Irish environment minister Eamon Ryan is against imports of 'fracked gas'
Irish LNG import projects hope to defy political chill
Regasification plans look to benefit from supply security concerns despite continuing anti-gas sentiment
Jersey-headquartered Predator Oil & Gas submitted in June reports to Cork county council and to the Irish government department responsible for its marine protected area in support of its proposed Mag Mell floating regasification and storage unit (FSRU) project off Ireland’s south coast. This follows bullishness the previous month from the CEO of US firm New Fortress Energy (NFE) for its onshore Shannon LNG import project. Both firms are hoping to take advantage of growing concerns over security of supply in Ireland’s electricity network, driven by an ambitious switch to renewables and thermal plant retirements in the middle of a demand spike caused by an expansion of data centres in the
Also in this section
17 February 2026
The 25th WPC Energy Congress, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 26–30 April 2026, will bring together leaders from the political, industrial, financial and technology sectors under the unifying theme “Pathways to an Energy Future for All”
17 February 2026
Siemens Energy has been active in the Kingdom for nearly a century, evolving over that time from a project-based foreign supplier to a locally operating multi-national company with its own domestic supply chain and workforce
17 February 2026
Eni’s chief operating officer for global natural resources, Guido Brusco, takes stock of the company’s key achievements over the past year, and what differentiates its strategy from those of its peers in the LNG sector and beyond
16 February 2026
As the third wave of global LNG arrives, Wood Mackenzie’s director for Europe gas and LNG, Tom Marzec-Manser, discusses with Petroleum Economist the outlook for Europe’s gas market in 2026
