Kupe Oil and Gas Field (New Zealand)

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Kupe Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in New Zealand.

Kupe Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Kupe Project.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kupe Oil and Gas Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Kupe operating[1][2][3] Beach Energy[4] New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd [4%]; Beach Energy Ltd [50%]; Genesis [46%][4][4][4] 2009[3] conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kupe Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas Remaining recoverable reserves 8778.27 million m³ 2021 [5]
gas 2P reserves 4394.8 million m³ 2022 [6]
hydrocarbons 2P reserves 2.26 million boe 2020 [2]
oil and condensate 2P reserves 28.0 million bbl 2022 [6]

Table 3: Production from Kupe Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production oil 1.22 million bbl/y 2017 [7]
production gas 431.55 million m³/y 2022 [3]
production liquids 0.54 million boe/y 2022 [3]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kupe Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
PML 38146[4] Taranaki offshore, New Zealand[1] offshore[8] -39.8564, 174.1139 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Kupe Project ():

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230201232837/https://www.nzog.com/producing-assets/taranaki-new-zealand/kupe/. Archived from the original on 01 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.mbie.govt.nz/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230127145304/https://www.nzog.com/projects/new-zealand/project/27. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-natural-gas-data-reveals-trillions-of-dollars-of-upcoming-gas-projects. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/Data-Files/Energy/nz-energy-quarterly-and-energy-in-nz/petroleum-reserves.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006210746/https://cdn.ogj.com/files/base/ebm/ogj/document/2012/01/content_dam_ogj_en_downloadables_research_center_surveys_worldwide_oil_field_production_historical_leftcolumn_downloadable_histwwfldprod2019.xls. Archived from the original on 06 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://data.nzpam.govt.nz/permitwebmaps/?commodity=petroleum. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)