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Innovation and ambition
Bord Gáis Energy Managing Director Dave Kirwan talks to Owen McQuade about the potential for innovation under Centrica’s ownership and his own ambitions for the sector. Natural gas remains a significant... [full story]
Roundtable discussion:
Developing the natural gas industry
Phoenix Natural Gas hosted a round table discussion on the development of the natural gas industry in Northern Ireland and the opportunities and challenges in bringing gas to the west. What are your... [full story]
Indigenous supply essential for security
Ireland needs to wake up to the vulnerability of its energy supply, IOOA Chairman Pat Shannon states. The UCD geologist talks to Energy Ireland about the oil and gas sector’s prospects. If Europe’s... [full story]
Ireland’s oil and gas potential
Minister of State for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Fergus O’Dowd welcomes the renewed interest in Irish oil and gas potential and explains his rationale for the new licensing terms... [full story]
Enabling exploration from Galway
With a track record dating back to the start of Irish petroleum exploration, the Port of Galway is well-placed to serve the oil and gas sector. The Port of Galway is no stranger to servicing the oil... [full story]
Global Outlook
Industry analyst Peter Hughes has outlined the potential for lower oil prices at an Energy Ireland seminar but also warned that European energy policy was damaging the continent’s competitiveness. “Change... [full story]
Tax certainty encourages window of opportunity
Shirley Allen and Richard Murphy explain how Ireland’s new licensing terms give clarity to investors as global competition increases. On 18 June, the Minister of State at the Department of Communications,... [full story]
New lenses for the future
Peter Cheney summarises the New Lens Scenarios and discusses their findings with Shell energy analyst Rhodri Owen-Jones. Shell’s first scenarios were produced during a time of turbulence in the early... [full story]
Firmus energy: a provincial network
The case for developing natural gas has never been stronger, firmus energy Managing Director Michael Scott writes. Customers can expect the same brand and high quality of service under the company’s... [full story]
Towards a global gas market
LNG prices will stay high as the US industry builds up its export capacity and responds to demand in multiple markets, McKinsey’s Peter Lambert tells Energy Ireland. Moving away from dependence on... [full story]
Northern ambitions
Andrew Hindle, CEO of UK independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company InfraStrata, outlines the company’s projects for exploring for oil and gas in the Larne-Lough Neagh Basin and its... [full story]
IGEM: supporting the gas industry
Sarb Bajwa, CEO of the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) outlines the activities of the chartered professional body and its plans to extend its activities in Ireland. Who we are Here... [full story]
Securing Europe’s supplies
European Commission analyst Kristóf Kovács explains its plans to intervene in energy security to Peter Cheney. As political unrest in the Ukraine continues, the European Commission is preparing to... [full story]
Creating additional value through managing non-technical risk
Industry experience suggests that up to 70 per cent of major capital projects are subject to significant delays or cost overruns as a result of non-technical risk (NTR). Understandably, senior executives... [full story]
Corrib adds trading confidence for Sinbad
Sinbad Marine Services continues to support the drilling rig Ocean Guardian for the current programme at the Corrib field off the west coast on behalf of Shell E&P Ireland. The activity generated... [full story]
Unconventional insights
Four informed commentators from different sides of the debate on hydraulic fracturing discuss its economic, social and environmental consequences. Focus on the evidence: Peter Styles, University of... [full story]
The State’s role in offshore E&P
An overview of the role of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and how it enables exploration and production in offshore Ireland. The Department of Communications, Energy... [full story]
Our window of opportunity
A greater focus on outcomes could make Ireland a leader in the sector, David Taylor writes. At a debate hosted by the London Irish Business Society in early June, Minister of State, Fergus O’Dowd... [full story]