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Kōrero: Mining and underground resources

Pohokura-1 well

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Pohokura-1 well

The Pohokura-1 well, drilled in 2000 about 4 kilometres off the Taranaki coast, discovered a gas-condensate field. Here, gas is being flared off the side of the rig, with Mt Taranaki in the background. Later drilling established the extent of the Pohokura field, which proved to be similar in size to the Kāpuni gas and oil field.

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New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals, Ministry for Economic Development

by John Crawford

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, Mining and underground resources – History of mining, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9239/pohokura-1-well (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.