(EnergyAsia, December 5) — New Zealand-listed upstream company Austral Pacific Energy Ltd said it has placed all five million shares at a price of NZ$1.30, raising NZ$6.5 million. (US$1=NZ$1.5) The shares were subscribed for by existing principal shareholders of the company including Wellington-based Infratil Limited and Vancouver-based Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd.. The company had…