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This website uses cookies. By continuing to browse this website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more by reading our privacy policy. Main content | back to top Corrib Natural Gas General Overview The Corrib gas project is one of the most significant engineering projects ever undertaken in Ireland. Located some 83 kilometres off the northwest coast of County Mayo, this medium sized gas field will be developed as a subsea ‘tie-back’ facility, connected by a pipeline to an onshore processing terminal located approximately 9 kilometres inland. Overview Broadhaven Bay The Corrib Field was discovered in 1996 by Enterprise Oil which established Enterprise Energy Ireland Limited to bring the Corrib field to production. Enterprise Oil was acquired by the Shell group in 2002 and Enterprise Energy Ireland Limited changed name to Shell E&P Ireland Limited. The Corrib Gas Partners are Shell E&P Ireland Limited (45% - Operator), Statoil Exploration (Ireland) Limited (36.5%) and Vermilion Energy (18.5%). The Corrib development is made up of four components: - The offshore well and sub-sea infrastructure; - The offshore pipeline and umbilical; - The onshore pipeline and umbilical connecting the offshore pipeline and umbilical to the terminal; and - The gas terminal at Bellanaboy Bridge. The offshore sub-sea infrastructure, the offshore pipeline, and the terminal at Bellanaboy are substantially completed. Construction of the onshore pipeline, which includes a tunnel under Sruwaddacon Bay is now well under way. The laying of the offshore umbilical between the landfall at Glengad and the Corrib subsea manifold was completed summer 2013. Corrib controversy The Corrib onshore pipeline project became the centre of controversy in 2005 when a number of local people refused to allow Shell E&P Ireland Limited (SEPIL) access to areas along the then permitted pipeline route in Rossport. Arising from legal proceedings taken by SEPIL, five local people were jailed by the High Court for contempt. They spent 94 days in jail. During this time work on the Bellanaboy terminal site was suspended. In an effort to resolve the standoff, the Government appointed international consultants, Advantica, to conduct an independent safety review of the onshore pipeline. Their report, published in May 2006, concluded that “proper consideration was given to safety issues in the selection process for the preferred design option and the locations of the landfall, pipeline and terminal”. The Advantica Report made a number of recommendations, including a recommendation limiting the pressure in the onshore section of the pipeline to 144 bar - less than half the original design pressure of the pipeline. Also in 2005, the (then) Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources appointed an independent mediator, Mr Peter Cassells who recommended that the route of the onshore section of the Corrib Gas Pipeline be modified to increase the distance between the pipeline and local houses. The Corrib Gas Partners accepted this recommendation and appointed RPS consultants in early 2007 to identify reroute the onshore pipeline and develop a suitable modified route. Work recommenced on the Bellanaboy Bridge gas terminal in October 2006. Community support, which had been tentative following the jailings, grew as the benefits of local content became evident. Throughout the terminal construction phase close to 50% of the workforce, at any given time, was from Erris and Mayo. Other community benefits were delivered through the Corrib Natural Gas 3rd Level Scholarship Programme, the Local Grants Programme and the Erris Development Fund which had a €5 million upfront budget. RPS identified an alternative route which doubled the distance from housing, and SEPIL applied for modified development consents on the basis of this. In 2010 An Bord Pleanála gave approval, under the Strategic Infrastructure Act, to SEPIL on behalf of the Corrib Gas Partners for the construction of the onshore pipeline. This permission included the construction of a 4.8km tunnel under Sruwaddacon Bay and directed that a Community Gain Investment Fund be established to benefit the communities most impacted by the project. The Fund was to be financed by the Partners, to a total of €8.5 million, over five years. The Corrib Gas Partners, through Shell as Operator, continues to seek dialogue with members of the local community and are committed to being good neighbours throughout the lifetime of the project. Community benefits Construction workers at Bellanaboy Terminal In late 2007, Goodbody Economic Consultants carried out an assessment of the project. They concluded that Corrib would create over 800 jobs during the construction phase. This projection has proved conservative and currently (summer 2013) there are up to 1,200 working on the project. It is expected that there will be up to 175 full time job equivalents during the operations phase. An additional important benefit of the Corrib Gas Project is that 12 towns in Mayo and Galway have been connected to the national gas grid by connection to Bord Gais Networks Mayo Galway gas pipeline which will carry gas from the terminal to the gas ring main. At peak production Corrib Gas is capable of meeting up to 60% of the Ireland’s gas need providing the country with a secure energy supply for up to twenty years. For further information about our activities in the local community please visit:
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This website uses cookies. By continuing to browse this website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more by reading our privacy policy. Main content | back to top Gás Nádúrtha Na Coirribe – léargas ginearálta Tá Togra Gás na Coirribe ar ceann de na tograí innealtóireachta is suntasaí glactha in Éirinn riamh. Lonnaithe thart ar 83km amach ó chósta thiar thuaidh Chontae Mhaigh Eo, forbrófar an gort meánmhéid seo mar shaoráid fomhuirí den chuid “tie-back”, ceangailte le píblíne do chríochphort próiseála atá lonnaithe thart ar 9km isteach ar an mórthír. D’aimsigh Enterprise Energy Ireland Limited Gort Gás na Coirribe sa bhliain 1996 agus fuair Shell E&P Ireland Limited (SEPIL) sealbh air sa bhliain 2002. Is iad Páirtithe Ghás na Coirribe ná Shell E&P Ireland Limited (45% - Tionscnóirí), Statoil Hydro (36.5%), Marathon International Petroleum Hibernia Limited (18.5%). Tá ceithre chomhchuid de Togra Gás na Coirribe; is iad: na bonneagar fomhuirí easchósta ag Gort na Coirribe, an píblíne easchósta, an píblíne ar an mórthír agus an críochphort próiseála gáis lonnaithe ar an mórthír ag Droichead Béal an Átha Bhuí i gContae Mhaigh Eo. Thosaigh an clár forbartha easchósta do 2009 i mí Aibreáin. ‘Séard atá i gceist anseo ná leagadh síos an chuid easchósta de píblíne na Coirribe mar aon le hobair bonneagair ar ghrinneall na farraige ag Gort na Coirribe. Tá na comhthoillithe uile atá riachtanach ag an togra don obair atá ar siúl, ceadaithe tríd an bpróiseas pleanála daonlathach. Cé go bhfuil dul chun cinn suntasach déanta ar na ceithre chomhchuid thángathas ar roinnt dúshlán ar an mbealach. Aighneas na Coirribe Bhí píblíne na Corribe ag lárionad an-chuid aighnis sa bhliain 2005 nuair nár ceadaigh roinnt beag úinéir talún do Shell E&P Ireland Limited (SEPIL) dul ar aghaidh le hobair tógála a bhain leis an gcuid easchósta den phíblíne. Mar iarracht chun an fhadhb a réiteach, cheap an Rialtas sainchomhairleoirí idirnáisiúnta, Advantica, chun athbhreithniú sábháilteachta neamhspleách a dhéanamh. Sa tuairisc a foilsíodh i mBealtaine 2006, mheas Advantica gur “tugadh aird chuí do shaincheisteanna sabháilteachta sa phróiseas roghnúcháin don bhealach dealraithe rognaithe agus don suíomh teacht i dtír, píblíne agus críochphort”. Ghlac Páirtithe Ghás na Coirribe le breithiúnas na hathbhreithnithe sábháilteachta neamhspleách agus gheall siad cloí le gach moladh, ina measc teorannú an bhrú sa phíblíne sa chuid atá ar an mórthír ag 144 bar - níos lú ná leathdhearadh brú úrnua na píblíne. Freisin sa bhliain 2005 cheap Rialtas na hÉireann an t-idirghabhálaí neamhspleách, An t-Uasal Peter Cassells. Mhol a thuairisc go modhnofar bealach píblíne Ghás na Coirribe ar an mórthír. Arís ghlac Páirtithe Ghás na Coirribe leis an moladh seo agus cheap siad sainchomhairleoirí RPS chun bealach mionathraithe oiriúnach a shainaithint.Aithníodh bealach nua don phíbline ar an mórthír tar éis próiseas roghnúcháin a sheas 14 mhí, le 11 mhí de chomairliúchán pobail. Tá an bealach mionathraithe dhá oiread amach ó thithíocht in úsáid i gcomparáid leis an mbunbhealach. Sa bhliain 2008 d’ardaigh iascairí áitiúla ceisteanna i leith uisce tiargaithe coireáilte ag fagáil an chríochphoirt agus ag dul isteach sa chuan ina mbíonn siad ag iascaireacht. Glanfar an t-uisce tairgithe seo don chaighdéan is airde agus tá a lán ceadú rialála ag ár bpleananna agus tá siad i gcomhréir leis na caighdéan is airde san Aontas Eorpach agus go hidirnáisiúnta. Mar sin féin, tar éis plé leis na h-iascairí, d’aontaigh Páirtithe Ghás na Coirribe an t-uisce a sceitheadh ag Gort na Coirribe, 83km amach ón gcósta le costas breise roinnt milliún euro don pogra. Sa trí chás seo thaispéain Pairtithe Ghás na Coirribe fíorthoilteanas freagairt ar fíor bhuarthaí an phobail. Creideann muid go bhfuil gach rud réasúnta déanta againn chun tabhairt faoi na ceisteanna atá ardaithe ag an bpobal áitiúil agus leanfaimid ag éisteacht leis na buarthaí atá acu. I Mí na Samhna 2008, bhunaigh Rialtas na hÉireann Fóram Pobail d’Fhorbairt Mhaigh Eo Thiar Thuaidh chun polaiteoirí, grúpaí pobail, agóideoirí agus ionadaithe Shell. Cé nár ghlac roinnt grupaí pobail páirt sa fóram fós de bharr an tionscnaimh, bhí cainteanna aghaidh ar aghaidh ann idir Airí Rialtais, Shell agus dhá ghrúpa pobail; Pobal Chill Chomáin agus Pobal le Chéile. Leanann muid ar aghaidh ag iarraidh comhphlé agus bealach ar aghaidh a thugann seans dúinn an togra a chríochnú - atá an faomhadh dlíthiúil cuí agus tacaíocht an phobail aige agus atá i leas leathan sochaí na h-Éireann. Sochair don phobal Chun léiriú go bhfuil muid tiománta go mbeidh sochair ag pobal na háite as an togra láinséail Páirtithe Gás na Coirribe tionscnaimh éagsúla infheistíocht shóisialta, ina measc an Clár Scoláireachtaí don triú leibhéal, Clár suntasach deontais aitiúil agus Ciste Forbartha Iorras - ciste fadtéarmach a bhéas ag feidhmiú le linn saol Ghort na Coirribe. Ag deireadh 2007, rinne Goodbody Economic Consultants measúnacht ar an togra. Na príomhchinntí a bhí acu ná go gcuirfeadh Corrib €3bn le holltáirgeacht na hÉireann lena saol agus go gcruthófaí 800 postanna le linn tréimhse na tógála agus thart ar 130 post buan sa cheantar áitiúil ina dhiaidh sin. Mar thoradh ar Thogra na Coirribe, tá sé beartaithe ag Bord Gáis Éireann 12 bhaile mór i Mhaigh Eo agus i nGaillimh a nascadh leis an eangach gáis náisiúnta.