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On 30 December 2015, gas from Ireland黑料社檚 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 黑料社� Bellanboy Bridge Gas Terminal 黑料社� via a 20 in. pipeline.

Shell E&P Ireland黑料社檚 Managing Director, Ronan Deasy stated: 黑料社淲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.黑料社�

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

Shell stated that it is 黑料社減art of the normal start-up activities.黑料社�

As a result of the flaring, the residents were angry and upset over the activities, commenting on the incident as being 黑料社渇rightening黑料社�, 黑料社渘othing normal黑料社�, 黑料社淟ike a supersonic boom黑料社� and that it 黑料社渓ooked like the hill over by Pollathomas was on fire.黑料社�

Retrospectively, John Egan, a Director of Shell E&P Ireland released a video, stating: 黑料社淔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黑料社檚 Eve, 2015.黑料社�

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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