflected in the Pouākai Tarns and the flow of rivers from the mountain to the sea have provided the inspiration for the design narrative of the new East Stand at Stadium Taranaki. This design has been led by Ngāti Te Whiti, providing an identify for the stand which has been rebuilt as part of Taranaki Regional Council's redevelopment project to create the best regional stadium in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Kerehama Waru Te Pū worked on the narrative for five
Recommendations
That the Consents and Regulatory Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Consents and Regulatory
Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council held via audio-visual link on 31 August
2021 at 9.30am
b) notes the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on
21 September 2021.
Matters arising
Appendices/Attachments
Document 2854260: Minutes Consents and Regulatory Committee
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
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Todd Energy Ltd
McKee Production Station
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2017-2018
Technical Report 2018-71
Taranaki Regional Council
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Document: 2149930 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2180894 (Pdf) March 2019
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Executive summary
Todd Energy Ltd operates a petroleum
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Final report on
Interim review of the Regional
Policy Statement for Taranaki 2010
Evaluation of appropriateness, efficiency
and effectiveness
Taranaki Regional Council
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Document number: 1847085
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1.3.1 Water discharge permits
Section 15(1)(a) of the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant into water, unless the
activity is expressly allowed for by a 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