Industry AwarenessGet a behind the scenes, up close look at what geoscientists get up to after a degree, and get a feel for the skills that you might want to acquire
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New NetworksGet to know your fellow students! Build networks and contacts to last your university career. Staff and visiting geoscientists are also often part of our team on the day.
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Get Outdoors!Because it's New Zealand. Why wouldn't you? |
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We are always looking to build relationships with industry, faculty, local geologists and other university groups.
We are always looking to build relationships with industry, faculty, local geologists and other university groups.
Past Trip Highlights
With the generous help from the Energy Skills Association and the New Zealand Energy Corp , we took 25 students down to the Oil & Gas region of Taranaki for an up-close introduction to the Petroleum Industry.
The highlight of the trip was a tour of the NZ Energy Corp's Waihapa Plant, by plant manager Tim Munroe. The operation here is slightly unusual for the area, in that the plant stores gas in an underground reservoir, to re-extract when the market demands. This was a fantastic overview of the production side of the industry, and Tim did a great job engaging a bunch of geoscientists in the in's and out's of production. Popular stops were the well heads and the flare pits.
Other trip perks included a visit to the outcrops at Tongaporutu, where we were joined by petroleum geologist Dr. Bob Park; a climb up the volcanic plug of Paritutu to overlook New Zealand's first oil wells; fish and chips on the stunning New Plymouth foreshore, and our accommodation on Mt Taranaki itself.
This was a great trip, and one we hope to repeat regularly in the future.
The highlight of the trip was a tour of the NZ Energy Corp's Waihapa Plant, by plant manager Tim Munroe. The operation here is slightly unusual for the area, in that the plant stores gas in an underground reservoir, to re-extract when the market demands. This was a fantastic overview of the production side of the industry, and Tim did a great job engaging a bunch of geoscientists in the in's and out's of production. Popular stops were the well heads and the flare pits.
Other trip perks included a visit to the outcrops at Tongaporutu, where we were joined by petroleum geologist Dr. Bob Park; a climb up the volcanic plug of Paritutu to overlook New Zealand's first oil wells; fish and chips on the stunning New Plymouth foreshore, and our accommodation on Mt Taranaki itself.
This was a great trip, and one we hope to repeat regularly in the future.
Between windows of eruptions, tsunami warnings and wild weather, we managed to get 32 students and alumni onto New Zealand's most active volcano - White Island.
White Island Tours took us for a 6 hour round trip out to the Island, with just over 1.5 hours in the inner crater itself. We found a landscape much changed since the previous club visit in 2014 - an eruption in April 2016 blasted laterally through the inner crater towards the Pacific Ocean, leaving a thin crust of hardened ash. The fantastic sulphur deposits were just starting to re-establish in this moonscape. Cheers to the crew of the Pee-Jay IV who patiently dealt with 32 geologists on an active volcano,
Day excursions from our base at Whakatane included Rotorua, Waimangu and the Mount in Tauranga. Topping the whole thing off was a bonfire on Ohope Beach Saturday night - New Zealand's most loved beach.
White Island Tours took us for a 6 hour round trip out to the Island, with just over 1.5 hours in the inner crater itself. We found a landscape much changed since the previous club visit in 2014 - an eruption in April 2016 blasted laterally through the inner crater towards the Pacific Ocean, leaving a thin crust of hardened ash. The fantastic sulphur deposits were just starting to re-establish in this moonscape. Cheers to the crew of the Pee-Jay IV who patiently dealt with 32 geologists on an active volcano,
Day excursions from our base at Whakatane included Rotorua, Waimangu and the Mount in Tauranga. Topping the whole thing off was a bonfire on Ohope Beach Saturday night - New Zealand's most loved beach.