Transcripción del resumen del autor. The realisation that New Zealand now has control over a vast continent-sized offshore shelf bigger than Europe, containing multiple sedimentary basins with active oil and gas systems, is shifting more industry focus towards deepwater exploration, writes Lindsay Clark. Arrival this year of experienced Brazilian deepwater explorer Petrobras and the big US independent Anadarko Petroleum - also active in worldwide deepwater prospects - has further prompted exploration interest in the continental shelf.

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