Neil Ritchie talks to the man with the view from the ‘bridge’ at Port Taranaki who is determined to maintain the facility’s leading role as the gateway to the country’s only commercial oil and gas region.
During the course of its remote video inspections of industrial sites, Digital Insight finds some extraordinary non-energy related objects hidden from sight, from cellphones to bicycles.
Kelvin Cooper from Olex New Zealand is very pleased our Government and others around the world are spending on infrastructure to stem the effects of the global recession.
Neil Ritchie talks to Venture Taranaki Trust project manager Carrie Thorne on why the region is home to the best city in New Zealand.
They are called “plumbers with technology” – there are more than 40,000 of them and they operate in over 100 countries around the world, including New Zealand.
The controversial subject of LNG imports through Port Taranaki flared up briefly last year, with some protesters questioning the suitability of New Plymouth as an entrance way for the fuel.
The New Zealand Oil & Gas Specialist Technologies group is going from strength to strength, with its members, from Auckland to Bluff, involved in a myriad of energy-related activities.
It’s tough task – ferrying blokes, and a few women, and their equipment in and out of some of the most spectacular rugged bush and coastline in the North Island - but someone has to do it.
The energy sector has been relatively safe from serious fire and safety incidents and a Taranaki-based company plans to keep it that way.
