Taranaki Basin Gas Survey 2016

Taranaki basin is generally considered to be a gas-prone basin, but having said that, there is oil also found in Taranaki. It all comes down to the type of source rock we have in Taranaki.

So generally, the source rocks in Taranaki are coals, and they’re generally considered to be gas-producing type source rocks. But having said that, there are some instances where they have produced oil, which has later been trapped in reservoirs.

So some of our biggest hydrocarbon fields like the Maui field and the Kapuni field are gas fields. There are several other oil fields being developed at the moment, like the Tui area oil field, and there’s one called Maari, which actually sits towards, closer to the South Island.

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Acknowledgements:

Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd

University of Waikato