Shell faces protests, delays at Irish gas project

A small horse trailer acts as the unassuming headquarters for a campaign that has delayed a billion-dollar gas project by at least four years and threatened oil giant Royal Dutch Shell’s reputation.

The trailer, covered with posters attacking Shell’s environmental record, is parked by a road near the perimeter fence of a planned terminal for processing gas from the Corrib field, 70 km (43.5 miles) off the Mayo coast in western Ireland.

A handful of people sit inside, sipping tea, ready to block the facilities’ gates to ensure the plant and a high pressure pipeline are not completed. They fear the pipeline will run dangerously close to their homes.

Reuters