Posted: November 23, 2012
Cork cluster to capitalise on energy
By Vincent Ryan
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Cork is seeking to capitalise on its energy resources, both conventional and renewable, through the establishment of Energy Cork.
The new energy cluster will be launched on the Dec 7 by the Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte at a major industry event featuring leading speakers from the oil and gas industries as well as from the renewable sector.
Project manager for Energy Cork, Pat Lettice, said that the cluster was planning on bringing everyone involved in the energy industry together for the benefit of the region.
“Energy Cork’s remit is a very broad church, we have speakers from conventional, oil and gas, as well as the renewable sector. If you are at all operating in the energy sector we would like to have you there. The cluster is going to be about stimulating economic and job creation in the Cork region,” he said.
The conference will formally mark the beginning of Energy Cork’s activities as an industry-driven cluster pursuing co-ordinated actions to strengthen enterprise and support job creation within the sector in the Cork region.
Speakers at the launch will include the newly appointed CEO of Eirgrid Fintan Slye; CEO of Providence Resources Tony O’Reilly; chief executive of Bord Gáis John Mullins; principal investigator, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Brian Ó Gallachóir; lead executive, Phillips 66, Neill O’Carroll; and director of product development, ServusNet Informatics Ltd, Seán Condon.
lPlaces for this industry event are limited and registration is essential. To register for this free event, simply email Kieran Lettice, Energy Cork’s project manager at kieran_lettice@external.corkcity.ie before Dec 3 confirming your contact details and indicating that you would like to attend.
© This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Thursday, November 22, 2012
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Posted: November 15, 2012
We’ll be tuning into Ireland’s Search and Rescue on RTE 1 this Sunday at 6.30pm to see a few familiar faces.
Following on from the success of the two Irish Coast Guard helicopter rescue series, Rescue 115 and Rescue 117, Ireland’s Search and Rescue is a six part series, presented by Claire Byrne. This new series features the Irish Coast Guard helicopter bases in Dublin, Waterford, Shannon and Sligo as well as RNLI stations and Mountain Rescue teams nationwide. The series also shows the work of Cork City Fire Brigade and volunteer Coast Guard groups.
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See http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/searchandrescue.html for further information.
We wish all involved the best of luck with the new series.
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Posted: September 25, 2012
Folks,
Further prospects found off west coast of Ireland. The more the merrier:
Europa finds prospects off west coast
By Geoff Percival – Irish Examiner
Thursday, September 20, 2012
London-based exploration company Europa Oil & Gas has said that it has identified two large, previously unknown, prospects off the west coast of Ireland.
The AIM-listed oil and gas exploration, development, and production company made the announcement yesterday as part of a technical update of its two licensing options located in the South Porcupine Basin in the Irish Atlantic Margin off the west coast.
The two licences, which the British company was awarded as part of the Irish Atlantic Margin Licensing round in November, cover an area of nearly 2,000km.
“Having identified two large structures in the Irish Atlantic Margin, our initial technical work and prospect mapping exercise has exceeded our expectations,” said Europa chief executive, Hugh Mackay.
“Combined with the presence of a functioning hydrocarbon system, as indicated by the Burren oil discovery, the size of these structures is tremendously exciting and warrants further priority investigation.”
It is still too early to know exactly what exists at the prospects, and to what extent, but Europa is in talks with interested parties over farming-out an equity stake in the asset to lower its developmental costs. Europa has 100% ownership of the licences.
Mr Mackay also said he hopes to update on the profile of the assets at the Ireland-Atlantic 2012 Conference in Dublin in November.
Elsewhere yesterday, Providence Resources issued a technical update on its Rathlin Basin prospect off the Antrim coast, saying work has started on identifying where drilling will begin. Rathlin, 100% owned by Providence, forms part of the company’s multi-well offshore Ireland drilling round, which recently began at Barryroe.
Meanwhile, Irish exploration company Petroneft saw its price rise by nearly 5% yesterday, on the back of it announcing the successful drilling of the first of 10 wells at its Arbuzovskoye field in Tomsk, Russia.
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Posted: September 13, 2012
The National Maritime College of Ireland will open to members of the public on September 15th and 16th from 11am-4pm. Tours of the college with begin with a short video outlining the college’s core activities, followed by a tour of the Environmental Survival Pool and 360° full mission Bridge Simulator.
A free harbour shuttle ferry, sponsored by Lend Lease and Port of Cork, will run on both Saturday and Sunday between 12pm and 3pm.
See www.corkharbour.ie for ferry times and map.
The NMCI will host free screenings of Ford Short Film Competition finalists, which were part of the Titanic 100 Events
See www.corkharbour.ie for more information on Cork Harbor Open Weekend.
We look forward to welcoming you to the NMCI.
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