The company was awarded the operatorship of three large blocks in July 2007 in the harsh-
environment region.

The three permits cover a total of nearly 50,000 square kilo-
metres in water depths from 
100 metres to 1000 metres.

OMV has acquired, processed and reprocessed a large amount of 2D marine seismic data, including a second round of lead and prospect 2D acquisition that 
was partially interpreted, OMV’s country exploration manager John Anderson told the New 
Zealand Petroleum Conference this week.

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