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Jul 2024

Why New Zealand is running out of gas (Natural Gas)

“We have a very shallow investor pool now, left over after the events of the 2018 Exploration Ban, was somewhat catastrophic to the sector” Listen to John Kidd, Enerlytica Head of Research

The natural gas train crash is coming closer for major New Zealand greenhouse growers reliant on gas for their energy requiremets.   This very good and informative interview by Madison Reidy helps explain how we got into this position.  Click on the video to view.

 

Why New Zealand’s running out of gas (youtube.com)

 

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