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“Exploration for offshore gas should be promoted in parallel. Options of gas storage in Ireland also need to be assessed,” the academy says in a report, Natural Gas Essential for Ireland’s Future Energy Security.
By 2030, Ireland risks ending up depending completely for natural gas on Britain, whose own North Sea reserves will be depleted, the engineers’ report predicts.
“Britain’s gas imports will then come from Norway, Russia, Qatar and various countries outside Europe, ” the report says. “The gas supply route to Ireland will be longer than at present, with a greater risk of supply disruption and volatility.”
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ireland-urged-to-build-liquid-natural-gas-terminal-to-secure-future-supply-1.3587843