Corrib gas field firm challenging EU windfall energy tax pays €687m dividends in two years

Vermilion Energy Corrib Ireland Ltd paid dividends of €621.95m last year and a further dividend of €65m this September

Vermilion purchased the Irish arm of Norwegian state energy giant, Equinor in March of last year which had a 36.5% share of Corrib Gas

A Corrib Gas Field firm, currently challenging an EU windfall energy tax, has paid out dividends of €686.95m over the past two years.

New accounts for Vermilion Energy Corrib Ireland Ltd show that it paid out dividends of €621.95m last year and it declared a further dividend of €65m in September of this year.