VANCOUVER, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oil and gas producer and explorer, TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX-V: TAO/OTCBB: TAGOF), announces the success of the Cheal A7 step-out well at the Cheal oil field, located in the onshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

VANCOUVER, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX-V: TAO/ OTCBB: TAGOF), announces that the drilling of the Cheal A6 well reached a total depth of 1930 meters on June 26th, 2008.

VANCOUVER, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX-V: TAO and OTCBB: TAGOF) is pleased to announce the upcoming drilling of the A6 and A7 wells in the Cheal Oil Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The first well is scheduled to commence drilling on or about June 9, 2008.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. (TSX-V: APX; NZSX: APX; Amex: AEN) Austral Pacific Energy Ltd.