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Mayo Gas Terminal
Provokes Concern

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
June / July 2005

June 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

Residents in the west of Ireland have voiced concerns about planning authorities giving the go ahead to a proposed gas refinery on the Erris peninsula. The giant gas rig is being built by Royal Dutch Shell on a 160-acre inland site at Bellanaboy, Co. Mayo. The refinery will process gas from the 800-million Corrib gas field in the Atlantic Ocean, but local people believe … [Read more...] about Mayo Gas Terminal
Provokes Concern

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