and drill
pipe in the hole.
Drilling fluids
Oil and gas wells may be drilled with either synthetic based mud (SBM) or water based mud (WBM). As the
names suggest, these are fluids with either water (fresh or saline) or synthetic oil as a base material, to which
further compounds are added to modify the physical characteristics of the mud (for example mud weight or
viscosity). More than one type of fluid may be used to drill an individual well. In the past, oil based muds
(OBM)
Executive summary
The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) operates a total of ten water treatment plants (WTPs) which
supply municipal water to the district’s towns and water to the rural communities.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess STDC’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
environmental performance and
administrative performance.
During the year, Intergroup Ltd demonstrated a high level of environmental performance and administrative
performance.
During the year, Meredith Metals Ltd demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and a high
level of administrative performance.
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During the year, NPDC demonstrated a high level of environmental performance and administrative
performance.
During the year, Pounamu Oil Services Ltd …
exposure draft Public keeps closer eye on environmentThe community’s greater awareness of, and expectations for, the environment are reflected in an ever-rising number of environmental incidents reported to the Council, the Consents & Regulatory Committee was told. An initial count shows 590 incidents were reported in the 2020-2021 year to 30 June, up from 529 the previous year. Incidents are reported either as complaints from third parties, or self-notifications. All incidents are investigated. Full
upon. With the continuing downturn in the oil and gas exploration and production sector, it is likely that the number of compliance
programmes and reports for this sector will remain at subdued levels. The dairy farm effluent system non-compliance rate in
2016/2017 was at a level slightly higher than the previous year, due to a wetter season, and reflected the need to maintain oxidation
pond systems. Appropriate enforcement action has been undertaken in response to non-compliance.
has departed from the premise of
Regionally Important Infrastructure a d i stead si ply e og ises i f ast u tu e .
Alignment with this approach is encouraged for the Taranaki Coastal Plan.
(b) facilities and arterial pipelines for the supply or distribution of minerals including oil and
gas and their derivatives;
(c) the national electricity grid, as defined by the Electricity Industry Act 2010;
(d) facilities for the generation and/or transmission of electricity where it
unknown or little understood, but potentially significantly adverse. Policy
3(2) states that “in particular” the regional plan should “adopt a precautionary
approach to use and management of coastal resources potentially vulnerable to
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effects from climate change…”. This is relevant to fishing, oil and gas and seabed
mining:
a. Weather systems in the Taranaki Coastal Marine Area are likely to become
more volatile making large scale activities more
Tuesday 17 July 2018
3. Review of minimum flows and water allocation in Taranaki – consultant
report
3.1 Mr R Phipps, Science Manager, spoke to the memorandum introducing a report
produced by Mr Ian Jowett entitled Review of Minimum flows and water allocation in
Taranaki prepared to support community discussion and consideration of minimum
flow and allocation limits for Taranaki reivers within the regional Freshwater and
the Council was informed that site
establishment was commencing. This report outlines the progress that had been made towards site
establishment prior to the project being put on hold, the consents held by NPDC for this site, reports on the
baseline monitoring activities carried out in the 2021-2022 period, and discusses these results along with
the previously obtained monitoring results.
As some baseline monitoring had been undertaken for a number of years, and there had been uncertainty
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Updated section 42A Officer Report issued on 25 January 2022 to correct minor errors
The following minor edits have been made to this version of the report originally issued
on 24 January 2022:
1. Page 14, paragraph 71:
[…] Odour in the accessway in between sheds 1 and 2 (downwind of shed 2), and
adjacent to an exhaust fan, and inside one of the sheds, was in each location strong
but not unpleasantly so, and I considered the observed intensity to be less than