Maui Pipeline
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The Maui Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in New Zealand.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from from the Oaonui Production Station, south of New Plymouth, to the Huntly Power Station, south of Auckland, on the North Island of New Zealand.[1]
Project details
- Operator: First Gas[2]
- Parent company: First Gas[2]
- Capacity: 125 PJ/a[3]
- Length: 307 kilometers[4][5]
- Diameter: 34 inches[6]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 1979[6]
Background
The pipeline is owned and operated by First Gas, which purchased it from Shell New Zealand, OMV New Zealand and Todd Energy (collectively known as the Maui Mining Companies) for NZ$335 million in 2015.[7]
Risk of Leaks
In October 2011 the pipeline developed a leak that lasted for six days and cost $200 million to repair.[8] A subsequent government study found 59 other locations where the pipeline was at risk of being ruptured by landslides or erosion.[8]
In 2022, the Maui Pipeline at Gilbert Stream was realigned due to the risk of coastal erosion.[9]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Network maps". firstgas.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 First Gas Transmission Asset Management Plan 2020 Summary Document, 2020, accessed Aug. 17, 2021.
- ↑ Jackson, Tim. "New Zealand gas pipelines: past, present and future - The Australian Pipeliner". www.pipeliner.com.au. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ New Zealand: maintaining a pipeline network on the Ring of Fire, The Australian Pipeliner, Mar. 16, 2016, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
- ↑ New Zealand – the land of the long white gas, Oil & Gas Journal, Dec. 6, 2019, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carmen (2021-11-02). "Maui gas pipeline, New Zealand". Offshore Technology. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ Acquisition of Maui Pipeline, Jun. 15, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Maui pipeline on the edge, Taranaki Daily News, Feb. 8, 2014
- ↑ "Maui Pipeline realignment project". clarus.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
