Story: Mining and underground resources
This oil rig is at the site of the Rimu-1A drillhole, which found oil. Much of Taranaki is gently rolling farmland, intensively used for dairy farming. As the photograph shows, drilling operations normally only affect a limited area around the rig.
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Crown Minerals, Ministry for Economic Development
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