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Shell has acquired TotalEnergies’ 12.5% stake in Nigeria’s Bonga oilfield for $510 million, boosting its holding and reinforcing its investment in the upcoming Bonga North project.

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PhD candidate Kerry Walton holds shells from each of the three paua/abalone species from mainland New Zealand. The smallest of the shells, an adult Haliotis virginea (virgin paua), was the focus ...

It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand differs from all other pāua. Our earlier ...

Biologists have discovered a new species of paua mollusk (also known as abalone) off New Zealand.

It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand differs from all other pāua.