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Re-bonjour Dubhlinn,

France is sending/selling/transiting electricity to all its neighbours recently, now that most of their 56/57 nuclear plants are back up & running. Here is a very good French energy site, showing planned exports per 15 mins to other countries (an equivalent to EirGrid).

https://www.rte-france.com/eco2mix/synthese-des-donnees?type=production

evening dubhlinn,

i hadn't heard corrib was down to 10% before, but know its been dwindling down for years.

below is my post from prd a few days ago, highlighting the recent cold spell & highlighting that days energy usage, plus gas inter connector map. forgot to mention, roi has small hydro, wind & solar and will eventually have lots of cow**** bio-gas :-)

"evening ponfeigh, you are right about the gb gas interconnectors supplying 75% & increasing of nat gas for elec generation to roi, plus more for heating, cooking, etc, through the 3 ireland gas inter connectors from moffat scotland. just realised myself that the ruskis would have to drop anchors on all three pipelines to completely block this supply or else simply "damage" moffat pumping stations ???

today's "net import - uk 10.22%" figure is for the uk electricity supplied to the roi grid (most funny is it does not count towards irl co2 emissions & is responsible for the "faked majority of irl co2 reductions" that einstein ryan likes to boast about).( a future french 600 mw connector about 1+ yr away).

so irish, uk, european & partly worldwide communications & information systems are very much at risk without having a much more secure, resilient, robust, multi-sourced & back-ed up irish energy supply system, hence the urgent need for corrib south, inishkea west, barryroe & corrib deep to be allowed to advance, by the incoming government".

https://www.gasnetworks.ie/corporate/company/our-network/pipeline-map/

Diabelts, we don't have low levels of nat gas storage in ROI, we have "no" levels of nat gas storage. Luckily we still have the 15-20% supply from Corrib(down from 80%) & ship in & limited storage of LNG, heavy oils, coal coming in. Turf & timber to back up our AI datacenters :-)

Euribor + 4 % looks like it might be lowering towards "only" € 1.3M / Mo, but it is also compounding :-)

https://www.euribor-rates.eu/en/current-euribor-rates/4/euribor-rate-12-months/

Evening Ponfeigh, you are right about the GB gas interconnectors supplying 75% & increasing of nat gas for elec generation to ROI, plus more for heating, cooking, etc, through the 3 Ireland gas inter connectors from Moffat Scotland. Just realised myself that the Ruskis would have to drop anchors on all three pipelines to completely block this supply or else simply "damage" Moffat pumping stations ???

Today's "Net Import - UK 10.22%" figure is for the UK electricity supplied to the ROI grid (Most funny is it does not count towards Irl CO2 emissions & is responsible for the "faked majority of Irl CO2 reductions" that Einstein Ryan likes to boast about).( A future French 600 MW connector about 1+ yr away).

So Irish, UK, European & partly worldwide communications & information systems are very much at risk without having a much more secure, resilient, robust, multi-sourced & back-ed up Irish energy supply system, hence the urgent need for Corrib South, Inishkea West, Barryroe & Corrib Deep to be allowed to advance, by the incoming government.

https://www.gasnetworks.ie/corporate/company/our-network/pipeline-map/

Electricity use hits record high - here is today's 24 hr energy mix !

Coal 7.67 %

Gas 61.90%

Net Import-UK 10.22%

Other 3.79%

Renewable 16.42%

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/electricity-use-hits-record-high-as-country-turns-up-the-heat-to-beat-the-freeze/a606053701.html

https://www.smartgriddashboard.com/#roi/generation

Maybe new Irish gov by Jan 22 ???

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/were-in-the-landing-zone-taoiseach-says-on-government-formation-as-social-democrats-to-decide-on-whether-to-continue-talks/a972217630.html

Moving slowly but positively, towards a FF/FG/Regional Independents ++.

Hopefully new gov formed before end of month. GLA, donalb

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0107/1489391-government-formation-talks/

Funny, if we cant find oil right next to Moruga Tar/Pitch lake, we may give up :-)))) "There Will Be Blood :-)

See the 2 tanks by the lake near Keith's co-ords !

https://earth.google.com/web/search/10.119,+-61.378/@10.12153424,-61.38105626,51.43699497a,805.95141767d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=ClcaKRIjGbByaJHtPCRAIarx0k1isE7AKg8xMC4xMTksIC02MS4zNzgYASABIiYKJAlADLrJALQkQBFxVSCwQAEkQBm014RL4IdOwCFIFsqAO-hOwEICCAFCAggASg0I____________ARA

Same here on Copernicus

https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/?zoom=17&lat=10.1214&lng=-61.38034&themeId=DEFAULT-THEME&visualizationUrl=U2FsdGVkX1%2BG5oB3LVU9PpZBrk2Lq%2FIGEBmH%2B%2FfpbEcse4eYfxS7MuO6IcJ8roRhNx39%2BoFNFzgwNm%2BkCbo4wyL0HApuSbJCR6TMZcrSfKwYjaesQR%2Fsxji0U%2BuCzGcv&datasetId=S2_L2A_CDAS&fromTime=2024-10-29T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&toTime=2024-10-29T23%3A59%3A59.999Z&layerId=1_TRUE_COLOR&demSource3D=%22MAPZEN%22&cloudCoverage=100&dateMode=SI

Now look south south east, on following co-ords, possibly a shiny drill rig ???

10°06'58"N 61°22'34"W

Intelligent opinions welcome :-)

Well done Razorman, that's dyor squared :-)

I have no idea of the T&T well site locations, but definitely do know that the MOU's 1-2-3-4 sites & access routes were quite hard to find, despite my good knowledge of their locations. Maybe other posters can help with GPS's.

Bald faced, like Jon Hungry & venomous, all seem to have licked too many poisonous toads !!!

HPB, I always thought snorkeling in the Red Sea for 2-3 weeks yearly, was only for the bourgeoisie :-)))

I played golf since I could stand up in the back garden, with cut down clubs (never a Tiger Woods - 9 lowest handicap) & later on in the village's championship links, like every other kid there. At the age of 11, working in my uncles pro shop (~1980), I once sold IR £1,100 of golf equipment in one day, to rich Dublin golf newbies, while he was away at a pro-am :-) He panicked at first, thinking I had been taken advantage off, but going through the sales notebook, he realized it was the Dubs who were taken advantage off, by an 11 yr old & I got a IR£20 bonus, unheard of for a kid at the time.

Might have been better off going into sales at my other uncles golf shops, he made millions.

GLA, donalb

Now I am not saying MadManRob is involved, but I did sense a certain thirst in some of his earlier Guinness posts :-))))

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2024/12/31/great-guinness-heist-uk-thieves-steal-truck-carrying-35000-pints/

A little end of year thank you to Wraith, who wisely pointed me in the direction of RKH, us both being fellow travelers in PVR/BEY, PRD, EOG & RKH. Recent RKH gains have covered losses in the others & I look forward to making strong gains on all fronts in 2025. Happy New Year to all, DEM included :-) donalb

US FEB NAT GAS up 23% today !!!

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@NG.1

Every country should be improving their energy security, using all means necessary.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/public-safety-and-emergencies/traffic-and-transportation-incidents/finland-boards-oil-tanker-after-internet-and-power-cable-outages/ar-AA1wwmhY?ocid=BingNewsSerp

All OILYFRED's posts are 100% reliable & true, as seen below ???? :-)

Maybe early onset Alzheimer's ? Hope not & he is just trolling along, comme d'hab.

Last Ever Post - 3 Nov 2024 13:21

This should get some votes,

I now hold a very small holding of 100k which in the grand scheme of things is irrelevant, so I won’t be posting on here anymore, just a word of caution to everyone one who holds, becareful who you listen to, they won’t pay your mortgage and they won’t be sorry if your investment doesn’t work .

Good luck I hope things work out with MOU 5

Great news Dickie & those planned dates rhymes well with what I learned about PRD's operations while visiting Guercif & since.

Keith, I still see no Sat sign of the MOU-5 drill pad grey ? It & maybe access road improvements would need to show up soon.

GLA, donalb

ITG, one silly internet search by me, always leads to another :-)

Searched"leid" as Gaeilge & found : "Half-expressed statement, hint. "leid".

Search for a word in Irish or English. faonoscailt » Hint. nod » Hint. béaléachtaint » (Spoken) hint. éachtaint » Inkling, glimpse; hint, suggestion. gaoth » Hint, suggestion. leathfhocal » Half-expressed statement, hint. leid » Hint, inkling; prompt; pointer, clue. leideach » Hinting, insinuative.

Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): hint

www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/hint

www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/hint

My very poor guess is it might translate in modern Scot's too: "Aye, awful half words from an Inverurie youngon" :-)

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