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" . . Ridden Roughshod Over By The Might Of Shell, The Irish State . . "

category mayo | environment | feature author Tuesday April 05, 2005 20:23author by William Report this post to the editors

Letter To Norwegian Ambassador Regarding Shell/Statoil Operations In Mayo

FROM: Padhraig Campbell, Campaign for Protection of Resources, Freeport, Barna, Co Galway / Majella McCarron, Ogoni Solidarity Ireland

TO: His Excellency the Norwegian Ambassador, Mr Truls Hanevold, Norwegian Embassy, Dublin 2

Monday, 4th April, 2005

Your Excellency,

We are writing to you in support of the landowners and stake-holders affected by the operational activities of the Corrib North Consortium of Shell, Statoil and Marathon.

As the Norwegian government currently owns 70% of Statoil, we call on your government to instruct the board of Statoil to stop the coercive intrusion on the lands of families who are being hauled before the High Court in Dublin by Shell on behalf of the consortium of which Statoil is a member.

The genuine fears and concerns of the residents are being ridden roughshod over by the might of Shell, the Irish state, local authorities, semi-state bodies and the judicial process. Apart from the unprecedented use of an upstream pipeline so far inshore to a seriously unsafe proposed refinery, untreated raw gas at maximum pressure puts the lives and livelihoods of those families in serious danger.

Allied to this is the fact that this high-pressure line passes under the highly-unstable landslide zone of Dooncarton Mountain, where landslides occured on the night of 19th September, 2003.

This pipeline would not be allowed in Norway. We insist that the same standards that apply in Norway apply in Rossport, Co Mayo and in Ireland generally. Statoil and the Norwegian people will be the beneficiaries of the most generous tax deal in the world. However, serious questions are being asked as to how the oil companies have come to benefit from such an extent and as to the role that Ireland's former Energy Minister, the now disgraced Ray Burke, had in forming the oil tax deal that now pertains.

Respectfully,

Padhraig Campbell
Majella McCarron

BACKGROUND / RELATED LINKS
Shell Granted Restraining Order Against Mayo Residents By High Court
Comprehensive High Court Report
Mid-West Radio Audio Report On Residents Confronting Shell: March 1st 2005
Shell In Mayo: Summary Of Issues
Detailed Indymedia Feature: Shell: The New Aristocracy In Mayo

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   @ the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin     redjade    Tue Apr 05, 2005 20:07 
   some links...     redjade    Tue Apr 05, 2005 20:34 
   Also posted at Norway Indymedia     redjade    Tue Apr 05, 2005 20:40 
   Is maith an rud é an phíopa seo     Seáinín    Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:56 
   Shell     John    Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:06 
   modern world     mayo    Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:41 
   Furthermore John agus Seánín     --    Wed Apr 06, 2005 19:01 
   Don deamhan leat le do chumannachas!     Seáinín    Sun Apr 10, 2005 14:49 
   seáinín     maura harrington    Sun Apr 10, 2005 23:11 
 10   PiPELINE SAFETY     M.M.McCarron    Mon Apr 11, 2005 20:21 
 11   Reading the Map where the Pipeline is to be Placed     M.M.McCarron    Tue Apr 19, 2005 20:53 


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