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Fri 12 Dec 2009Gas pipeline for north Kerry gets go-ahead
THE COMMISSION for Energy Regulation has approved the construction of a gas pipeline to serve the proposed import and re-gassification terminal for liquefied gas on the Shannon estuary in north Kerry. The 26km pipeline will connect the terminal with the national gas network near Foynes in Co Limerick.
This is considered to be the final major seal of approval for the estimated €500 million project to Shannon LNG, an Irish subsidiary of the global Hess energy corporation, on part of a Shannon Development-owned land bank.
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