Statement from Shell to Sea

national | miscellaneous | press release Thursday August 25, 2005 22:46 by Mark Garavan - Shell to Sea markgar at eircom dot net

Ref: Announcement of Independent Safety Review of Corrib Onshore Pipeline

General Release

This limited safety review is the 3rd attempt by the Government and their partners Shell & Statoil to give a clean bill of health to a project that is fundamentally flawed, unprecedented and potentially lethal. The one time this project was fully reviewed in its entirety the inspectors of an bord pleanala emphatically rejected and rubbished this project as currently proposed. Now we have the government and Shell awaiting another narrow report so it can be used in their arsenal of propaganda and spin in the hope it will advance their potentially lethal project.

This project must be completely reviewed in its entirety from terminal to Sea with comprehensive terms including design, terminal location, “kill zone” size along with the expected numbers of fatalities that would occur in the event of a rupture from this pipeline.

We demand the government and their partners Shell & Statoil immediately release the 5 honourable men they have imprisoned so dialogue can begin and this impasse can be resolved. The government would be well advised to stop writing and commissioning reports for a project that is going nowhere until it has the consent of the local people.

Dr. Mark Garavan

“Shell to Sea” Spokesperson