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A number of consents and approvals to develop the Corrib Project were issued in 2001. [2] In 2002, Enterprise Oil was acquired by Royal Dutch Shell who took over the operatorship of the project. Development of the project began in 2004. [6] Worries about the nature of the Corrib deal prompted calls for an inquiry as early as 2001. [7]
The Corrib gas project (Irish: Tionscanamh Ghás Aiceanta na Coiribe) is a developed natural gas deposit located in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 83 kilometres (52 mi) off the northwest coast of County Mayo, Ireland. The project includes a natural gas pipeline and an onshore gas processing plant, which commenced gas production in 2015.
[7] [8] On 20 January it was announced that the 2020 Corrib Oil Galway International Rally is going to take place as planned on Sunday 2 February with a repeat of the racing format which made the previous year's event a success. The event, managed by Clerk of the Course Gary Leonard, consisted of 9 stages, totaling 104.6 km (65.0 mi).
The first event organised by Shell to Sea was on the June Bank Holiday weekend in 2005 in support of Rossport residents' protests. [7]Local landowners in Rossport had previously been told that the raw gas pipeline would be coming through their lands no matter what, and that they would be subject to Compulsory Acquisition Orders if unwilling to reach a deal with Shell. [3]
Pages in category "Corrib gas controversy" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Willie Corduff (born 1953) is an Irish environmental activist from the farming community of Rossport, Kilcommon, Erris.Corduff's parents first arrived in Rossport in 1947, and reclaimed a farm by hand out of bogland. [1]
In 2000, one of Fahey's last acts as Minister of State for the Marine and Natural Resources was to approve the foreshore licence for the controversial [9] Corrib gas project. [10] In 2002, in connection with this project, he approved the sale of a large area of Irish national forestry at Bellanaboy to Shell Oil for the building of a gas ...
Lough Corrib (/ l ɒ x ˈ k ɒr ɪ b / lokh KORR-ib; Irish: Loch Coirib [5]) is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib or Galway River connects the lake to the sea at Galway.It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh).