New Zealand Oil & Gas says there are potential partners for a deepwater Barque prospect.

The Executive Director of Greenpeace New Zealand puts his body on the line to stop climate change.

Oil jumped as the US missile attack against Syria roiled global financial markets.

More than 5000km2 in Hawke's Bay is on the table for oil and gas exploration.

Energy Minister Judith Collins expects oil and gas exploration activity will return.

BP New Zealand is selling down part of its holding in the nation's only oil refinery operator, NZ Refining.

New Zealand's petrol companies are weary of change to customs excise law.

US crude approached US$47 a barrel as Saudi Arabia pared some of its production cuts.

Opec and its partners have seen the rally in oil prices evaporate as the US inventory glut becomes impossible to ignore.

Z Energy's decision to hold its annual meeting over the internet has drawn flak from the New Zealand Shareholders Association.

Aucklanders and other North Islanders are having their cheap petrol prices subsidised by motorists in Wellington and the South Island.

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New Zealand Oil & Gas narrowed its loss in the final six months of 2016 ahead of the Kupe sale.

New Zealand Refining's annual profit sank 69 per cent from a record a year earlier.

Cheap oil and a wet spring kept wholesale prices low, offsetting better retail margins.

New Zealand Oil & Gas is in talks with prospective partners for the deepwater Barque prospect off Oamaru's coast.

Mercury NZ increased first-half profit 53 per cent, bolstered by favourable North Island hydro conditions and lifted its full year guidance.

New Zealand Oil & Gas, which is on the prowl for new investment opportunities, has sold its 27.5 per cent stake in the Tui oil fields.

Genesis Energy, the country's largest energy company by customer numbers, says electricity retail connections fell by 1.2 per cent.

Z Energy may review its interim distribution policy after reducing debt levels ahead of schedule following its acquisition of Chevron New Zealand's Caltex and Challenge! brands.

Greenpeace yesterday intercepted the world's largest seismic oil ship off the Wairarapa coast.

The national price of 91 petrol has topped $2 per litre, but with some stations still charging lower prices it pays to shop around.

Caltex will take over Gull's 77 petrol stations across New Zealand.

BP has agreed its second huge deal in days with the energy giant revealing a near $1 billion investment in gas fields off Northwest Africa.

NZOG made its final pitch to shareholders to sign off the sale of its stake in the Kupe oil and gas field to Genesis Energy for $168 million.

The New Zealand dollar extended its decline after this week's Federal Reserve decision to hike interest rates.

The dollar fell after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate and signalled a faster pace of hikes in 2017.

New Zealand Oil & Gas says it's considering an offer to buy its 27.5 per cent interest in the Tui oilfield.

New Zealand Oil & Gas says it's considering an offer to buy its 27.5 per cent interest in the Tui oil field.

The New Zealand dollar was little changed against the US dollar and reached its highest level this year against the yen.