News and Updates

In late July, some amazing students from Matapu School in south Taranaki came together with the Yarrows Taranaki Bulls to plant the whenua as part of Todd Energy’s Planting Trees for Tomorrow partnership. The initiative, now in its second year, sees the Taranaki Rugby Football

Todd Energy’s restoration of the Kapuni Awa (Stream) after a large flood has been recognised with an Environmental Leadership in Business award.

When asked what he enjoys most about working at Todd, Brendon is quick to talk about variety – and having a great team.

I attend the morning call to the rig about 8am and, after that, it’s time to send out the morning report from the previous day’s activity and track the progress of the well compared to plan. Then it’s about preparing torque, drag and hydraulics models for the next section of the current well.

In the Subsurface team, we plan for the future field development to maximise production, either by proposing a new well location or enhancing production from the existing wells which we call BPO (behind pipe opportunities).

Todd Energy recently provided 46 new competition shirts for junior players from Kaponga Soccer Club, which have proven to be a hit with the young players.

Although he may have studied mechanical, plant and chemical and process engineering at university, for Mike, a career at Todd Energy hasn’t been limited to ‘just’ the traditional engineering pathway.

McDonald’s Glen is a 1.2 ha bush remnant located on the Kapuni Stream near Todd’s Kapuni J wellsite. The Glen has a high biodiversity value locally, and is being restored by Todd Energy, Matapu School and the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC).