Energy Province Orientation Table, New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Phronimos
S 39° 05.686 E 174° 06.351
60H E 249703 N 5668719
Similar to the northern entrance Welcome sign there is also a Mount Taranaki lava rock as the centre of an orientation table featuring the province's energy related sites.
Waymark Code: WMABGG
Location: New Zealand
Date Posted: 12/19/2010
Views: 3
Taranaki, the province, is dominated by the 2518m /8260 ft Mount Egmont, or Taranaki and since 1959 has been known as the "Energy Province" of New Zealand, containing all the productive petroleum wells in New Zealand - the onshore Kapuni gas field (1959), the giant Maui off-shore gas field (1969), as well as more recent significant productive oil fields, and associated projects.
The centre lava rock is from the eruption of the mountain in 1500AD. The orientation table points out the direction, name and distance to the significant energy sites in Taranaki. Moving around the table clockwise:-
North
Airport...12km
Motunui...21km (Gas to Methanol plant)
Waitara Valley Methanol Plant...14km
McKee Oil Field...18km
East
Mt Ruapehu...127km
Patea Hydro Power Station...64km
Gas Turbine Power Station...32km (at Stratford)
Kapuni Natural Gas Production Station...43km
South
Summit of Mt Egmont /Taranaki...22km (WM8ZX8)
Pouakai...18km (top of Pouakai range - WMA7FC)
Maui Offshore Platform...76km
Patua...14km (top of Kaitake range)
West
New Plymouth Power Station...8km (WM9NME)
There are also four drill heads embedded in the ground nearby, as well as picnic tables in the roadside rest area.
Artist / Creator:
Unknown, not stated - assumed New Plymouth District Council
Date of creation: Unknown
Location / Access:
Roadside rest area (layby) beside State Highway 3 (Junction Road), at the top of the 'Burgess Hill' near the intersection with Mangorei Road.
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