UPDATE: Tamarind administrators seek lifeline for Taranaki oil field

UPDATE: Tamarind administrators seek lifeline for Taranaki oil field
Gavin Evans
Administrators of offshore oil operator Tamarind Taranaki were today trying to put together a deal to keep the Tui oil field operating through until mid-2020 and avoid its premature decommissioning.The business, part of Kuala Lumpur-based Tamarind Resources, owes tens of millions of dollars to international and local contractors after halting a development drilling programme at the field in September after the first of three wells came up dry.Tamarind Taranaki, the operator of the offshore Tui mining permit, yesterday voluntarily appointed admi...

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