Media Centre
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The Media Centre provides a variety of new and topical information on the Petroleum, Minerals and Coal industries of New Zealand.
- Media Releases
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- 09 Feb 2012: Next steps towards oil and gas exploration
- 30 Jan 2012: Revised Minerals Programme for Petroleum (2005)
- 26 Jan 2012: New Zealand Energy Outlook 2011 released
- 18 Jan 2012: Pike River Royal Commission: Media Release
- 12 Dec 2011: New Ministers announced
- 27 Oct 2011: Update on gas incident in Taranaki
- 30 Aug 2011: New approach to allocating petroleum exploration rights will deliver more
- 30 Aug 2011: Energy strategies released
- 24 Aug 2011: Environmental protection laws for oceans introduced
- 14 Jul 2011: Annual energy statistics released
- 14 Apr 2011: New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals business unit
- 24 Feb 2011: PM reallocates portfolios to put focus on quake
- 16 Dec 2010: Underground gas storage gets go-ahead
- 16 Dec 2010: Minerals reviews combined
- 14 Dec 2010: Feedback Sought on Offshore Petroleum Report
- 21 Sep 2010: Crown Minerals releases new book on petroleum basins
- 21 Sep 2010: Future proofing data: Annual Report 2009-10 release
- 20 Sep 2010: Government to expand Crown Minerals
- 27 Aug 2010: Mineral and petroleum permitting review begins
- 22 Jul 2010: Government consulting on energy policy
- 20 Jul 2010: No land to be removed from Schedule 4
- 10 Feb 2010: Onshore Taranaki Kahili block offer opens
- 20 Jan 2010: New Zealand’s Reinga Basin opened for oil and gas exploration
- 18 Nov 2009: Unlocking New Zealand's Petroleum Potential
- 02 Nov 2009: Offshore oil and gas exploration season starts
- 10 Dec 2008: Oil and gas exploration opened in East Cape and Northland
- 23 Sep 2008: New opportunities for oil and gas exploration open
- 23 Sep 2008: Oil and gas bonanza for Taranaki in the pipeline
- 22 Apr 2008: Hyundai joins Global Resources to explore Taranaki Basin
- 06 Mar 2008: Petroleum Conference focuses on New Zealand’s potential in the face of global influences
- 26 Jul 2007: Greymouth Petroleum joins Great South Basin quest
- 25 Jul 2007: Notice of area unavailable for Priority in Time (PIT) permit applications - Onshore Canterbury.
- 11 Jul 2007: Great South Basin oil and gas quest set to begin
- 31 May 2007: Northland’s mineral potential remains largely untapped
- 17 May 2007: Latest round of Government petroleum seismic surveys to begin
- 12 Mar 2007: Scientific tests identify presence of oil in Great South Basin
- 11 Jul 2006: Media centre
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