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The Kupe Gas Project has announced plans to undertake a drilling exploration of the Momoho prospect.
The area is 6km south of the Kupe Gas Field, off the Taranaki Basin.
Kupe Gas Field director Peter Ashford said the well would be drilled to a total depth of more than 3000 metres.
Drilling gets under way in May.
- NEWSTALK ZB