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On 30 December 2015, gas from Ireland海角吃瓜网檚 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 海角吃瓜网� Bellanboy Bridge Gas Terminal 海角吃瓜网� via a 20 in. pipeline.

Shell E&P Ireland海角吃瓜网檚 Managing Director, Ronan Deasy stated: 海角吃瓜网淲e 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.海角吃瓜网�

However, on New Year海角吃瓜网檚 Eve 海角吃瓜网� no less than 24 hrs after its first flow of natural gas 海角吃瓜网� Shall warned residents that they should expect intermittent flaring, where any excess gas would be burned off.

Shell stated that it is 海角吃瓜网減art of the normal start-up activities.海角吃瓜网�

As a result of the flaring, the residents were angry and upset over the activities, commenting on the incident as being 海角吃瓜网渇rightening海角吃瓜网�, 海角吃瓜网渘othing normal海角吃瓜网�, 海角吃瓜网淟ike a supersonic boom海角吃瓜网� and that it 海角吃瓜网渓ooked like the hill over by Pollathomas was on fire.海角吃瓜网�

Retrospectively, John Egan, a Director of Shell E&P Ireland released a video, stating: 海角吃瓜网淔or 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海角吃瓜网檚 Eve, 2015.海角吃瓜网�

At present, 鈧�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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