Apr 10 -  A subsea pipeline which carries millions of cubic metres of gas condensate from an offshore well in Taranaki to an onshore production facility is temporarily out of action after 'bubbles' were detected coming from the structure.

Gas production from the Pohokura offshore well has been halted after a defect was found in a 10.8km km pipe which carries gas condensate to an onshore production station operated by Shell New Zealand.

The 10.8km pipeline carried up to 13 million cubic metres a day of gas condensate from offshore to the Pohokura production station to be processed into natural gas for distribution to the North Island gas network.

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