{"id":13435,"date":"2022-09-03T19:48:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T19:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=13435"},"modified":"2024-02-10T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:00:35","slug":"natural-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/#Kinsale_Field\" title=\"Kinsale Field\">Kinsale Field<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/#Absorbing_Local_Gas_Companies\" title=\"Absorbing Local Gas Companies\">Absorbing Local Gas Companies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/#1990s_Growth\" title=\"1990s Growth\">1990s Growth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/#UK_Pipelines\" title=\"UK Pipelines\">UK Pipelines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/#Deregulation_Diversification\" title=\"Deregulation &amp; Diversification\">Deregulation &amp; Diversification<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/natural-gas\/#21st_Century\" title=\"21st Century\">21st Century<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kinsale_Field\"><\/span>Kinsale Field<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s natural gas market has developed since the discovery of the Kinsale Field in the 1970s.\u00a0 Prior to that there was only manufactured that gas.\u00a0 The network has developed and expanded significantly over the last 45 years. Most large population areas now receive natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>Bord G\u00e1is was incorporated under the Gas Act 1976.\u00a0 Over the subsequent years, work was begun to bring natural gas ashore.\u00a0 In 1977, gas pipelines were constructed to two ESB stations and the NET plant in Arklow.<\/p>\n<p>Gas was first brought ashore from the Kinsale fields at Inch County Cork.\u00a0 It was quickly brought to Dublin, where gas power stations were fired.\u00a0 The latter was expanded over the years to cover the major population centres.\u00a0 Dublin converted from town to natural gas in the 1970s and &#8217;80s.<\/p>\n<p>Natural gas production began in 1978 and the first deliveries of gas were received.\u00a0 The Dublin Gas pipeline was commissioned and built from 1981 to 1982.\u00a0 A 240-kilometre 24-centimetre diameter pipeline was constructed.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Absorbing_Local_Gas_Companies\"><\/span>Absorbing Local Gas Companies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In 1983 the Dublin Gas Company received its first natural gas supplies and began conversion of its 120000 domestic and industrial consumers.\u00a0 In the same year, the ESB power stations in North Wall and Poolbeg were connected to the gas pipeline. Bord G\u00e1is took over the assets of Dublin Gas.<\/p>\n<p>Bord G\u00e1is acquired the stock of Cork Gas in 1985.\u00a0 In the meantime, spur lines to Limerick, Dundalk Carlow and Waterford were bringing natural gas to the country.\u00a0 The number of domestic customers was expanding considerably.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1990s_Growth\"><\/span>1990s Growth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Through the early 1990s, gas sales and the use of gas by industrial, residential and commercial sectors continued to grow significantly.\u00a0 Restrictions were introduced on bituminous coal in the early 1990s, which gave a further boost to the clean gas image.<\/p>\n<p>In the late 1990s, gas supply continued to expand to towns in the outer suburban belt of Dublin.\u00a0 Bord G\u00e1is\u2019 sales, profitability and customer base continued to expand steadily.<\/p>\n<p>By the late 1990s gas was within the reach of more than half a million households, with gas reaching Navan, Athy, Stradbally, Parteen, Duleek, Portlaoise, Clogherhead, Newport and Ardnacrusha. The number of customers increased to 327000 using gas as a primary fuel.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UK_Pipelines\"><\/span>UK Pipelines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Kinsale gas fields had limited resources. In 1995 nearly all of Ireland\u2019s natural gas came from indigenous sources.\u00a0 By 2001, 82 percent came from Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>An undersea transmission pipe has been brought from Scotland to North Dublin which provides access to UK gas for greater stability. The first gas interconnector was commenced in the early 1990s, and the gas network continued to increase in the country.\u00a0 The Bord G\u00e1is entered contracts with a UK gas supplier to expand its single supply source from the Kinsale and Ballycotton fields.<\/p>\n<p>A second interconnector was required and originates from the same UK gas network point and comes ashore at Gormanton County Meath.\u00a0 This also connects with the North-South pipeline and the North West pipeline, bringing gas to Northern Ireland and the western part of Northern Ireland, including Derry. An eleven-kilometre spur was developed from this connector, linking the Isle of Man and bringing gas to it for the first time.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deregulation_Diversification\"><\/span>Deregulation &amp; Diversification<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In 2001, Bord G\u00e1is entered the Irish electricity supply market in which it has continued to grow.\u00a0 In 2001, the government made a decision to make \u00a310 million available for the development of the northern gas network.\u00a0 Through the 2000s, Bord G\u00e1is continued increasing its number of customers and turnover.\u00a0 It commenced and continued to develop in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission for Energy Regulation commenced in 2002 and changed the environment radically in which Bord G\u00e1is and the ESB operate.\u00a0 Bord G\u00e1is commenced a strategy of being a dual energy provider of both electricity and gas on an all-Ireland basis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003 the Irish Gas market opened a competition with customers of more than 500,000 standard cubic meters per annum eligible to choose a gas supplier other than Bord G\u00e1is.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"21st_Century\"><\/span>21st Century<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Over \u20ac1 billion on infrastructure spending was undertaken in the latter part of the first decade of the 21st century.\u00a0 This included the construction of three major projects, the Mayo-Galway pipeline, the Northwest Belfast Derry pipeline and the North-South Dublin Gormanston pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, natural gas was extended to five towns on the western pipeline route, including Galway, Athenry, Ballinasloe, Tullamore, and Mullingar.\u00a0 Westport was connected to natural gas in 2008.\u00a0 Gas was extended to other western towns at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>By 2005, power generation accounted for 60% of total gas use, with industrial and commercial use of 24% and residential use of 17%. In 2005, Bord G\u00e1is\u2019 first national gas customers in Northern Ireland were connected.\u00a0 In 2004 it won the license to distribute and supply ten towns in Northern Ireland through its Northern Ireland entity.<\/p>\n<p>By 2005 number of gas users in Ireland had increased to 540000.\u00a0 By that stage, the share of the electricity market reached 8%.<\/p>\n<p>The North-South pipeline from County Meath to Antrim was completed in 2006, as was the Mayo-Galway transmission line.<\/p>\n<p>By the late 2000s, Bord G\u00e1is\u2019 turnover had increased to 1.2 billion.\u00a0 Gas sales accounted for two-thirds of turnover.\u00a0 Gas transportation sales increased.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 Bord G\u00e1is signed up the first natural gas customers in Belfast.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-13435\" data-postid=\"13435\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-13435 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinsale Field Ireland\u2019s natural gas market has developed since the discovery of the Kinsale Field in the 1970s.\u00a0 Prior to that there was only manufactured that gas.\u00a0 The network has developed and expanded significantly over the last 45 years. Most large population areas now receive natural gas. 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