Gas, oil and the Irish state : understanding the dynamics and conflicts of hydrocarbon management / Amanda Slevin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slevin, Amanda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Ireland.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Gas and oil are pivotal to the functioning of modern societies, yet the ownership, control, production and consumption of hydrocarbons often provokes intense disputes with serious ramifications. This work examines the dynamics and conflicts of state hydrocarbon management and provides a comprehensive study of the Irish model.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Table of contents

Lists of illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Glossary

Introduction

Overview of book

Part I The Corrib gas project

1 Politics and pipelines: emergence of the Corrib gas conflict

Early days of the project

Lack of consultation

Issues with the onshore terminal and pipeline

'Mistakes'

Planning permission for the gas terminal

The first oral hearing

Grounds for refusal

Re-opening of the oral hearing

Plans progress, regardless of planning permission refusal

Project-splitting and fragmented permissions processes

Political intervention

Second application for planning permission

Notes

2 Resistance grows

Advent of civil disobedience and non-violent direct action

State coercion

Oral hearing on the onshore pipeline

2010 oral hearing

Resistance continues

A defective approach to hydrocarbon management?

Part II History of Ireland's oil and gas experience

3 What gas and oil? The early days of the Irish regime (1957-75)

The 1959 Oil Agreement

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960

Exploration begins

The Kinsale gas field

The 1975 licensing terms

Benefits from the 1975 terms

Response to Keating's terms

4 Unravelling of Keating's plans (1976-99)

Boom time?

The Betelgeuse disaster

The Irish National Petroleum Corporation

Irish Transport and General Workers Union

The unravelling of Keating's plans

Spring's modifications

New Minister - new terms: Burke's changes

The 1992 Licensing Terms

SIPTU Oil and Gas Committee/National Offshore Rig Workers Committee

5 A new millennium, a new approach (2000-14)

2007 Licensing Terms

Wider developments

Issues of regulation and safety.

Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Rabbitte's review

Evaluating the Irish model of hydrocarbon management

Part III Ireland in a global context

6 Global trends in state resource management

The early days of the global petroleum industry

Concessions

A new dawn for producing countries: nationalisation and stronger state control

Production sharing contracts

Service contracts

Battles between states and oil companies

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Nationalisation, NOCs and 'rent'

Changing times: the impact of neoliberalism

The 'Washington Consensus'

Licensing systems

A turning of the neoliberal tide?

Shifts in the balance of power

Ideological and empirical metamorphoses

7 Ireland's licensing regime in an international context

Ownership matters

Different regions = different regimes?

Ideology and models of resource management

Government take

Uniqueness of Ireland's fiscal regime

Why is Ireland's approach different?

8 Norway and Ireland: too different to compare?

Connections between neighbours

The Norwegian oil adventure begins…

Commencement of activities

Stronger state control

The Ten Oil Commandments6

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

Health, safety and workers

Tighter terms for IOCs

Winds of change

Petroleum Fund

'Internationalisation' or neoliberalisation?

Privatisation of Statoil

The modern day Norwegian model: a perfect approach?

Government Pension Fund - Global

The darker side of Norway's oil adventure

Conflict over Statoil's actions in other countries

Divergences between Ireland and Norway

Part IV Ireland's approach - analysis, consequences and alternatives

9 Understanding the Irish state's approach.

Factors shaping the Irish model of hydrocarbon management

Irish state's path of development

Irish political economy

Class and ideological struggles

State institutions and decision-making processes

Petroleum activities

Global trends and the legacy of the Marathon Agreement

Connections between the Irish state and oil industry

Flawed permissions systems

Paradoxical nature of a neoliberal state

10 Consent, coercion and consequences of the Corrib gas conflict

Consequences

11 Back to the future? Towards a new model for Ireland

Recommendations for a new approach to hydrocarbon management

1. Ownership, control and production of resources

Recommendation 1a: place a moratorium on authorisations

Recommendation 1b: introduce a new model of resource management

Recommendation 1c: establish a new NOC

Recommendation 1d: establish a petroleum fund and systems for the distribution of petroleum revenues among wider society

Recommendation 1e: devise and introduce an industrial and educational strategy in order to maximise socio-economic ...

Recommendation 1f: investigate whether Irish hydrocarbons should be produced

2. Issues within the state

Recommendation 2a: community participation and consent should become a key principle underpinning policy ...

Recommendation 2b: modify the permissions process

Recommendation 2c: re-configure and properly fund state resource management

Recommendation 2d: decision-making processes should be examined and altered

Recommendation 2e: review and update the legal framework underpinning hydrocarbon exploitation

Recommendation 2f: Ireland should formally approach Norway for assistance in developing a new approach ...

3. Public debate and further research

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 1, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526100979

1526100975

9781526115355

1526115352

9781526100962

1526100967

OCLC:

1132663939