Colin James - live at the Snug Lounge

We had the pleasure of having political commentator extraordinaire, Colin James at an event at the Snug Lounge in New Plymouth this month. It was a great opportunity for us to bring another event to New Plymouth. Colin provided an enlightening and insightful perspective on the lead up to the election and how the outcome may impact the oil and gas industry.

Please contact Carolyn if you'd like to receive a copy of Colin's speech notes.

Do you want to present at the 2018 New Zealand Petroleum Conference?

Each year the conference highlights and defines the issues, challenges and opportunities for upstream petroleum exploration and development on a national and international level.
The conference has the theme "Poised for Action, Ready for Growth" and will consist of three concurrent streams:

Technology & Engineering
Geoscience
Community, Commercial & Regulatory

We invite you to submit an abstract to be part of these streams and share your knowledge, experience and solutions with industry colleagues from around New Zealand and the world.

Presentation at the conference can be in either oral or poster format.

Be quick - the Call for Abstracts closes on 20 September 2017!

Submit abstract

This election - environmental policies

It can be a bit tricky to stay across all the election policies and promises for our future government. The Spinoff has create Policy, a platform that captures policies across all parties. Here's a reminder of the policies that could affect our sector.

Been to our website lately?

Our submissions to various organisations are now easier to find on our website. Check them out and let us know what you think!

View submissions

Fines under the Health and Safety at Work Act likely to be considerably higher

The first decision under the new 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act has been made and sets a strong precedent.

While this decision suggests that penalties may be reduced for small business unable to pay, these penalties will still be considerably higher than in the past.

Launch of 'Ka Runaka Expectations for Oil and Gas Companies in East Otago'

New Zealand Oil & Gas attended the launch for the publication “Kā Rūnaka Expectations for Oil and Gas Companies in East Otago”, recently published by Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou and Kai Tahu ki Otago Ltd.

Copies of the publication are available for order through Kathryn at KTKO, or via their website.

We highly recommend this publication to members operating in the Southern region.

Well done on celebrating this milestone occasion!

Fundamentals of Geomechanics, Pore-Pressure Prediction, and the State of Stress from boreholes

GNS Science has finalised the dates for a short course by Mark Tingay from the Australian School of Petroleum at the University of Adelaide.

Course dates are 6 - 8 November 2017, at GNS in Lower Hutt.

The course will cover:

Day 1: Fundamentals of Overpressure and Pore Pressure Prediction

Introduction to pore pressure
Measuring pore pressure
Overpressure Generation Mechanisms
Introduction to Pore Pressure Prediction

Day 2: Fundamentals of Petroleum Geomechanics

Basics of Stress, Strain and Rock Mechanics
Stress Around Wellbores
Vertical Stress and Fracture Gradient
Wellbore stability and other Petroleum Geomechanics Applications

Day 3: Focus on the state of stress in the crust as measured by boreholes and other methods, and more case studies

Course cost is $1000 per person and includes course materials, lunch, and refreshments throughout the day.

Get in touch with Richard Kellett at GNS if you're interested in attending.

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