Mar 10, 2013 | Local news, Press Release, Shale gas News
GNU licence, wikimedia commons Meredithw Minister Fergus O’Dowd has finally given in to pressure from those campaigning against shale gas exploration and announced an unofficial moratorium on exploration licences. In a press release on 7th March, he confirmed that two...
Feb 20, 2013 | Local news
A recent answer to an environmental information question has revealed that no Petroleum Prospecting Licences have been issued to Tamboran, Enegi or Lough Allen Natural Gas Co. (LANGCO). [scribd id=126283545 key=key-mbqp0d5rvt25j3c2u8k mode=scroll] In March 2011, The...
Jan 13, 2013 | Local news, Press Release, Shale gas News
Lough Allen, Spencer Harbour. Wikimedia cc (A. F. Borchert) Options Licences have been granted to three oil/gas companies to study the potential for shale gas exploitation in the Northwest and Clare. Now the Government is commissioning a report by the EPA...
Dec 4, 2012 | Local news, Press Release, Shale gas News
A landscape in county Clare (cc wikimedia commons Eirian Evans) In a recent statement, EnegiOil, an oil company with licencing options in County Clare, stated that they have found “recoverable” gas reserves in Clare and that they intend to apply for a full Exploration...
