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Change of closing date for the Northland Block Offer

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27 July 2009 -The Minister for Energy, Gerry Brownlee, today announced that the closing date for the Northland Block Offer had changed to Wednesday 18 August 2010.

The closing date for the Northland Block Offer has been extended due to new data becoming available.

With this new seismic data available (from the end of 2009) the consensus from potential bidders was for the Northland Block Offer closing date to be delayed by about 6-8 months to allow this data to be incorporated into their understanding of the area. There are no other changes to the blocks on offer.

The 2009 seismic survey over Reinga and Northland is an exclusive/non exclusive  survey jointly undertaken by Crown Minerals and CGG Veritas. A selection of data will be released by Crown Minerals in late 2009 and additional data will be available for lease from CGG Veritas at that time.

For more information click on the links below or visit the Northland Block Offer page.

 

The indicative petroleum exploration permit acreage offer schedule has also been updated.

Click here to review updated schedule.

Raukumara Block Offer closing date remains 28 January 2010.

Last updated 28 July 2009

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