{"id":8354,"date":"2020-04-10T08:47:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T20:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:44:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:44:41","slug":"omv-exit-signals-end-of-offshore-oil-exploration-in-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/omv-exit-signals-end-of-offshore-oil-exploration-in-nz\/","title":{"rendered":"OMV exit signals end of offshore oil exploration in NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austrian oil giant&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/what-is-omv-guide-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\">OMV<\/a>&nbsp;has announced that it\u2019s indefinitely postponing its last remaining oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is claiming &#8220;a win of generational significance&#8221; that signals an end to offshore oil exploration in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n<p>OMV announced that a programme to drill exploratory wells in the Taranaki Basin has been postponed immediately amid the Covid crisis, and that it has no plans to bring a new rig to New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner, Amanda Larsson, says the exit of OMV and its colossal exploration rig, the COSL Prospector, means the future of offshore oil and gas exploration in New Zealand is likely to have come to an end altogether.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Following the departure of Petrobras, Anadarko, Equinor\/Statoil, Chevron and others, OMV was the last major oil company searching for new oil and gas in New Zealand waters. It\u2019s one of the only companies that still had the right to search for oil here after securing drill permits prior to the 2018 ban on new offshore oil exploration,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2016\/10\/170ef909-gp0stohcl_pressmedia-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2016\/10\/170ef909-gp0stohcl_pressmedia-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2016\/10\/170ef909-gp0stohcl_pressmedia-600x406.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2016\/10\/170ef909-gp0stohcl_pressmedia-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2016\/10\/170ef909-gp0stohcl_pressmedia-502x340.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2016\/10\/170ef909-gp0stohcl_pressmedia.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>People show their opposition to deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters at the &#8216;banners on the beach&#8217; event at Bethells beach. Similar events happened at about 45 North Island west coast beaches.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Lisa Marshall<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>&#8220;Practically and economically it would make little sense for OMV to send another rig to New Zealand at any point in the future, especially with the collapse of the global oil price. Its exit now effectively spells the end to offshore oil exploration in New Zealand. This is a win of generational significance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>OMV\u2019s drilling programme in New Zealand has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/people-vs-oil-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">badly beleaguered<\/a>&nbsp;since its rig arrived in the country last year.<\/p>\n\n<p>In November, nearly 30 protesters occupied OMV\u2019s \u2018henchboat\u2019, the Skandi Atlantic, in the Port of Timaru for three days, delaying it from heading to a drill site. 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This starts with a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and towards a society powered by clean, renewable energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>In light of the Government\u2019s post-Covid economic recovery plan, Greenpeace has produced a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/campaign\/the-green-covid-response-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Covid Response<\/a>&nbsp;package and presented it to Government Ministers.<\/p>\n\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<div class=\"EmptyMessage\">Block content is empty. Check the block&#8217;s settings or remove it.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian oil giant&nbsp;OMV&nbsp;has announced today that it\u2019s indefinitely postponing its last remaining oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin. 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