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The Corrib gas field is located about 83 kilometres (52 mi) off Erris Head in County Mayo, in an area known as the Slyne Trough in water depths of 355 metres (1,165 ft). [12] Reserves in the field are believed to be about 1 trillion cubic feet (28 × 10 ^ 9 m 3 ), 70% of the volume of the Kinsale field. [ 6 ]
The Corrib natural gas field was discovered in 1996. It was the first reported commercial natural gas discovery in Ireland since the Kinsale Head gas field was discovered in 1973. [5] The first appraisal well was drilled in 1997. [6] A number of consents and approvals to develop the Corrib Project were issued in 2001. [2]
It opposes the proposed construction of a natural gas pipeline through the parish, as well as the ongoing construction—by Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Vermilion Energy Trust—of a refinery at Bellanaboy intended to refine the natural gas from the Corrib gas field. It proposes instead that the gas be refined at sea, rather than inland, as ...
Countries where natural gas fields are located. This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present.. N.B. Some of the items listed are basins or projects that comprise many fields (e.g. Sakhalin has three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi).
The Slyne-Erris Trough is a geological basin off the west coast of Donegal, Ireland.. In recent years it has been shown to be prospective for hydrocarbons, hosting Royal Dutch Shell Corrib gas field (discovered by Enterprise Oil, bought by Shell), and several other prospects being evaluated by a number of other oil companies.
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The discovery of the Corrib gas field in the Atlantic Ocean some 85 km off Broadhaven Bay has led to the Corrib gas project and ensuing controversy. Raw, unodourised natural gas from fields under the Atlantic Ocean is planned to be piped at high pressure at Glengad and through the townlands of Kilcommon , to a refinery 10 km inland.
Corrib has multiple meanings. Among the possible ones are: Lough Corrib, a lake in the west of Ireland, north of Galway. River Corrib, a river connecting Lough Corrib to Galway Bay through the city of Galway. Corrib gas field, a natural gas reservoir in the Atlantic, about 80 km off County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland