Flaring: 鶹ýӳa fantastic way to spend New Year鶹ýӳs Eve鶹ýӳ
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On 30 December 2015, gas from Ireland鶹ýӳs Corrib field began its flow of natural gas for the first time. The field is 83 km offshore from Mayo county, and is connected to the new refinery 鶹ýӳ Bellanboy Bridge Gas Terminal 鶹ýӳ via a 20 in. pipeline.
Shell E&P Ireland鶹ýӳs Managing Director, Ronan Deasy stated: 鶹ýӳWe are pleased to have completed the development of this unique project and to bring the Corrib field onstream. I would like to pay tribute to all those who contributed to delivering this critical energy project, which will continue to bring benefits to the region and the country for years to come.鶹ýӳ
However, on New Year鶹ýӳs Eve 鶹ýӳ no less than 24 hrs after its first flow of natural gas 鶹ýӳ Shall warned residents that they should expect intermittent flaring, where any excess gas would be burned off.
Shell stated that it is 鶹ýӳpart of the normal start-up activities.鶹ýӳ
As a result of the flaring, the residents were angry and upset over the activities, commenting on the incident as being 鶹ýӳfrightening鶹ýӳ, 鶹ýӳnothing normal鶹ýӳ, 鶹ýӳLike a supersonic boom鶹ýӳ and that it 鶹ýӳlooked like the hill over by Pollathomas was on fire.鶹ýӳ
Retrospectively, John Egan, a Director of Shell E&P Ireland released a video, stating: 鶹ýӳFor people like myself who worked on Corrib for a very long time, this is an extraordinary sight. These are Corrib gas molecules being flared off and we are now getting ready to sell this gas into the network to power businesses and homes all over Ireland. This is a fantastic way to spend New Year鶹ýӳs Eve, 2015.鶹ýӳ
At present, €3.6 billion has been spent on the development of the Corrib gas field to produce the 260 million ft3/d of natural gas, the equivalent of 45 000 bpd of oil.
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