Ireland finds oil!

alx · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:04

Gerard said:
Could be the tip of the iceberg for all we know.

Could very well be, there's gas reserves up in the East Irish Sea near Morecambe Bay so it's not beyond the realms of possibility.

setter · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:07

spankingtexan said:
They got bigger problems than that, I hear JR Ewing is already half way cross the Atlantic

Yep, and the return of dallas to our screens was a pre-emptive psychological warfare strike.

StriderX · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:08

August 5th 2015

Shocking news as Irish potato famine returns with a vengeance, Origins of this escaped from the oil reserve found 3 years ago...

I call dibs.

Efour · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:10

Gerard said:
Nope.

Could be the tip of the iceberg for all we know.

Nah its not, ive seen the seismic data

spankingtexan · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:13

setter said:
Yep, and the return of dallas to our screens was a pre-emptive psychological warfare strike.

cork-spotters · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:38

alx said:
What's the water depth in the Irish sea? Guess that will have quite a big impact on the feasibility as well as where they can process the oil and gas.

It's not in the Irish Sea though, it's off the South coast of Cork, in the Atlantic. I'd guess it's quite deep. This amount has been deemed viable to extract. Previous amounts were too small to be economically viable.

Also, lol @ Gerard; this is GD, the more you react the more you shall get ridiculed.

guyfawkes5 · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:41

Firestar_3x said:
Sense of humour bypass?

Not really.

Didn't really want to call attention to it as I normally like Mag's posts, but that attempt was pretty crap. I've heard good Famine jokes before but this registered as something unfunny made up on the spot just to arbitrarily mention a 'bad-taste' subject.

shoes · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:57

guyfawkes5 said:
Not really.

Didn't really want to call attention to it as I normally like Mag's posts, but that attempt was pretty crap. I've heard good Famine jokes before but this registered as something unfunny made up on the spot just to arbitrarily mention a 'bad-taste' subject.

Jesus wept, you too?

guyfawkes5 · 11 Oct 2012 at 19:28

shoes said:
tldr, troll

Excellent post sir!

Chojin · 11 Oct 2012 at 19:39

Is this the hidden pot of black gold at the end of the rainbow?

Nate--IRL-- · 11 Oct 2012 at 19:53

Chojin said:
Is this the hidden pot of black gold at the end of the rainbow?

No that's been found already.........

Nate

MooMoo444 · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:08

simulatorman said:
They'll have to be sure that Ireland won't sink when they start extracting.

All the more reason to extract the oil.