Corrib Gas Partners to resume peat haulage
The Corrib Gas Partners announced today that they plan to resume the peat haulage operation next week.
The peat haulage operation will consist of the transfer of 350,000 tonnes of peat from the site of the proposed onshore terminal at Bellanaboy to a Bord na Móna cut-over site at Srahmore, 11km away. The operation will be completed by October 2007, when construction of the onshore gas processing plant will begin.
There are currently almost 200 people working on the Corrib Gas project and this figure will rise to approximately 350 in the coming weeks, once peat haulage is underway. By Autumn 2007, 700 jobs will have been created by the project with the construction of the onshore terminal.
The project has also resulted in the extension of the Bord Gáis Éireann distribution system to the west of Ireland. The Corrib partners have funded the main transmission line between Mayo and Galway through a tarriffing arrangement with BGÉ.
It is hoped that the number of towns in Mayo that will benefit from the gas supply will increase as commercial markets are developed.
