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October 2011

Corrib Gas Project may grind to a halt? (update)

By: 
John Donovan - RoyalDutchShellplc.com

Update from our sources…

“Strong rumours here in Erris, Co Mayo (beside Corrib gas development) that the project will grind to a halt following an up-and-coming court case involving a local contractor, Shell and the local police force (Garda). The word is that the CEO and others are heading for the exit over this matter.”

Added 4 October 2011:

Posted Date: 
4 October 2011
Link: 

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/10/04/corrib-gas-project-may-grind-to...

The Pipe gets award as Corrib heads to High Court

By: 
Áine Ryan - Mayo News

AS the documentary film, ‘The Pipe’, wins another international award for its portrayal of the Corrib gas controversy, An Taisce prepares for next week’s High Court hearing regarding key final consents for the project.
Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s film was the recipient of the Environment Award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, presented by Iceland’s Minister for the Environment, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, over the weekend.

Posted Date: 
4 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1381...

Shell oil paid Nigerian military to put down protests, court documents show

By: 
John Vidal - The Guardian

Secret papers reveal that in the 1990s the oil giant routinely worked with the army to suppress resistance to its activities

Oil pollution in Nigeria
Shell oil activities in Ogoniland in the Niger delta have polluted rivers. Photograph: Akintunde Akinleye/REUTERS

Posted Date: 
4 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/03/shell-oil-paid-nigerian-mili...

Shell accused of fuelling violence in Nigeria by paying rival militant gangs

By: 
David Smith - The Guardian

Oil company rejects watchdog's claims that its local contracts made it complicit in the killing of civilians

Militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta travelling between camps.
Militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta travelling between camps. Photograph: Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images

 
Shell has fuelled armed conflict in Nigeria by paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to feuding militant groups, according to an investigation by the oil industry watchdog Platform, and a coalition of non-government organisations.

The oil giant is implicated in a decade of human rights abuses in the Niger delta, the study says, claiming that its routine payments exacerbated local violence, in one case leading to the deaths of 60 people and the destruction of an entire town.

Posted Date: 
3 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/03/shell-accused-of-fuelling-ni...

Counting the Cost: corporations and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta

By: 
Ben Amunwa - Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday 3 October 2011

New research reveals Shell paid militants who destroyed Nigerian towns

Posted Date: 
3 October 2011
Link: 

http://blog.platformlondon.org/2011/10/03/counting-the-cost-corporations...

Guardians of oil and gas giveaway to be questioned in public

By: 
William Hederman - IrishOilandGas.com

At last, the people most culpable for maintaining Ireland’s giveaway licensing terms for oil and gas are being made to explain themselves in public. At 3pm today (Tuesday, September 27th), senior officials from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will be questioned by a committee of TDs and Senators.

Posted Date: 
3 October 2011
Link: 

http://irishoilandgas.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/committee/

BBC radio documentary on ‘oil and gas giveaway’

By: 
William Hederman - IrishOilandGas.com

A BBC radio documentary examining controversial aspects of oil and gas exploration in Ireland aired on BBC Radio Ulster today (Sunday, October 2nd, 2011). As the title suggests, ‘Ulster’s Oil and Gas Giveaway’ deals primarily with exploration north of the border, including fracking in Co Fermanagh and oil exploration around Rathlin Island. In the final 10 minutes, the programme also looks at exploration down south.

Posted Date: 
3 October 2011
Link: 

http://irishoilandgas.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/bbc_radio_ulster/

Quest for oil in Northern Ireland has its cost

By: 
Andy Martin - BBC News

"This is like Chad putting a man on the moon, it's just not going to happen," said controversial columnist and writer Kevin Myers.

"£3bn has been wasted exploring Irish waters for oil, and nobody has found anything, because it is not there."

He may be right. Not one drop of Irish oil has been extracted since the speculators arrived in the 1960s.

So how might the cluster of relatively new companies currently searching the Irish coast on the same quest be explained?

Posted Date: 
3 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15132225

Shell to Sea seeks apology for being barred from Dáil committee meeting

By: 
Mayo Advertiser

A delegation of Shell to Sea supporters including independent observer Fr Michael Nallen were refused entry to a Dáil committee meeting on natural resources this week.

The group travelled to Dublin on the invitation of Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil Éamon Ó Cuív on Tuesday but were denied entry to the meeting upon arrival.

Posted Date: 
2 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/44764/shell-to-sea-seeks-apology-f...

Hundreds of gas wells to be constructed on Lough Allen Basin

By: 
Leitrim Observer

Tamboran Resources expect to drill hundreds of gas wells over the next 15 years on the Lough Allen Basin, with the majority located in Co Leitrim.

Richard Moorman CEO of Tamboran Resources, one of the companies in possession of an onshore petroleum licence to explore the Lough Allen Basin for commercial gas has told the Leitrim Observer, “The best gas is in Leitrim.”

Tamboran Resources expect to drill hundreds of gas wells over the next 15 years on the Lough Allen Basin, with the majority located in Co Leitrim.

Posted Date: 
2 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/hundreds_of_gas_wells_to_be_construct...