Kapuni

Kapuni is a small hydrocarbons field and drilling site in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located within a dairy farming area in Taranaki, 85 km (53 miles) southeast of New Plymouth.

It is the second largest onshore gas/condensate field in New Zealand after the Maui gas field off the Taranaki coast.

Economically viable quantities of oil and gas were discovered in 1959 by a Royal Dutch/Shell-British Petroleum-Todd consortium, and full production began in 1969.

The site has 13 wells which surround a central production station.

Further reading

General historical works

:*citation |first = Len I. (ed.) |last = Scott |title = Kapuni District and School centennial, 1888-1988 |place = Kapuni, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Committee? |year = 1988

Business

:*citation |title = The case for natural gas reticulation |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Gas Association of New Zealand |year = 1965

:*citation |title = Kapuni pipeline project |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1968

:*citation |title = Planning New Zealand's potential |place = London, [England] |publisher = Technology Publications |year = 1963

:*citation |title = Processing the Kapuni product |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Ministry of Works |year = 1970

:*citation |title = Report on social and physical effects, Kapuni-Wellington pipeline duplication : Wanganui loop. |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Pipeline Project, Ministry of Works and Development |year = 1982

:*citation |first = J.R.P. et al.|last = Clarke |title = Proposed urea fertiliser complex, Kapuni: planning report |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = JASMaD |year = 1979

Environment

:*citation |title = Kapuni pipeline project |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1968

:*citation |first = Dermot A. |last = Byrne |title = Ammonia urea plant investigations, Kapuni: fisheries |place = Stratford, [N.Z.] |publisher = Taranaki Catchment Commission|year = 1979

:*A report on the effect of the plant upon the "Kapuni" and "Otakeho" Streams, and the "Kaupokonui" and "Waingongoro" Rivers.

:*citation |first = Bruce W. |last = Hayward |title = Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleobathymetry of Kapuni-2 onshore well, South Taranaki and formation of Kapuni Dome [N.Z.G.S. report PAL ; 108] |place = Lower Hutt, [N.Z.] |publisher = Paleontology Group, New Zealand Geological Survey, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research |year = 1986

:*citation |first = Julie A. |last = Hogan |title = Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Kapuni Formation, Taranaki, New Zealand [M.Sc.: Victoria University of Wellington] |year = 1979

:*citation |first = Julie A. |last = Palmer |title = Description of core material from Kapuni formation, onshore Taranaki, New Zealand [Publication of Geology Department, Victoria University of Wellington ; no. 18.] |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Victoria University of Wellington |year = 1980

:*citation |first1 = M.A. |last1 = Patchett |first2 = Garry |last2 = Venus |title = Ammonia urea plant investigations, Kapuni |place = Stratford, [N.Z.] |publisher = Taranaki Catchment Commission|year = 1979

People

:*citation |first = Dorothy A. |last = Waldegrave |title = Family album, Mounsey - Hutchinson (1740-1974) |place = Paeroa, [N.Z.] |publisher = D. A. Waldegrave |year = 1974

:*citation |first = Lewis |last = Watkins |title = Early days in Taranaki...and after " [unpublished typescript] '

chool

:*citation |title = School register index : Oeo 1910 - 1984 : Otakeho to 1984 : Te Roti to 1984 : Tokaora to 1984 : Matapu to 1984 : Auroa : Okaiawa to 1984 : Kapuni |place = n.p.|publisher = n.p. |year = n.d.

:*citation |first = Arthur B. |last = Harrison |title = Kapuni School jubilee, 1888-1963: May 11th, 12th and 13th, 1963: 75th jubilee souvenir booklet |place = Eltham, [N.Z.] |publisher = Eltham Argus |year = 1965

:*citation |first = Len I. (ed.) |last = Scott |title = Kapuni District and School centennial, 1888-1988 |place = Kapuni, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Committee? |year = 1988

External links

* [http://crownminerals.med.govt.nz/petroleum/fields/kapuni.html Crown Minerals Kapuni page]
* [http://www.stos.co.nz/whatwedo/kapuni.html Shell-Todd Kapuni page]