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.
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The Company holds water discharge permit 9453-1 to discharge treated stormwater
and produced water from hydrocarbon exploration and production operations at the
Mangahewa-E wellsite onto land and into an unnamed tributary of the Waiau Stream.
This permit was issued by the Council on 19 June 2014 under Section 87(e) of the
production in the region was to expand
significantly, public health would not be compromised. The
full report can be found online at www.trc.govt.nz/hydraulic-
fracturing/.
Flaring tests were conducted on fracking fluids on site to ascertain the
impacts it has on air quality.
Air quality monitoring at an exploration site.
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138TARANAKI AS ONE—Taranaki Tāngata Tū Tahi
Our responses
Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki
The Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki
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TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd
Sidewinder Production Station
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2018-2019
Technical Report 2019-35
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 2288075 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2344834 (Pdf) November 2019
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Executive summary
TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd (the Company)
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
have been drilled. While the
wellsite under consent 10086-1 to enhance oil production
from its Copper Moki site, also located on Cheal Road.
A schematic 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
1.3.1.
Regulatory Committee Minutes – 19 March 2024
Author: M Jones, Governance Administrator
Approved by: AJ Matthews, Director - Environment Quality
Document: 3266100
Recommendations
That Taranaki Regional Council:
a. takes as read and confirms the minutes of the Operations and Regulatory Committee meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford
on 19 March 2024 at 9.00am
b. notes the recommendations therein
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TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY 1
Biodiversity
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Waste Remediation Services Ltd
Waikaikai Landfarm
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2020-2021
Technical Report 2021-50
page
Taranaki Regional Council
Private Bag 713
Stratford
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online)
Document: 2853032 (Word)
Document: 2932976 (Pdf)
March 2022
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Waste Remediation Services Ltd
Waikaikai Landfarm
Monitoring Programme
Annual
hydrocarbon exploration drilling operations with water based muds,
and drilling cuttings from hydrocarbon exploration drilling operations with
synthetic based muds, onto and into land via land farming. This permit was issued
by the Taranaki Regional Council on 27 April 2006 under Section 87(e) of the
Resource Management Act. It is due to expire on 1 June 2020.
Discharge permit 6867-1 was varied on 4 February 2010 to include the following
changes:
• allow mixing of different waste types,
under clause 14 of the First
Schedule to the Act
BETWEEN Petroleum Exploration and Production
Association of New Zealand
Appellant
AND Taranaki Regional Council
Respondent
NOTICE OF APPEAL
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TO: The Registrar
Environment Court
AUCKLAND
1. The Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New
Zealand (PEPANZ) appeals part of a decision of Taranaki
Regional Council