Drilling News in New Zealand
| 6/10/2014 - AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, advises that due to operational challenges in managing near surface unconsolidated formations the Oi-1 explora... |
| 6/9/2014 - Mosman Oil & Gas, the New Zealand and Australia focussed oil exploration and development company, is pleased to advise drilling progress at its Petroleum Creek Project as follows. ... |
| 6/6/2014 - Mosman Oil & Gas, the New Zealand and Australia focussed oil exploration and development company, announces that drilling has started (spudded), on the first of its three planned wells in the 2014 dri... |
| 6/2/2014 - AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, advises that the semi-submersible drilling rig “Kan Tan IV” commenced drilling the Oi-1 exploration well at 18... |
| 5/28/2014 - Mosman Oil & Gas, the New Zealand and Australia focussed oil exploration and development company announces that its wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary, Petroleum Creek Limited ("PCL"), has confirmed ... |
| 5/20/2014 - AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) the Pateke-4H development well was successfully completed and suspended for production at a later date. Production from Pateke-4H is planned fo... |
| 5/7/2014 - Mosman Oil & Gas has now completed the site preparation for the first two wells in the NZ drilling programme, Crossroads-1 and Crestal-1 at its Petroleum Creek Project. ... |
| 5/6/2014 - AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) the Pateke-4H development well was at a total measured depth of 4,772m, including a 749m horizontal section through the reservoir. The total de... |
| 4/29/2014 - AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) the Pateke-4H development well was at a measured depth of 4,700m and drilling ahead on a horizontal trajectory through the Kapuni F10 sandstone... |
| 4/15/2014 - AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours preparations are being made to drill a second sidetrack on the Pateke-4H development well. Operations have been unable to drill past an obstruction in the lo... |
| 4/14/2014 - Mosman Oil and Gas Limited, the New Zealand and Australia focussed oil exploration and development company, has signed agreements with Landcorp and a local farmer to access land in preparation for the... |
| 3/18/2014 - AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours, the Pateke-4H development well was preparing to sidetrack a short section of lower wellbore. The mechanical drill string difficulties experienced in the ori... |
| 3/11/2014 - AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT), the Pateke-4H development well had been drilled to a total measured depth of 4,110 metres. Following the penetration last week of the Kupuni F... |
| 3/6/2014 - AWE Limited reports that, the Pateke-4H development well had been drilled to a total measured depth of 4,110 metres and an inclination of 89 degrees. The primary objective, the Kapuni F sands, has bee... |
| 2/10/2014 - AWE Limited reports that the Pateke-4H development well commenced drilling at 10.45 hours (10.45am NZDT) on Sunday, 9 February 2014. As at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT), operations had drilled a 36” hole ... |
| 1/20/2014 - In PEP 51906, Matuku reaches total depth and new seismic completed Total depth of 4846 metres was reached on Saturday, 18 January in the Matuku well in PEP 51906 offshore Taranaki. The next operation ... |
| 1/9/2014 - TAG Oil Ltd is pleased to provide the following exploration and development drilling update in both the shallow and deeper targets within the Taranaki Basin. As TAG enters calendar year 2014, the Comp... |
| 1/7/2014 - Royal Dutch Shell, Austria's OMV and Japan's Mitsui will drill an exploration well off New Zealand's southeast coast, becoming the latest group to search for natural gas in the country's largely untap... |
| 2/13/2013 - New Zealand Oil & Gas has been advised that Raisama Energy Limited is withdrawing from its farm-in arrangement to participate in drilling the Kakapo structure in PEP 51311, offshore Taranaki Basin. ... |
| 6/3/2010 - AWE Limited advises that the Tui SW-2 well was preparing to run the BOP’s (Blow Out Preventers). This has been delayed because necessary repairs were held up by bad weather over the last week. ... |
