...Hans R. Katz; Gene Kliewer Abstract Exploration activity in New Zealand was stepped up considerably and succeeded in the discovery of a major gas-condensate field off the Taranaki coast in the western Cook Strait between 65 and 80 km WSW of the Kapuni field. Production is from the lower Tertiary...

... to be mobile and provide access to the vadose zone at a wide range of locations, rather than the usual restriction to available outcrops in cuttings or gravel pits. We describe the use of the VZS to characterize the profile of an alluvial gravel system at four locations in Canterbury, New Zealand and to carry...

.... The New Zealand Government has continued the experiments to obtain power by use of the active steam obtained from boreholes in the thermal area in the central part of North Island. Some seismic refraction work has been carried out in conjunction with the thermal project. No additional petroleum...

...Robin L. Lee; Brendon A. Bradley; Francesca C. Ghisetti; Ethan M. Thomson Abstract A 3D model of the geologic structure and associated seismic velocities in the Canterbury, New Zealand, region is developed utilizing data from depth‐converted seismic reflection lines, petroleum and water‐well logs...