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July 2011

Sale of the Century

By: 
Conor McCabe - History Ireland

THE £500 DEAL FOR IRELAND'S GAS AND OIL

With no end in sight to the controversy surrounding the Corrib gas field and the 'Shell to Sea campaign, and with Ireland facing a looming energy crisis, Conor McCabe outlines how the state's hydrocarbon reserves were given away in an orgy of speculation.

Posted Date: 
15 July 2011
Link: 

http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/15814933/5728891/name/hi-jul11-42.PDF

YouTube Video - Life at Rossport Solidarity Camp

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Rossport Solidarity Camp

 

Posted Date: 
15 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDOyr0qmEsQ

Bord Gáis confirms 12% electricity price rise

Bord Gáis has confirmed that its residential electricity prices will increase by 12% from the start of next month.

Bord Gáis has confirmed that its residential electricity prices will be increased by 12% from the beginning of next month.

The company also said that it expects its residential gas prices to rise from the start of October, following a consultation process with the Commission for Energy Regulation.

Bord Gáis has 435,000 residential electricity customers.

Posted Date: 
15 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0713/bordgais-business.html

Corrib will raise the price of gas

Press release - Issued by Shell to Sea - 12/07/2011

Energy price rise "very likely" due to Corrib - Energy Regulator

Shell to Sea has re-iterated its call to renegotiate the terms of the Great Oil and Gas Giveaway as the Commission for Energy Regulation admits that energy price rises would be ‘very likely’ if the Corrib field comes ashore.

The CER warned in a paper published on Sunday that a new source such as Corrib would reduce interconnector bookings for imported gas. Falling interconnector bookings would in turn significantly affect the interconnector subsidy paid to Bord Gáis, as ‘‘the lower the bookings go, the higher the tariff goes in return’’. The paper also said that ‘‘any increase [in the tariff] would allow producers to price up’’ their gas to consumers, allowing gas companies to ‘‘gain further margins, thus putting an even bigger burden on the final customers’’.

Corrib gas could push up prices

By: 
John Burke - Sunday Business Post

Homeowners are facing the ‘‘very likely’’ risk that energy prices could rise due to competition between the new Corrib gas supply and the Bord Gáis owned undersea gas-supply interconnectors, the state energy regulator has warned.

In a paper published last week, the regulator said that any decline in demand for gas from the Bord Gáis interconnectors could be expected to fall following the addition of supply sources, but it also warned that this might lead to higher prices for consumers.

Posted Date: 
12 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.sbpost.ie/news/ireland/corrib-gas-could-push-up-prices-57391....

Bord Gáis customers face rise in bills of over €300 a year

By: 
Conor Pope - Irish Times

BORD GÁIS Energy customers will see their energy bills rise by more than €300 a year as the company prepares to dramatically increase its charges in the weeks ahead.

The firm will announce an electricity price increase of more than 10 per cent later this week and is preparing to apply to the Commission for Energy Regulation for a gas price increase of between 20 and 30 per cent, The Irish Times has learned.

Posted Date: 
12 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/0711/1224300497332.html

Egyptian gas terminal blown up

By: 
The Irish Times
Flames rise from an Egyptian pipeline station after an attack in the Sinai peninsula today. Photograph: ReutersFlames rise from an Egyptian pipeline station after an attack in the Sinai peninsula today. Photograph: Reuters
 
Posted Date: 
12 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0712/breaking5.html

Wicklow Anti-Shell protest spells it out – “Nationalise the Corrib Gas”

By: 
éirígí

An éirígí-organised protest was held in Arklow, county Wicklow on Saturday June 25, calling for the Irish people to “Send Shell to Hell” and “Nationalise the Corrib Gas”.

The anti-Shell protest was made up of activists from socialist republican party éirígí, the Wicklow branch of the Independent Workers Union [IWU] and republicans and socialists from throughout the county, who assembled at the Bridgewater Shopping Centre roundabout in Arklow at 2pm.

Posted Date: 
11 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest080711.html

Protesters Storm Shell Base at Kolo Creek

By: 
Ben Amunwa - Remember Saro Wiwa

On Thursday 7 July, shortly after 6am, women and youth from communities in the Kolo Creek area of the Niger Delta protested against more than a decade of broken promises, oil spills and gas flaring from Shell.

Posted Date: 
11 July 2011
Link: 

http://remembersarowiwa.com/protesters-storm-shell-base-in-kolo-creek/

Providence completes Barryroe study

By: 
Ciara O'Brien - Irish Times

Irish oil and gas exploration and production company Providence Resources said it has successfully completed a 3D seismic acquisition project over the Barryroe oil discovery offshore Ireland.

Posted Date: 
11 July 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0704/breaking6.html