Story: Oil and gas All images & media From page 1 – The need for oil and gas Types of oils Oil prices, 1946–2005 Section of a well Primary energy supply, 2003 Europa petrol station Marsden Point oil refinery From page 2 – How oil and gas form Porous sandstone Sandstone Ōhai opencast mine Seismic survey From page 3 – Oil and gas basins Looking for oil and gas Sedimentary basins Cross-section of the Taranaki Basin From page 4 – Early petroleum exploration, 1865–1960 Oil seep, Kōtuku (1st of 2) Kōtuku oilfield (2nd of 2) Orepuki oil shale works Alpha well, Moturoa (1st of 2) Moturoa oilfield (2nd of 2) First oil refinery (1st of 3) NZ motor spirit (2nd of 3) Beam pump, 1957 (3rd of 3) Kāpuni 1 well From page 5 – The Māui gas field Semi-submersible drilling rig The Māui B platform Taranaki oil and gas fields Motunui synthetic petrol plant CNG advertising From page 6 – The amount of oil and gas found Drill bit Rimu-A1 well Oil and gas production, 1970–2004 Pohokura jack-up rig
