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Watching The World: Setback in Ireland

11/16/2009
Ireland's planning authority, An Bord Pleanala, has told Royal Dutch Shell PLC it is dissatisfied about the level of risk posed by the planned Corrib gas pipeline.The board said the proposed high-pressure pipeline would run too close to housing at Rossport and between Glengad and Aughoose. It is "unacceptable" that these houses were within "the hazard range of the pipeline if a failure should occur."The board said, "The design documentation for the pipeline and the quantified risk analysis provided with the application does not present a complete, transparent, and adequate demonstration that the pipeline does not pose an unacceptable risk to the public."The b...
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