Mark Dunphy's Greymouth Petroleum comes out swinging

Mark Dunphy's Greymouth Petroleum comes out swinging
A Greymouth Petroleum rig drilling onshore Taranaki. (Image: Greymouth)
Pattrick Smellie
The country’s most cashed-up and enthusiastic gas explorer, Greymouth Petroleum, is using a big new gas find to make a scathing assessment of how New Zealand’s petrochemical resources have been managed.Greymouth’s most serious attack is on both the previous and current government for allowing Malaysian oil and gas producer Tamarind Resources to continue operating in NZ.“A Government inquiry is required into the Tamarind debacle, which resulted in a loss of over $400 million to the taxpayer,” the Greymouth...

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