It has now been over a year since the collapse of Tamarind Taranaki Ltd and the Crown assuming responsibility for the decommissioning of the Tui Oil Field and a lot has happened in that time.
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In a scathing Environment Court decision, the Environmental Protection Authority has been ordered to pay $110,000 to an oil and gas company it prevented from disconnecting a floating production station from the Tui Oil Field off the coast of Taranaki.
Tamarind Resources FPSO Umuroa off the Taranaki coast.
Photo: Tamarind Resources
The EPA issued abatement notices to stop BW Offshore removing the Umuroa from the field early last year, saying the company could not rely on a 2017 EPA ruling allowing them to do so.
The regulator was concerned unplugging flowlines connecting the vessel to Tui risked spilling oil into the ocean.
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