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Rabbitte asks oil industry whether licensing terms are too generous to oil industry

Posted on March 11, 2014 by William Hederman

Minister dictates what consultants’ findings should be: that things are fine the way they are Last week Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte named the company chosen to carry out a “fitness-for-purpose” review of Ireland’s infamous licensing terms … Continue reading →

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Opinion article in Evening Echo: ‘Ireland will not reap the reward of oil finds’

Posted on May 9, 2013 by William Hederman

Below is an an opinion article by me that appeared in the Evening Echo (a daily newspaper published in Cork) on May 1st, about the fact that Ireland has very little control over its oil and gas resources. The article … Continue reading →

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Corrib will pay little or no tax: who is to blame?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by William Hederman

If an oil company takes longer than expected to complete an oil or gas extraction project and, as a result of those delays, ends up paying no revenue to the state from whose territory for oil or gas extracted, most … Continue reading →

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‘Dalkey and oil’ – opinion piece on Broadsheet.ie

Posted on October 4, 2012 by William Hederman

By William Hederman [Article published on Broadsheet.ie on 4th October 2012] “We’re going to be rich” That was one response on Twitter last night to the news that Providence Resources has been granted a licence to drill for oil less … Continue reading →

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Our oil and gas might as well be off the coast of Brazil for all the good it will do us

Posted on September 10, 2012 by William Hederman

Comment piece by William Hederman published in today’s Irish Daily Mail (10 September 2012) The dogs in the street now understand that Ireland’s share of revenue from our oil and gas fields is set to be pitifully small, thanks to … Continue reading →

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Article on The Journal.ie about Barryroe discovery and Ireland’s oil and gas

Posted on April 14, 2012 by William Hederman

Following the announcement in March 2012 by Providence Resources of a commercially viable oil discovery at the Barryroe field off Co Cork, The Journal.ie (an Irish online newspaper) ran this well-researched article (published 25th March 2012) about the significance of … Continue reading →

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Newstalk item about Providence discovery at Barryroe

Posted on April 14, 2012 by William Hederman

Here is a recording of a discussion I was involved in on Newstalk radio on 15th March 2012. The item was about the announcement by Tony O’Reilly’s Providence Resources that it had made Ireland’s first commercially viable discovery of oil … Continue reading →

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Submission to Oireachtas Committee reviewing oil and gas exploration licensing

Posted on January 26, 2012 by William Hederman

Last month (December 2011) I was invited to make a written submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture, which is reviewing Ireland’s licensing terms for oil and gas exploration. My submission is below. 

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BBC radio documentary on ‘oil and gas giveaway’

Posted on October 2, 2011 by William Hederman

A BBC radio documentary examining controversial aspects of oil and gas exploration in Ireland aired on BBC Radio Ulster today (Sunday, October 2nd, 2011). As the title suggests, ‘Ulster’s Oil and Gas Giveaway’ deals primarily with exploration north of the … Continue reading →

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Guardians of oil and gas giveaway to be questioned in public

Posted on September 27, 2011 by William Hederman

At last, the people most culpable for maintaining Ireland’s giveaway licensing terms for oil and gas are being made to explain themselves in public. At 3pm today (Tuesday, September 27th), senior officials from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural … Continue reading →

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