New Zealand 2016 Petroleum Data Pack released
New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals, the government's petroleum permitting agency, has released its 2016 Petroleum Exploration Data Pack.
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New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals, the government's petroleum permitting agency, has released its 2016 Petroleum Exploration Data Pack.
Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has announced nine new petroleum exploration permits granted for Block Offer 2015.
NZP&M’s aeromagnetic survey project will start flights over Southland and Otago from early January 2016.
Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has announced that the government’s latest programme of aeromagnetic surveys will begin in Nelson and Marlborough from 27th November 2015.
This month will mark the fifth anniversary of the Pike River mining tragedy. The tragedy changed the mining health and safety landscape in New Zealand forever. 29 men lost their lives and it can’t be allowed to happen again.
Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has opened consultation on the proposed Petroleum Block Offer 2016.
The application form for bids for Block Offer 2015 is now available.
Reservations of Land from prospecting for metallic minerals have been put in place over parts of Nelson, Marlborough, Otago and Southland.
The existing mineral reservation over the Kermadec and Colville Arcs will be extended until 2017.
Over the last few months the regulation of the petroleum and minerals sector has been a subject of some debate. Attention has been on the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), and what recent marine consent decisions mean for the fledgling seabed mining industry.