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Thursday January 01 1970

Bring the pipe to Statoil...

category dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice author Wednesday April 05, 2006 08:39author by anarchaeologist - Shell to Sea Dublinauthor phone 086 8537281 Report this post to the editors

Demo outside Statoil HQ in the IFSC at 12.45

Anyone pissed off by the huge profits to be made by Statoil, by ripping off the Irish tax payer and compromising the health and safety of the people of Erris might want to come along Friday lunchtime.

We'll be bringing a section of unwanted gas pipe to to Statoil HQ, deep in the black heart of the IFSC, a private area where dissent is forbidden.

Meet at 12.45 at the northern side of the new footbridge beyond the Custom House. Bring whistles/hooters etc.

Why are we protesting at Statoil? Statoil owns 36.5% of the Corrib Field, with Shell having a 45% take and Marathon Oil cashing in on 18.5%.

Norway owns 70.5% of STATOIL so we have a situation where the Norwegian state will own over 1/3 of the gas passing through the high-pressure pipeline in Rossport while the people of Ireland will get nothing.

Who controls the rest of Ireland's natural resources?

Thanks to a cabal of corrupt/inept politicans the multinational oil companies own 100% of our natural resources. This leaves nothing for the people of Ireland.

So what’s the deal?

From 1975 there was a tax rate of 50% for oil and gas companies, an automatic 50% state take in any commercial well and royalties of 6%-7%. In 1987, after lobbying by the companies, Fianna Fail got rid of the 50% stake and removed the royalties. In 1992 after further lobbying they reduced the tax rate to 25% and 100% tax write-offs were introduced, meaning that companies can now subtract their costs from their tax bill.

In 1996 the licence for the Corrib gas field was granted to Enterprise Energy Ireland, a subsidiary of Enterprise Oil, which has since been bought out by Shell. The consortium also includes Statoil and Marathon Oil.

Enterprise Oil held major fundraising events for Fianna Fáil at the Galway Races in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. Other contractors involved are also major Fianna Fáil donators. The then Minister Frank Fahey granted them innumerable licences before the planning procedures were over and gave them 400 acres plus of state forest on which to build the refinery. Bertie Ahern has had many meetings with Shell on this issue.The deal is that the pipelines, running to Dublin and Scotland will be constructed by the state while a great deal of the infrastructure, new roads and bridges is already being built by the state.

Some of the gas that is not exported will be purchased back by the state, at the full commercial rate. Theses companies have a track record of not employing Irish rig workers. According to Mike Cunningham, a former director of Statoil Exploration (Ireland): ‘No other country in the world has gioven such favourable terms as Ireland’. In other places in Europe, the state take can be 55% or even 79% of a field.

We need to force Statoil to reconsider their activities in Ireland, their business associations with Shell and their cosy relations with our government.

Related Link: http://www.shelltosea.com
author by Updaterpublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 14:28author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Over 30 people are currently outside the Statoil offices attempting to present the unwanted pipe section...
Six guards are currently trying to stop protesters from blockading the entrance...
Again if people are free it would be great to come down and show your opposition to statoil's activities in Mayo..
Pics/vid to follow soon..

author by JonG - 1 of Indymedia Ireland Editorial Grouppublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 14:43author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Statoil offices still blockaded by 20ft Pipe and the mood is upbeat...
Police refused to let Pipe in to building..
People are lined up outside holding pipe in place...

author by JonG - 1 of Indymedia Ireland Editorial Grouppublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 15:02author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Guards are currently trying to prevent Maura Harrington entering the building to speak to the powers that be there..
There is a crowd of around 40 protesters there at the moment and an extra cop...
The rain certainly isn't dampening peoples enthusiasm..

author by at workpublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 15:09author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Stuck at work following the updates . this is real reporting in the true spirit of indymedia. keep them coming. i dont expect to see this on rte later.

author by JonGpublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 15:18author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Protest wrapping up now... Pipe heading back to Parnell Square...

author by Shell to Seapublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 18:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

note the two yellow jacketed cops in the foyer

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author by Shell to Seapublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 18:16author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A few more cops present as Shell to Sea arrive with a section of pipeline to return to Statoil

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author by shell to seapublication date Fri Apr 07, 2006 18:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Many cops and rent-a-cops in evidence, no one from Statoil was prepared to meet the protest.

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Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Murray from Ballina attempted to gain entrance but was turned away from the building by the police
Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Murray from Ballina attempted to gain entrance but was turned away from the building by the police

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