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Consent Holder Subtype Primary Industry Purpose
R2/10721-1.0 Port Taranaki Limited Structure - Outfall (Coastal) Port
Consent Holder Subtype Primary Industry Purpose
R2/10708-1.0 NZEC Waihapa Limited Land - DWI Hydrocarbon Exploration
R2/9500-1.1 Tegel Foods Limited Air - odour Poultry Farm
R2/5237-2.3 Cloverview Limited Partnership Air - odour Poultry Farm
R2/4686-2.1 Cloverview Limited Partnership Land - animal waste Poultry Farm
R2/2478-3.0 Oud-Ade Farms
representation of injection wells for both waste discharge and enhanced oil
recovery is presented in Figure 1.
Further details regarding hydrocarbon exploration and production in Taranaki, the
DWI process and its history within region can be found in previous compliance reports
published by the Council (see Bibliography).
1.3 Resource consents
Sections 15(1)(b) and (d) of the RMA stipulate that no person may discharge any
contaminant onto land if it may then enter water, or from any
into water, unless the
activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
Cheal Petroleum Ltd holds water discharge permit 4727-2 to discharge treated stormwater and produced
water from hydrocarbon exploration and production operations at the Cheal-A wellsite and Cheal
Production Station, onto and into land in circumstances where it may enter an unnamed tributary of the
Mangawharawhara Stream. This permit was issued by the
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Todd Petroleum Mining Company Limited
McKee Production Station and Power Plant
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2015-2016
Technical Report 2016-26
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 1699432 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 1764875 (Pdf)
January 2017
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Todd Petroleum Mining Company Limited
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Cheal Petroleum Ltd
Cheal Production Station
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2019-2020
Technical Report 2020-56
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 2546911 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2587367 (Pdf) October 2020
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Cheal Petroleum Ltd (the …
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 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
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 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
conditions can be
viewed in Table 4, Section 3.3.
1.3.4 Air discharge permit (exploration activities)
Section 15(1)(c) of the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant
from any industrial or trade premises into air, unless the activity is expressly allowed
for by a resource consent , a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
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The Council determined that the application to discharge emissions to air associated
with the exploration
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Cheal Petroleum Ltd
Cheal Production Station
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2018-2019
Technical Report 2019-48
Taranaki Regional Council
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Document: 2290581 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2363025 (Pdf) February 2020
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Cheal Petroleum Ltd (the
performance and compliance with their consents, while another 29%
demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and compliance with their
consents.
1.2 Process description
Background 1.2.1
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