#NZ
New Zealand’s largest gas user has temporarily shut down its Taranaki plant to sell gas for the country’s electricity network for the third consecutive winter.
Canadian-owned Methanex, which produces methanol at Motunui, north of Waitara, paused production for two months to redirect gas back into the market.
In a written statement in response to questions, manufacturing director Alistair Simmers said the practice had been undertaken for several winters to ease pressure on the country’s “dwindling gas supply”.
