Southland has a proven track record associated with supporting the exploration and mineral industries. Southland's regional transport network, port infrastructure and businesses are ideally suited to provisioning and servicing future exploration activities. This was demonstrated by the Penrod Rig refit, during the Hunt petroleum exploration era.

 

The Southland Energy Consortium represents the support services available in Southland for exploration. The Southland Energy Consortium steering group consists of the organisations listed below.