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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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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Jpg file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shell_to_Sea_protest_at_Bellanaboy.jpg The Corrib gas project entails the extraction of a natural gas deposit off the northwest coast of Ireland. The project includes a development of the Corrib gas field, and constructions of the natural gas pipeline and a gas processing plant. The project is developed by Shell E&P Ireland as operator of [...]
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The Pipe Facebook Site – “Private Security firm IRMS take over role of Gardai in Mayo as some policing duties for the Corrib pipeline construction are transferred to private security due to lack of Garda numbers. Is this legal?” Source: The Pipe Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pipe-The-Film/270493470810
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Irish Times – “Of all the big questions facing the State, few have more profound long-term implications than the management of our natural resources. Official estimates suggest a potential reserve of hydrocarbons equivalent to 10 billion barrels of oil off the west coast alone. Were all of this to be recovered, it would [...]
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