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2004 New Zealand Petroleum Conference Proceedings

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Keynote addresses

Opening address (pdf 29kb) Harry Duynhoven
The upstream petroleum industry – a global perspective (pdf 4.3mb) William C. Ramsay
Energy markets in NZ – the upstream story (pdf 39k) Richard Tweedie
Significant events over the past two years (pdf 42kb) Mike Patrick
New Zealand's energy future (pdf 35kb) Peter Griffiths
 

Exploration and development updates I

Tui developments (pdf 22kb) Eric Matthews
The world class Maui FPSO project (pdf 4.3mb) Greg Andrews
New Zealand's Recent Exploration Scorecard: Is It Good Enough For The Post-Maui Challenge? (powerpoint 7.6mb) Steven Courtney, Steve O'Connor
 

Exploration and development updates II

Onshore Taranaki developments (pdf 25mb) John Fredrick
Exploration potential of the Canterbury Basin (powerpoint 18mb) Dave Bennett
Mangatoa – a giant gas prospect in north Taranaki (pdf 10mb) Eric Matthews
 

Gas markets I

An overview of gas markets in New Zealand (powerpoint 18mb) Steve Barrett
The New Zealand energy market (powerpoint 107kb) David Smol
The energy demand/supply balance (pdf 221kb) Siobhan Ruffell
 

Gas markets II

Views of a gas producer (powerpoint 815kb) David Salisbury
The gas transmitter (powerpoint 6.7mb) Phil James
The gas user (pdf 47kb) Murray Jackson
Gas reforms and a comparison with the "electricity experience" (pdf 59kb) Tanya Thompson, Elizabeth Welson
 

TUESDAY 9 MARCH

Plenary

The whole of Government approach to the New Zealand energy sector (powerpoint 9kb) Geoff Dangerfield
Value creation through exploration (pdf 221kb) David Black

 

Exploration and development updates III

Swift Energy operations and plans for its southwest Taranaki properties (powerpoint 6.7mb) Alan Cunningham
McKee and Mangahewa – under new management (pdf 1.6mb) Winfred Boeren
Greymouth Petroleum's plans for Taranaki (pdf 9.3mb) John Sturgess
 

Taranaki Fault

Constraints on the age, character and displacement history of Taranaki Fault (pdf 8mb) Peter Kamp and others
Structure of the Taranaki Fault from the interpretation of magnetotelluric observations (pdf 983kb) Vaughan Stagpoole and others
Wide angle seismic surveys – the solution for imaging beneath the Taranaki Fault (pdf 2.3mb) Ingo Pecher and others
Structure and petroleum potential of the Taranaki Fault play (pdf 5.2mb) Andy Nicol and others
 

New technologies I

Innovative logging techniques for Taranaki (pdf 864kb) Steve McCormick
Applications of NMR logs in the Taranaki Basin – a case study (powerpoint 2.1mb) Zach John
Petroleum generation and implications for migration – a Maui Field charge study (pdf 1.3mb) Rob Funnell and others
Hydraulic fracturing the best producer – a myth? (powerpont 4.4mb) Ray Tibbles and others

 

East Coast Basin

Advances in understanding of onshore East Coast Basin structure, stratigraphic thickness and prospectivity (pdf 27mb) Dave Francis and others
Is the offshore East Coast Basin an accessible source of gas? (pdf 5.6mb) Chris Uruski and others
Play concepts for a complex margin (pdf 10.9mb) Brad Field and others
East Coast hydrocarbon potential (pdf 4.5mb) John Frederick
 

Legal frameworks I

Taxation and petroleum mining (pdf 50kb) Vincent Sue
Sole risk issues for oil and gas exploration Joint Ventures (pdf 67kb) Andrew Caddie
Default by fellow Joint Venturers (pdf 59kb) Bryan Gundersen
 

Future energy alternatives

Evidence for gas hydrate "sweet spots" on the Hikurangi margin and offshore Fiordland (pdf 4.2mb) Andrew Gorman and others
Hydrogen as a future energy source (pdf 58kb) Ian Wells
LNG-a gas supply opportunity for New Zealand (pdf 6mb) David Maxwell
The LNG process and technology (pdf 2.7mb) Ernie Kennedy

 

Coal seam gas

The New Zealand coal seam gas scene  (pdf 5.8mb) Kevin Johnson
Coal seam gas on the North Island (pdf 318kb) Greg Twombly
Coalbed methane exploration technologies in New Zealand (pdf 45kb) Shaun Hayton and others
Impact of operational and environmental issues on the development of coal seam gas in New Zealand (pdf 6.5mb) Murry Cave
 

Gas markets III

The role of the Commerce Commission in the gas industry (pdf 38kb) Paula Rebstock
Open access to gas pipelines (powerpoint 1.3mb) Ian Wilson
Aspects of embedded generation Roger O'Brien
Gas industry governance (powerpoint 389kb) Govan Saha
 

WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH

Exploration and development updates IV

Application of 4D seismic in the Maui Field (pdf 29kb), Presentation (powerpoint 10mb) Sanne Decker
Consenting under the RMA for Pohokura (pdf 613kb) Nigel Dee
Developing Kupe (pdf 437kb) Allan Melhuish, Eric Matthews
 

Beyond Taranaki

Petroleum geology of Northland (pdf 4.1mb) Chris Uruski and others
Reassessment of the prospectivity of the New Zealand Cretaceous (pdf 10.4mb) Peter Baillie, C Uruski
Evidence for an oil play fairway on the inner shelf of the Great South Basin (pdf 10.6mb) Paul Lipski
Seismic reflection and wide-angle studies across the Hikurangi subduction zone offshore East Coast (pdf 7.4mb) Stuart Henrys

 

New technologies II

The computation of near surface corrections for seismic processing of data in the Taranaki Basin (powerpoint 4.8mb) Nigel Fisher
Measuring the value of new technologies for NZ operators (pdf 4.4mb) Jess Kozman
Application of specialised geological and geophysical technologies to exploration for subtle Miocene prospects, onshore Taranaki (pdf 9.8mb) Beate Leitner

 

Legal frameworks II

Oil and gas financing Patrick Cocquerel
The Marine Reserves Bill and local government reform (pdf 59kb) Craig Stevens
Lessons from Enron: a corporate governance framework for New Zealand (pdf 67kb) Gordon Wong
Field and asset abandonment – the legal issues (pdf 68kb) Dave Trueman, J Winchester

 

Upstream investment

An investment banker's perspective of opportunities in the New Zealand petroleum sector (pdf 194kb) Chris Stone
A consistent due diligence methodology for prospect evaluation and investment decisions: Getting the "best bang for your buck" (pdf 1.8mb) Steve O'Connor, Steve Courtney
Enhanced investment appraisal Investment (pdf 339kb) Chris Taylor
Tax incentives – one more lever for the Government's energy policy (pdf 68kb) Geof Nightingale, S Smith
 

LPG

Past, present and future of LPG in NZ (powerpoint 2.5mb) Peter Gilbert
LPG supply and demand (pdf 23kb) Chris Mulvena
The wholesalers view of the New Zealand LPG market (pdf 38kb) Owen Poole
 

The way forward

Policy directions for the petroleum industry (pdf 45kb) Mac Beggs
An international company's thoughts on New Zealand's petroleum exploration and development (powerpoint 480kb) Stephen Hounsell
Views of a small company on the way forward for exploration in New Zealand (pdf 33kb) Dave Bennett
The downstream industry's role in facilitating development of the upstream industry Andrew Knight
The way forward – the regulators approach (pdf 36kb) Adam Feely
 

WORKSHOP PAPERS

Oligocene submarine fan systems in Taranaki: a proven reservoir and outcrop comparison (pdf 13.6mb) K Higgs and others
An outcrop based reservoir modelling study of thick-bedded basin floor fan deposits of the Mt Messenger Formation Arnott and others
Quaternary stratigraphic architecture of the Canterbury margin (doc 41kb) G Browne
New Zealand Upper Miocene time scale: dating and correlating the Mt Messenger Formation in north Taranaki (powerpoint 19mb) M Crundwell
Geochemical evidence for widespread marine influence within the Rakopi Formation (Late Cretaceous), Taranaki Basin, and implications for oil potential. R Sykes and others
Quantifying undiscovered oil and gas reserves in the Taranaki Basin (pdf 1.7mb) B Mare-Jones
Stratigraphy and development of Hawke's Bay forearc basin (pdf 12mb) K Bland and others
Rapid progradation of the Plio-Pleistocene continental margin, northern Taranaki Basin (pdf 6mb) R Hansen, P Kamp
Note on paramoudra-like carbonate concretions in the Urenui Formation, North Taranaki - possible plumbing system for a Late Miocene methane seep field (pdf 3.5mb) C Nelson
Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Matemateaonga Formation in eastern Taranaki Peninsula: A new 1:50,000 geological map and stratigraphic framework (pdf 10mb) A Vonk, P Kamp

 

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