Wellington, March 20 NZPA - New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) and its joint venture partners from the successful Tui oil fields development have been awarded a new exploration permit in the offshore Taranaki Basin.

Wellington, Jan 8 NZPA - The 20 millionth barrel of oil has been produced from the Tui area oilfields in offshore Taranaki. And for the first time a shipment of Tui oil is to be sent to the Marsden Pt refinery, near Whangarei, to be refined in this country .