Pohokura field

The Pohokura field is an oil and gas field located 4 km offshore of north Taranaki in New Zealand, in approximately 30 m of water. The field was discovered in 2000 by Fletcher Challenge and has ultimate recoverable reserves (1P) of or 1435 PJ of gas and of oil and condensate.
The field has 6 offshore and 3 onshore wells, with the production station located on shore, adjacent to the Motunui methanol plant. The production station is unmanned, and is operated from a control room in New Plymouth. The first commercial production was in September 2006.
In 2009, Pohokura was the largest gas-producing field in New Zealand, producing 42% of total production.
Pohokura is owned by OMV (74%) and Todd Energy (26%), and is operated by OMV.