Drilling
# drilling - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Rabbitte: No point comparing Ireland’s oil prospects to Norway’s
The Minister for Communication and Natural Resources has said a Norwegian-style 80 per cent tax on oil finds would not work, saying: “We’re comparing apples with oranges.”
# drilling - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Providence surrenders licence for site off coast of Dublin
The company said the government in 1999 failed to transpose EU legislation into law which left it open to legal challenges.
# drilling - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Taking a dip in Dublin… this morning
There ain’t no protest like a freezing protest.
# drilling - Friday 10 August, 2012
New licence could extend Cork’s potential oil field
Providence Resources says its been offered a licensing option for another 500 sq km beside the Barryroe oil field.
# drilling - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Another oil or gas discovery off the west Cork coast?
Exploration company Providence has said that there is significant potential in one of its licence areas in the Porcupine Basin.
# drilling - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Cork oil estimates trebled to over 1.6 billion
Providence Resources has said that between 1 and 1.61 billion barrels of oil are in place at the Barryroe field.
# drilling - Monday 2 July, 2012
Should you drill for gas… under a cemetery?
It’s not just loved ones buried in Lowelville Cemetery in Ohio – there is natural gas too, and now trustees are being asked to allow drilling there. But should they?
# drilling - Tuesday 5 July, 2011
Column: Never heard of ‘fracking’? You will soon
Several firms hope to use a controversial new drilling method to tap vast gas deposits under Ireland. This could mean environmental devastation, writes filmmaker Johnny Gogan.
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