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Dear Richard,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 05 August 2021. You have requested the following
information:

" AWE was the Tui field operator from 2005 to 2017, during which time it
yielded $539 million in Crown royalties.
Was this company required by either its permit or the Crown Minerals Act
to hold funds for the field decommissioning at some future time?
Was this requirement legally enforceable or not by the permit authority
and please explain why?
If so, did the company actually hold funds and how much? What happened to
those funds when the field was sold to Tamarind?"

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Woodd
[mailto:[FOI #16298 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2021 1:13 PM
To: Megan Woods (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: OIA21-195: Official Information request - Tui field
decommissioning

 

Dear Megan Woods,

 

AWE was the Tui field operator from 2005 to 2017, during which time it
yielded $539 million in Crown royalties.

Was this company required by either its permit or the Crown Minerals Act
to hold funds for the field decommissioning at some future time?

Was this requirement legally enforceable or not by the permit authority
and please explain why?

If so, did the company actually hold funds and how much? What happened to
those funds when the field was sold to Tamarind?

 

Yours faithfully,

Richard Woodd,

Freelance journalist

New Plymouth

M: 022 658 3798

 

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Dear Richard

 

Please find attached a letter from Hon Dr Megan Woods in regards to your
OIA.

 

Kind regards

 

Marissa

 

Marissa Quinn

Private Secretary (Energy and Resources)

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Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister of Research, Science and
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