Greymouth Allowed Oil and Gas Search Despite Ban

New Zealand’s crown minerals regulator has allowed Greymouth Petroleum to piggyback off an existing oil and gas permit to survey more than than 260 square kilometres off the coast of Taranaki, Radio New Zealand reported.

The move initially puzzled Climate Justice Taranaki researcher Catherine Cheung. “Why would they allow further seismic survey if, as we understand, there’s no new offshore petroleum permits?”

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.