Oil Free Otago protesters at Fryatt St in Dunedin in 2015 during the visit of the hydrographic survey ship Polarcus Alima. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIENAn Otago environmental group is telling Austrian oil giant OMV to "expect resistance", should a deep-water oil rig appear off Otago's coast. She had spoken "at length" with the EPA last week and understood the application covered a "tiny spill" of around 250ml and Oil Free Otago would not be opposing the application. She was asked what action Oil Free Otago might take should an oil rig appear in Otago's offshore waters. "All indications are there is a sizeable gas field in the Great South Basin," Mr Wiley said of estimates by New Zealand Oil & Gas, which also holds offshore Oamaru permits, and Houston oil company Anadarko, which quit drilling the same area in 2014.simon.hartley@odt.co.nz

Source: Otago Daily Times April 09, 2019 19:52 UTC