Owner of Kinsale gas field applies to leave pipelines on seabed

Meanwhile, the ESB is examining whether the decommissioned gas field could be used to store green hydrogen

The Kinsale gas field Stena Spey Drill Rig, which is being decommissioned. The gas field owners are seeking permission to leave the existing pipelines for alternative environmental uses  Picture: Courtesy of Kinsale Energy.

The owner of the Kinsale gas fields has sought Government approval to leave pipelines from the various wells in situ as part of the decommissioning programme following the exhaustion of gas supplies in the Celtic Sea.

PSE Kinsale Energy has applied to the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, to leave all pipelines serving the Kinsale Head, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Southwest Kinsale gas fields lying on the seabed.