At The Wellhead

摘要

It has taken over forty years and 156 exploration and appraisal wells, but last month awell drilled offshore Ireland finally produced commercial quantities of oil giving a long-awaited boost to hydrocarbon exploration in Ireland.While there have been numerous hydrocarbon shows in Irish waters, commercial findshave remained frustratingly elusive. Ireland has just three producing fields—all gas—with afourth, the beleaguered Corrib gas field due on stream in 2015.