Shell to Sea
Campaign against Shell and Statoil
in Mayo in the West of Ireland
QUICK READ BACKGROUND
In Mayo Shell and Statoil, with the approval of the Irish government, are
planning to take land from local residents and build a high pressure gas pipeline that
will go past their houses.
The pressure inside the pipeline will be up to four times greater than that
of the biggest Bord Gais pipelines. The pipeline will be going through boggy
land with a history of landslides.
A gas refinery will be constructed on unstable bog.
This construction will be using previously untried methods to stabilise the
bog surface and involve a massive amount of traffic. Emissions from the
refinery will affect the nearby Carrowmore Lake, source of the regional
water supply.
Toxic waste will be pumped into Broadhaven Bay.
A U.C.C. research team found that Broadhaven Bay was an important breading
and rearing area for dolphins and whales. They recorded over 220 sightings
of seven whale and dolphin species, plus sightings of two seal species, in
Broadhaven Bay and north-west Mayo waters.
The government is giving them our gas for practically nothing and then we
will have to buy it back.
Shell to Sea
Campaign against Shell and Statoil
in Mayo in the West of Ireland
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