Kupe Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Origin
- Country: New Zealand
- Location: 30km off Ohawe Beach on the southern Taranaki coast
- Production start:
- Partners: Origin Energy, Genesis Energy, New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) and Mitsui E&P Australia
- Type: Gas & Condensate
- Estimated Reserves:
- 2P reserves have been revised to 74.2 million BOE (431 PJe)
- 273 PJ of sales gas,
- 1114 kilotonnes of LPG
- 18.6 million barrels of light oil
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Kupe Field, located in PML38146 in the offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, is a gas-condensate filled reservoir in the Farewell Formation.
- Kupe is made up of an offshore platform with three production wells, a 30km raw gas pipeline running from the platform to the shore, an onshore production station near Hawera, and light crude storage and export facilities near Port Taranaki in New Plymouth.
History
- 1986 - The Kupe field was discovered by New Zealand Oil & Gas
- 2004 - Worley Awarded KUPE FEED
- 2006 - Final Investment Decision made
- 2010 - The Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, officially opened the Kupe Gas Project
Geology
Links
- Kupe Gas Project, Origin Energy
- Worley Awarded KUPE FEED
- Kupe Gas Project gets green light to proceed
- Kupe Field Initial 2P Reserves Increase
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