A brief presentation on the risks and likely benefits of allowing mining on the East Coast of NZ prepared for Ngāti Porou, May 2012. More info at: www.nodrilling.org.nz www.frackfreetairawhiti.org.nz

1. Montara,
Western
Australia
(2009)
Equivalent
of
one
‘Rena’
disaster
everyday
for
74
days
in
a
row…

2. Deepwater
Horizon
exploratory
well
(2010)

3. Petrobras
P36,
March
2001
“Petrobras has established new global benchmarks for the generation of exceptional shareholder wealth
through an aggressive and innovative programme of cost cutting on its P36 production facility…” !
!

4. Petrobras
Wall
of
Shame
2011-­‐2012
– 1km
oil
slick
reported
from
P-­‐57
plaNorm
in
Jubarte
field
(May
2012);
oil
leak
from
another
well
at
Roncador
field,
500m
from
Nov
2011
spill
(Apr
2012);
two
offshore
oil
spills:
one
small
and
one
undisclosed
amount
(Mar
2012);
Petrobras
rig
fire,
oil
and
drilling
fluid
spill
off
Rio
(Mar
2012);
30
barrels
spilt
from
a
Petrobras
rig
off
Rio
on
(Feb
2012);
160
barrels
of
oil
leaked
from
Petrobras
plaNorm
offshore
from
Sao
Paulo
(Jan
2012)
– death
of
another
Petrobras
employee
and
injury
of
two
others
in
a
Boxing
Day
accident
on
the
PUB-­‐03
oil
rig
in
offshore
waters
in
Rio
Grande
do
Norte
state
(Dec
2011)
– Police
say
material
dumped
in
the
river
from
Petrobras
refinery
violated
the
limits
set
by
environmental
law.
– a
spill
from
a
project
co-­‐owned
by
Petrobras
and
Chevron
spewed
3,000
barrels
of
oil
into
the
sea
and
took
a
week
to
get
under
control.
Local
government
authoriaes
have
taken
a
civil
lawsuit
against
the
polluters
claiming
US$11billion
in
damages.
– Petrobras
worker
killed
and
his
colleague
badly
disfigured
from
a
refinery
explosion
in
Argenana
that
was
similar
to
another
fatal
accident
two
years
earlier.
– major
incident
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
involved
a
deep
sea
riser
coming
loose
with
a
130
tonne
buoy
narrowly
missing
another
rig
as
the
company
prepared
to
start
the
first
new
extracaon
since
the
Deepwater
Horizon
disaster.
Had
the
break
happened
a
few
days
later
when
oil
had
started
pumping,
analysts
claim
it
could
have
resulted
in
a
disaster
similar
to
the
BP
oil
leak
in
2010.

7. Permit
38348
Te
Pu
Expires:
7/11/2011
To
Ba
Area:
1606
SQKM
LocaNon:
East
Coast
Basin
OperaNon
Name:
Waitangi
Hill
Whatatutu
Tola
Minerals:
Oil,
Condensate,
LPG,
Petroleum,
Gas
Te
Karaka
Whangara

8. Toxic
waste
stored
in
unlined
pits
Stream
polluaon
‘landfarming’
(contaminated
mud
spread
onto
farmland)

9. ‘landfarming’
(contaminated
mud
spread
onto
farmland)
Chemical
spill
near
well
site

10. At
New
Plymouth
District
Council
Hearing
(14
May
2012)
on
TAG
Oil’s
proposal
to
expand
its
drilling
operaNons
at
the
Sidewinder
site
a
company
representaNve
claimed
that
they
have
an
‘impeccable
track
record’
there.
The
TAG
Oil
representaave
gave
a
long
talk
about
the
Resource
Management
Act
and
New
Plymouth
District
Plan
and
concluded
that
the
proposed
expansion
is
"not
out
of
character"
of
the
local
rural
environment
because
there're
already
several
oil/gas
sites
in
the
area;
effects
such
as
noise
can
be
miagated
so
it
is
no
more
than
minor;
and
the
commissioners
must
not
consider
any
"irrelevant,
extraneous
makers"
and
instead
think
about
the
potenaal
benefits
-­‐
money
and
jobs
to
the
whole
of
NZ!
Let’s
have
a
look
at
the
July
2011
Taranaki
Regional
Council
monitoring
report
on
Sidewinder…
• In
the
10
months
of
operaaons
from
Sept
2010,
there
were
two
diesel
spills,
a
cement
spill
and
several
breaches
of
consent
condiNons.
• The
tank
for
storing
hazardous
substances
including
diesel
was
only
single
skinned
when
it’s
supposed
to
be
double-­‐skinned.
• A
water
sample
taken
at
the
point
where
stormwater
discharged
to
land
near
to
Piakau
Stream
revealed
levels
of
chloride
and
suspended
solids
above
consent
limits.
• There
were
issues
with
Halliburton’s
pracaces
surrounding
cleaning
pipes
and
containment
of
discharged
products.
• Consent
7596-­‐1
was
not
complied
with
because
TRC
did
not
receive
noaficaaon
of
flaring.
• No
chemical
analysis
was
undertaken
on
emissions
from
the
flare
to
verify
consent
compliance
re
carbon
monoxide,
nitrogen
dioxide
and
other
contaminants.
Source:
hkp://www.trc.govt.nz/assets/Publicaaons/technical-­‐reports/oil-­‐and-­‐gas-­‐compliance-­‐monitoring-­‐reports/890325.pdf

13. How
does
mining
happen?
1.
Government
issues
a
permit
2.
Owners
negoaate
access
3.
Council
issues
Resource
Consents

14. What
are
the
benefits?
Probable:
1.
a
few
local
jobs
2.
some
increase
in
local
economic
acavity
3.
some
government
royalaes
Possible:
1. significant
number
of
local
jobs
2. high
increase
in
local
economic
acavity

15. What
are
the
risks?
Risk
Likelihood
Impact
polluted
surface
water/waterways
High
Medium
polluted
land
High
Medium
polluted
underground
aquifers
Low
High
polluted
air
High
Medium
significant
earthquakes
Low
Low?
negaNve
social
impacts
Guaranteed
Medium-­‐High
negaNve
cultural
impacts
Guaranteed
High
negaNve
economic
impacts
Guaranteed
Medium
greenhouse
gas
emissions
Guaranteed
High

25. =500MW
(Huntly:
1000MW
=
17%
NZ
electricity
&
50%
greenhouse
gases
from
electricity
gen.)