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Oil platform, Taranaki

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Oil platform, Taranaki

The Māui-A platform on the continental shelf west of Taranaki is used for production wells into the Māui gas field. It is also the terminus for the undersea pipeline that takes gas and condensate ashore.

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Simon Nathan, Geological exploration – Studying the sea floor and earthquakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8210/oil-platform-taranaki (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.