Story: Oil and gas
This sandstone outcrop at the mouth of the Whanganui Inlet in Golden Bay is known by geologists as Farewell Formation. Highly porous and permeable, it is an ideal reservoir rock for oil and gas. These types of rock have been successfully tapped in Taranaki, and oil and gas have been extracted from them.
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Reference: CN40795/24
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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