Contact's Te Huka Geothermal Power Station. Contact Energy announced on Tuesday that it has purchased 100 per cent of the shares in Western Energy Services, a specialist geothermal well service company based in Taupō. Mike Dunstall, general manager geothermal resources and development at Contact, said Western Energy’s 30 staff had extensive expertise in well services. Christel Yardley/Stuff PM Jacinda Ardern at the Contact Energy Tauhara Geothermal Project sod turning on March 31. The acquisition of Western Energy had been funded from existing credit facilities, said Contact.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2021 02:15 UTC