Hayfield, Rossport, Co. Mayo Photo : (Wiki) – Justice in the hay field, Author: Comhar, 11th May 2010 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Justice_for_the_Rossport_5.jpg Mayo News Report dated 7th August, reproduced on the Shell to Sea Website. The question remains as to whether or not the transport permits were issued after the accident on July 29th [...]
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Erris, Co. Mayo Photo: (Wiki) – Barony Map of Mayo with Erris Highlighted, 19th August 2010 Author: Jacobfrid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mayo_Barony-Map_Erris.jpg A 160-ton truck which jack-knifed carrying machinery to the Corrib gas terminal has been moved, (Irish Examiner, quoting, appropriately enough, Shell Ireland). The 40m (131ft) vehicle had blocked a junction near Glenamoy Bridge in [...]
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Tunnel Boring Machine used at the Yucca Mountain (Nuclear Waste Storage Facility) in the United States Photo: (Wiki, Public Domain) – Tunnel boring machine at the construction of Yucca Mountain. From http://www.ymp.gov/documents/feis_2/vol_1/ch_02/figv1c2/f_2_14.htm, Wikipedia File – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tunnel_Boring_Machine_(Yucca_Mt).jpg Tensions continue to run high in Co Mayo as a truck carrying machinery for a controversial gas project [...]
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Irish Government Oil / Gas Revenue Photo: (Irish Oil and Gas) – © Irish Oil and Gas – Government take for oil: table from 2008 study by Daniel Johnston: note that Ireland Ireland’s ‘take’ is the lowest, less than half that of most of the countries – http://irishoilandgas.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/johnston_table.jpg An Interesting article from the Irish Oil [...]
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Picture of the Tunnelling Machine stuck in Glenamoy Photo: © Shell to Sea – http://www.shelltosea.com/ Shell to Sea Breaking News: “For the last twelve hours Shell and the Gardai have been attempting to move some sections of a 500 ton tunnel boring machine to the remote site of Aghoos in Erris. Despite this, the [...]
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Breaking News, Irish Times – “A large tunnel boring machine brought in by Shell to dig a 4.9km tunnel under Sruwaddacon Bay inland to the Bellanaboy gas processing terminal is stuck at a crossroads in Co Mayo as it is too large to navigate the narrow roads.” The equipment, is still being transported from [...]
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Shell Tunnel Machine leaves Dublin port – WSM Ireland A Tunnel Boring Machine to be used by Shell Oil for the Corrib Oil project left Dublin Port on Sunday night. News of the operation had leaked at the last moment which meant that only a few protesters were present. Campaigners who followed the convoy [...]
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The Atlantic Oil Province Photo: (Wiki) Ireland, NASA Earth Observatory Author Jeff Schmaltz – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ireland_(MODIS).jpg The Irish Independent reports that Fastnet Oil & Gas, the new exploration company backed by Cove Energy boss John Craven and Dublin private equity firm Raglan Capital, could be “sitting on” billions of barrels of oil if the results [...]
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Guardian News September 2011 – Council leaders and MPs in Britain attacked plans to drill gas wells in Mendip Hills, near the city of Bath, which they fear will lead to highly toxic chemicals pumped into the ground in a threat to local water supplies. Two Australian-owned companies, Eden Energy and UK Methane, have [...]
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Guardian: The gas leak (so far uncontrolled), is from a gas pocket 2.5 miles underground. Oil company Total believes it has found the source of the gas leak from its North Sea platform, as it sent two fire-fighting vessels to the scene. The French corporation said it had found the leak in a gas [...]
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