{"id":5598,"date":"2019-06-20T21:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T09:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:06:20","slug":"govts-new-oil-spill-insurance-cap-still-a-drop-in-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govts-new-oil-spill-insurance-cap-still-a-drop-in-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt\u2019s new oil spill insurance cap still a drop in the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beehive.govt.nz\/release\/proposal-better-protect-taxpayers-cost-potential-oil-spills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is touting<\/a> an increase in oil industry liability as a win for taxpayers, but Greenpeace says the new plan would still see the New Zealand public picking up most of the bill for in the event of a major spill.<\/p>\n<p>The changes to the law covering the insurance of oil exploration were announced tonight, just as the giant drilling platform of Austrian oil major OMV is about to begin its work in New Zealand waters. OMV plans to drill at depths at least as great as those of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.<\/p>\n<p>While the increase from $27 million to $1.2 billion is a significant improvement, Greenpeace Senior Campaigner, Steve Abel, says it\u2019s still a \u201cdrop in the ocean\u201d of what a major oil spill would cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Deepwater Horizon oil drilling accident cost well over $90 billion, but the maximum insurance cover that the New Zealand Government is requiring of oil exploration companies is just $1.2 billion,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rest of the cost of a spill inundating our coasts would be paid by our seabirds, dolphins, fisheries and the New Zealand public, which is a massive ecological and financial underwriting of oil exploration that we shouldn\u2019t even be doing in this climate emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a climate emergency these companies shouldn\u2019t be searching for new oil at all, but as the Government is letting them in, the companies 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