oil refinery

Where’s the evidence that the government has thought through the exploration ban?

by

The fact that the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits was announced so quickly – and with seemingly so little research – should worry us all, writes Jenée Tibshraeny. This column was first published on interest.co.nz. ‘Think globally, act locally.’ That’s a nice phrase that that can be applied to the environmental movement. … Read more

NZ makes its own oil. So why are we paralysed when a pipeline breaks?

by

A digger hit our pipeline! But don’t panic – we produce more than 40 million barrels of oil each year. Problem is, most of it is exported. Rebecca Stevenson finds out why. In the nineteenth century oil prospectors would sniff and taste the crude oil they found. If it tasted sweet it was the good … Read more