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what's with the oil rigs in Dun Laoghaire

casio4 · 2011-01-17 17:46:35

spotted two oil rigs just outside the harbour anyone know more about them? have they struck oil? :eek:

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spotted two oil rigs just outside the harbour anyone know more about them? have they struck oil? :eek:

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#2 17-01-2011 7:53pm
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test drilling for expansion of the water treatment pipe network.

further out they were also sampling cores to see if the seabed was stable enough for wind turbines but not sure if that still going on.

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#3 17-01-2011 7:59pm
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Thanks for that

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#4 17-01-2011 8:47pm
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here's another thread with a newspaper article in it
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056146401

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#5 17-01-2011 9:27pm
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Link missing? Curious to hear about all this now

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#6 17-01-2011 9:30pm
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the link is on another thread

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#7 17-01-2011 10:47pm
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Would be helpful if you could provide the link there casio!

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#8 17-01-2011 11:01pm
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post above fixed to ad link

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