Petroleum

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American Petroleum Institute (API)

Extreme Oil

Fifteen years after the end of the Cold War and in the wake of two wars in the Gulf and Iraq, all the world's easy oil has been found. Today, the oil industry has to go to extremes to find new sources of the asset that drives the world's economy and fuels so many aspects of modern life. From a PBS documentary

Minerals Programme for Petroleum

Describes the policies, procedures and provisions involved in the allocation and management of petroleum. Effective from 1 January 2005.

New Zealand Oil & Gas

An independent public company which owns significant oil and gas reserves and high quality exploration permits in the Taranaki Basin, and high quality coking coal deposits in the Paparoa mountain range, in New Zealand.

New Zealand Petroleum Industry

An overview of the oil and gas industry in New Zealand. Includes statistics and publications. From Crown Minerals.

Oil and gas

An overview from Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Organization of eleven developing countries which are heavily reliant on oil revenues as their main source of income. Dedicated to the stability and prosperity of the petroleum market. Membership is open to any country which is a substantial net exporter of oil and which shares the ideals of the Organization. The current Members are Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.

Petroleum Basins Overview

From Crown Minerals.

Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ)

An industry association which promotes the interests of petroleum producers and explorers in New Zealand. Among other things, the primary objectives include participating in policy and legislative initiatives and promoting industry awareness of such issues as the environment and safety.

Petroleum Facts and Figures

From Crown Minerals

The Truth About Oil and Gasoline: An API Primer

Sections include discussions of global energy demand, price increases, what consumers are paying at the pump, earnings, refinery expansions, the environment and energy security. [PDF] March 2008.

Todd Energy

New Zealand's first indigenous oil company, now supplying gas and electricity to both the commercial and residential sectors.