NZ Energy Corp recuts deal for Origin Energy Taranaki assets

Article – BusinessDesk

June 18 (BusinessDesk) New Zealand Energy Corp has recut its troubled deal with Origin Energy for a range of onshore Taranaki oil and gas assets, cutting the purchase price by C$9 million to C$33.5 million, dropping one licence area, and assuming management … Read more »

Vector Helps to Bring Better, Brighter Futures

Press Release – Vector

Vector is helping thousands of children in the Tamaki area to fast track their learning and equip them for future success. Read more »

Vector’s Outage Manager App hits Top Ten in App Store

Press Release – Vector

Vectors Outage Manager, a world leading customer service outage app for android and iPhone smart phone users,* launched last week, has become one of the top ten ranked free utility apps on the App store. Read more »

Oil and Gas Industry Urged to be Media Savvy

Press Release – Enex

Executives in the oil and gas industry are urged to be more upfront and pro-active in dealing with the news media. Read more »

New gas market to launch on 1 August

Press Release – Transpower

Transpowers Energy Market Services today announced that its new energy exchange, emTrade, will be launched on 1 August 2013 and be available for live trading 1 September 2013. Read more »

Oil and Gas – an Innovative and Ethical Industry?

Press Release – Climate Justice Taranaki

As the oil and gas CEOs suit up in New Plymouth this week for their ENEX conference, we ask just how much social discontent and safety concerns would it take for the industry and our governments to halt this mad rush for fossil fuels? says Catherine … Read more »

IRA Energy Group’s Weekly Recap for The Week Ending 6/2/13

Press Release – PIRA Energy Group

NYC-based PIRA Energy Group reports that Koreas nuclear problem halted the spot LNG price decrease. In the U.S., updated fundamentals remained constructive to gas price recovery. Read more »

Youth Call On Govt to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Press Release – Generation Zero

Nationwide youth organisation Generation Zero is calling on the Government to show it takes climate change seriously and stop subsidising fossil fuels, following the release of a report from WWF-New Zealand revealing oil and gas subsidies to the tune … Read more »

Government should stop tax breaks to rich oil companies

Press Release – Green Party

5 June 2013 Government should stop tax breaks to rich oil companies The Government should stop its multimillion dollar tax breaks to the oil and gas industry and use the money saved to support the transition to clean energy, says Green Party energy … Read more »

Vector Launches World Leading Outage App

Press Release – Vector

The new outage app has set a new global standard for utility companies and will support customers using the companys electricity, natural gas and fibre networks, explains Vectors CEO Simon Mackenzie. Read more »

8 week strike at Contact Energy’s Rockgas in Auckland

Press Release – First Union

Workers at Contact Energys Rockgas operations in Auckland have today started an 8 week strike in an attempt to secure better pay and conditions. Read more »

ioGAS Link for rapid 3D visualisation of geochemical data

Press Release – ARANZ Geo Limited

MEDIA RELEASE ARANZ Geo and ioGlobal announce ioGAS Link for rapid 3D visualisation of geochemical data CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand and PERTH, Australia, 30 May 2013 – ARANZ Geo , developer of 3D geological modelling software Leapfrog Geo, and ioGlobal … Read more »

Youth: Coal Mining Call Selling New Zealanders Short

Press Release – Generation Zero

Youth climate change organisation Generation Zero has slammed the Government’s decision to grant Australian coal-mining company Bathurst Resources land-access for coal mining on the Denniston Plateau. Read more »

New Crown Minerals Regime comes into force

Press Release – NZ Petroleum and Minerals

The amended Crown Minerals Act regime is designed to: – encourage the development of Crown-owned oil, gas and mineral resources – streamline the regime where appropriate and make it better able to deal with future developments – ensure there is better … Read more »

Greymouth Petroleum shucks off disaffected shareholder

Article – BusinessDesk

May 24 (BusinessDesk) – Minnow oil and gas player Greymouth Petroleum is preparing to welcome a new 14 percent shareholder on its share register after winning a High Court action brought by the company’s former chief operating officer, John Sturgess. Read more »

NZ Has No Capacity to Deal with Deep Sea Oil Drilling Leak

Press Release – Green Party

The Government is expanding its risky deep sea drilling programme despite knowing that New Zealand does not have equipment to deal with a subsea leak, according to papers released to the Green Party under the Official Information Act. Read more »

CEO of NZOG shared his experiences over breakfast

Press Release – The Breakfast Club

Andrew Knight, CEO of New Zealand Oil and Gas shared the experiences of his journey full of challenges and opportunities that led him to where he is today CEO at the age of 43 – with the AUT Breakfast Club yesterday. Read more »

TrustPower pays $13.7 mln for Energy Direct NZ

Article – BusinessDesk

May 15 (BusinessDesk) – TrustPower, the electricity generator and retailer controlled by Infratil, will pay $13.7 million for the assets of Wanganui council owned Energy Direct New Zealand, allowing it to add customers near its electricity plants. Read more »

Next partial privatisation in October, says Key

Article – Businesswire

May 13 (BusinessDesk) – Prime Minister John Key has all but confirmed that Meridian Energy will be the next state-owned enterprise to be partially privatised, with a float of up to 49 percent of the government’s single most valuable electricity asset … Read more »

CO2 Hits 400 ppm – Time for NZ to Rise to Challenge

Press Release – Generation Zero

As the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm), youth climate change organisation Generation Zero says it is time for New Zealand to rise to the challenge of building a zero … Read more »

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