#dalkey island – Providence are to procure a site survey vessel and drilling unit to drill at the Dalkey Island prospect following an announcement this morning that the Irish listed exploration company has been been awarded a foreshore licence.
As previously reported on afloat.ie in February Environment Minister Phil Hogan rejected a call by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and others for a public inquiry into Providence Resources foreshore licence application to survey the site 6 kilometres off the bay shoreline.
The licence for an area in the Kish bank basin allows the company to carry out a 2D seismic study, a well site survey and drill an exploration well on the prospect.