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September 2016

Shell fined €1k and ordered to pay €15k in legal costs over gas flaring

By: 
Tom Tuite - TheJournal.ie

The prosecution was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency following complaints from locals.

SHELL IRELAND HAS been fined €1,000 and ordered to pay €15,000 in legal costs for causing light and noise pollution from a gas flare during start-up testing at the Corrib gas terminal in Co Mayo.

The prosecution was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following complaints from people living around the Bellanaboy Bridge area in Co Mayo, the location of Shell’s terminal to bring in gas from the Corrib gas field 65 kilometres offshore.

Posted Date: 
6 September 2016

Shell fined over noise pollution from gas flare at Corrib

By: 
Tom Tuite - Irish Times

Company admits ‘flaring’ tests on New Year’s Eve breached EPA Protection Act

Shell Ireland has been fined €1,000 and ordered to pay €15,000 in legal costs for causing light and noise pollution from a gas flare during start-up testing at the Corrib gas terminal in Co Mayo.

Posted Date: 
6 September 2016