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The Corrib Gas Field is a natural gas deposit off the northwest coast of Ireland. It is located about 80 km off Erris Head in County Mayo in water depths of 355 metres. Natural gas is commonly referred to as gas. ...
Erris Head is at the northernmost tip of the Mullet Peninsula in northwest Co. ...
Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ...
The natural gas field, discovered in 1996, is the first commercial natural gas discovery in Ireland since the Kinsale gas field in 1973. It will produce gas from Triassic strata. The field is a conventure of Shell E&P Ireland (operator 45%), Statoil Exploration (Ireland) Limited (36.5%), and Marathon International Petroleum Hibernia Limited (18.5%). Natural gas rig Oil and natural gas are produced by the same geological process: anaerobic decay of organic matter deep under the Earths surface. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 200 Ma (million years ago). ...
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest energy corporations in the world, and one of the six supermajors (vertically integrated private-sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) companies). ...
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Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), based in Houston, Texas, is a worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production company. ...
It is proposed to develop the Corrib Field as a sub sea production facility with onshore processing. This method of development is claimed by Shell to be in line with best industry practice for gas fields of this type, however many people are concerned about the helath, safety and environmental impact of the onshore aspects of the scheme.
There are essentially four parts to the proposed Corrib project:
- the offshore operations including the wells and subsea facilities
- the offshore section of the pipeline
- the onshore section of the pipeline
- the gas processing plant at Bellanaboy Bridge, Co. Mayo.
Controversy
The proposed project is the subject of controversy as it would be undertaken in a populated area. The village of Rossport is located nearby and some homes are located less than 200 metres from the intended path of the pipeline (with a road running within 90m of it). Rossport (in Irish, Ros Dumhach) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. ...
On 29 June 2005, five local landowners, the "Rossport Five", were jailed after being held in contempt of court for breaking a High Court injunction prohibiting them from blocking site access. The five men are: James Brendan Philbin, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Willie Corduff and Micheál Ó Seighin. Demonstrations took place around the country in support of the men and the issue was raised in the national parliament, the Oireachtas. After spending 94 days in Cloverhill Prison, they were released on 30 September 2005, when Shell applied to the High Court to have the injunction lifted. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Rossport Five are James Brendan Philbin, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Willie Corduff and Micheál Ó Seighin. ...
Contempt of court is a court ruling which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, deems an individual as holding contempt for the court, its process, and its invested powers. ...
The High Court of the Republic of Ireland is a court which deals at first instance with the most serious and important civil and criminal cases, and also acts as a court of appeal for civil cases in the Circuit Court. ...
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that either prohibits or compels (restrains or enjoins) a party from continuing a particular activity. ...
The Oireachtas is the National Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ...
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Shell To Sea campaign continues to call for the route of the pipeline to be changed as well as the location of the refinery. Rossport Solidarity Camp is located on the landfall of the proposed pipeline, on the beach at Glengad at the request of residents of Rossport, opposing the construction of a high pressure gas pipeline and inland gas refinery in their area. Shell To Sea is a campaign based in County Mayo, Ireland against the construction by Shell of a high pressure gas pipeline and a refinery at Bellanaboy which would process the gas from the Corrib Gas Field. ...
Rossport Solidarity Camp was established in the middle of June 2005, at the request of residents of Rossport, in north-west Mayo, Ireland, opposing the construction of a high pressure gas pipeline and inland gas refinery in their area. ...
Safety Review by the Irish Government The Irish Government Minister of Energy, Noel Dempsey, commissioned an Independent Safety Review of the pipeline. The review has been strongly criticised by those opposed to the project. The authors of the review, Advantica, concluded that:
“Proper consideration was given to safety issues in the selection process for the preferred design option and the locations of the landfall, pipeline route and terminal”
and
“Provided that it can be demonstrated that the pressure in the onshore pipeline will be limited effectively, and that the recommendations made elsewhere in this report are followed, we (Advantica) believe that there will be a substantial safety margin in the pipeline design, and the pipeline design and proposed route should be accepted as meeting or exceeding international standards in terms of acceptability of risk and international best practice for high pressure pipelines.”
Minister Dempsey also appointed an independent mediator to work with the Rossport 5 and Shell to come to a compromise. No solution has so far been found.
See Also The Rossport Five are James Brendan Philbin, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Willie Corduff and Micheál Ó Seighin. ...
Shell To Sea is a campaign based in County Mayo, Ireland against the construction by Shell of a high pressure gas pipeline and a refinery at Bellanaboy which would process the gas from the Corrib Gas Field. ...
Rossport Solidarity Camp was established in the middle of June 2005, at the request of residents of Rossport, in north-west Mayo, Ireland, opposing the construction of a high pressure gas pipeline and inland gas refinery in their area. ...
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