NEW ZEALAND

Pateke disappoints again despite costly workover

OIL flows from the reworked offshore Taranaki Pateke-3H well have petered out after only a few days of production, causing further problems for Tui Area oil field operator AWE, its partners and technical advisors.

AWE said yesterday afternoon that a clean-up flow test of the well was undertaken before the semi-submersible rig Kan Tan IV was released last Friday after completing a $US46 million ($A46.6 million) workover...

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