Story: Oil and gas
Page 7 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Puke Ariki – Taranaki stories – Kāpuni
This page from Puke Ariki, the Taranaki Museum, gives the history of the Kāpuni gas field.
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Welcome to petroleum – New Zealand Crown Minerals
The site of the Ministry of Economic Development’s Crown Minerals agency provides a summary of petroleum resources in New Zealand.
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STOS.co.nz
This site gives information about the activities of a group of companies – Shell Todd Oil Services – that have been associated with Taranaki oil and gas exploration and extraction since the 1950s.
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Synthetic fuel from Maui gas
An account of the history of the ‘Think Big’ movement and the decision to manufacture synthetic fuel from Maui gas.
More suggestions and sources
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Judd, Warren. ‘New Zealand’s search for oil.’ New Zealand Geographic 23 (1994): 20–43.
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Lambert, Ron. In crude state: a history of the Moturoa oilfield, New Plymouth. New Plymouth: Methanex New Zealand in association with the Taranaki Museum, 1995.
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Nightingale, Tony. Mobil: 100 years in New Zealand. Wellington: Mobil Oil New Zealand, 1996.
