Corrib gas field in Ireland, the scandalous project
The Corrib gas field in Ireland has become almost three times more expensive than planned and evoked local hatred against the company. The scandalous project is forgotten in Norway, however. Statoil is...
View ArticleSHELL GARDA CORRUPTION IN IRELAND EXPOSED BY THE OBSERVER
“The Observer asked the Garda and Gilligan specifically to deny the delivery, but no denial came, only a repeat of the prepared statement. The Observer replied that, unless a denial was received, we...
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EMAIL RECEIVED FROM A MEMBER OF THE “ROSSPORT FIVE” (WITH REPLY COMMENT NOW RECEIVED FROM OSSL) Hi, John I am one of the Rossport 5. I have followed the stream of detail on your web-site from OSSL in...
View ArticleSeething review of Mark Moody-Stuart book: Responsible Leadership
Extracts from a review by Danny Chivers of the recently published book by retired Royal Dutch Shell Group Chairman Sir Mark Moody-Stuart: “RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP: Lessons from the Front Line of...
View Article€1.5bn to be spent on Irish oil and gas finds in next three years
Extract from an Irish Times article by Ciaran Hancock published Mon 16 June 2014 About €1.5 billion will be spent on oil and gas exploration around Ireland over the next three years, according to a...
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Shell gig invite turned down by The Saw Doctors
Article by Lorna Siggins published by the Irish Times Friday 6 March 2015 Shell gig invite turned down by The Saw Doctors Folk rock band The Saw Doctors has turned down an invitation from Shell...
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Big Oil’s Broken Business Model
From an article by Michael T. Klare published 12 March 2015 by utne.com Big Oil’s Broken Business Model In the wake of collapsing oil prices, Big Oil must alter its broken business model or face being...
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Shell led Corrib Gas Pipeline Project comes unstuck
Article by Norma Costello published 23 March 2015 by vice.com under the headline: A Massive Pipe Came Loose in an Atlantic Gas Field and Irish Environmentalists Are Not Happy The Corib Gas pipeline...
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The Corrib legacy: what the protests achieved
The Corrib legacy: what the protests achieved A rerouting of the pipeline and greater public awareness of how Ireland treats its natural resources were among the positive outcomes of the Shell to Sea,...
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Shell seeks permission to operate Corrib gas pipeline
by Joe Leogue: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Shell Ireland has officially applied to the Government for permission to operate the controversial pipeline from the Corrib gas field off the coast of Mayo....
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Natural gas begins flowing from controversial Corrib field
Peter Murtagh: 30 Dec 2015 Natural gas is flowing into the national supply grid from the Corrib gas field off Co Mayo for the first time since it was discovered in 1996. One of six wellheads, drilled...
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Ruairí McKiernan: Corrib gas protesters did State some service
…many of those involved have been ridiculed, slandered, spied on, harassed, beaten and jailed – all for upholding their democratic right to peaceful dissent. Incidents included the 2005 jailing of the...
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Shell to Sea activist Maura Harrington arrested in Mayo
Friday 6 May 2016 SHELL TO SEA campaigner Maura Harrington has been arrested in Mayo and taken to Mountjoy Prison to serve time for an unpaid fine. It is understood she was arrested this afternoon as...
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Shell delays North Sea Brent platform decommissioning to 2017
By REUTERS: PUBLISHED: 18:24, 4 July 2016 LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) – Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell will start dismantling its nearly 40-year-old Brent Delta platform in the North Sea in...
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Many Irish names feature in Bahamas registry
Extracts from an article by Colm Keena published by The Irish Times on 22 Sept 2016 Shell E&P Ireland Offshore Inc associated with Corrib gas project Two companies registered in the Bahamas and...
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€8.5 million Shell slush fund mishandled in Ireland
By John Donovan The Irish edition of The Sunday Times has published an article reporting that an official audit by a local government auditor has criticised the basis on which a €8.5 million fund,...
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Contemptible Shell Says Irish Supreme Court
John Donovan The link at the foot of this article is to a judgement released by the Irish Supreme Court earlier today. It relates to the Shell led Corrib gas project in Ireland, beset by controversy...
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Irish Gas: Shell sells out and departs leaving a toxic legacy behind
Shell is gone and good riddance… News Release – Issued by Shell to Sea – July 13th, 2017 It was announced yesterday that Shell is planning to sell its 45% stake of the Corrib Gas project to Canada...
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More Shell News 13 July 2017
How Europe’s Monster Gas Field Turned Into a Monster Headache: Bloomberg: 13 July 2017 Judge to consider demands to close Europe’s largest gas field; Groningen has contributed almost 300 billion euros...
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We warned Shell in 2005 that Corrib would turn into a PR disaster
By John Donovan An article we published on 3rd July 2005 warned in relation to the Corrib Gas project in Ireland: “Do we spy another PR disaster on Shell’s horizon…” I went on to warn: ..there appears...
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