Hobbs turns his fire on oil industry with campaign to maximise returns

Eddie Hobbs has picked his latest target, the oil industry, and is planning on putting a movement together to try and change Ireland’s attitude to offshore oil and gas.

The first phase of Mr Hobbs’s Own Our Oilcampaign was the launch of a book yesterday with the same title that aims to change the public’s attitude to Irish oil resources.

The book looks at Ireland’s geology, policy, taxation, history and planning when it comes to the oil industry and is dedicated to former minister Justin Keating who developed a strict taxation regime for Irish resources in the 70s.