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September 2016

Atlantic on Nationwide

By: 
RTE

[Shell to Sea] Risteard Ó Domhnaill's new film "Atlantic" gets great coverage in this weeks "Nationwide" on RTE, and which is due to be shown on RTE "in coming weeks".  Contrast this to RTE's coverage of his previous film on Corrib Gas called "The Pipe" which was largely ignored and still hasn't been shown by RTE.  Find out more on RTE censoring on Corrib here

 

Posted Date: 
30 September 2016

Many Irish names feature in Bahamas registry

By: 
Colm Keena - Irish Times

Shell E&P Ireland Offshore Inc associated with Corrib gas project

Two companies registered in the Bahamas and used by Dublin property investor Paul Fenelon for investments in the UK are among companies of Irish interest on the Corporate Registry of the Bahamas.

Posted Date: 
25 September 2016

Statoil Ireland reports €187.5m loss due to Corrib gas project

By: 
Charlie Taylor - Irish Times

Full-year loss due primarily to €165 million impairment charge

 

Statoil’s Irish subsidiary, which owns a 36.5 per cent stake in the Corrib gas field off the west coast of Ireland, saw losses narrow last year, newly filed accounts show.

The company reported a pretax loss of €187.5 million for the 12 months ending December 2015, as against €243.7 million a year earlier. The loss is primarily due to an impairment charge of €165 million.

Turnover totalled €7.08 million, according to the accounts.

Posted Date: 
25 September 2016

New book exposes story behind Ireland’s gas and oil

By: 
TippTatler.ie

With estimates of a ‘potential of at least ten billion barrels of oil equivalent’[1] (oil or gas) said to exist offshore and onshore Ireland, questions about who owns and benefits from Ireland’s resources have arisen in recent years. The prolonged Corrib gas conflict and allegations of a ‘gas giveaway’ have also prompted many people to inform themselves about Ireland’s gas and oil.

Posted Date: 
22 September 2016

'The Pipe' on TG4 online for the next month:

By: 
Tg4

'The Pipe" - Irish version is online on TG4 for the next month here.

Tá leagan Gaeilge "An Píoba" le fáil ar líne le TG4 don mí seo chugainn - anseo

 

 

Posted Date: 
22 September 2016

Corrib production ahead of schedule as final well opens

By: 
John Mulligan - Irish Independent

The final of six wells at the Corrib offshore gas site will have been brought online by the end of this month, according to Canadian firm Vermilion, which owns 18.5pc of the field.

Posted Date: 
14 September 2016

Maura Harrington ar RnaG

By: 
RnaG

Cuireadh fineáil ar an gComhlacht Shell i gcúirt Dúiche Bhleá Cliath an tseachtain seo faoi na lasracha gáis a bhí ag tíocht ó Chríochfort Gáis na Coiribe i Maigh Eo oíche Chinn Bhliana.

Labhair Áine Ní Chiaráin agus Maura Harrington faoi ar RnaG ar an 7iú  Meán Fómhair 2016

Posted Date: 
13 September 2016

Locals disappointed at sanction on Shell for gas flaring

By: 
Lorna Siggins - Irish Times

Shell to Sea says €1,000 fine equivalent to ‘65 seconds... of current Corrib sales revenue’

Posted Date: 
7 September 2016

Meanwhile, In Mayo

By: 
Bodger - Broadsheet

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A still from gas flaring at at Shell E&P Ireland’s Corrib gas plant in Co Mayo last New Year’s Eve

Yesterday.

Posted Date: 
6 September 2016

Press Release: 65 seconds of Shell/Corrib sales will pay €1,000 flaring fine

-- Shell fined EUR1,000 while making an estimated EUR240 million in Corrib sales so far this year --

Yesterday (5th September) at Dublin District Court, Shell were fined EUR1,000 after pleading guilty to causing light and noise pollution from gas flaring at Bellanaboy refinery last New Years Eve. The prosecution was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following complaints from people living around the Bellanaboy refinery.[1]

The EUR1,000 fine is estimated to be 65 seconds worth of current Corrib sales revenue after Vermilion, who have an 18.5% stake in Corrib gas, recently stated that Bellanaboy had reached "full plant capacity" [2,3]. It is estimated that Corrib Gas sales revenues have totalled over EUR240 million so far this year, while no tax has been paid.