Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 4th March 2015 – Picture by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Gas to the West moves a step closer.

The prospect of bringing gas to up to 40,000 new customers in the west of Northern Ireland moved closer today. At a launch in Enniskillen it was announced that two companies, Mutual Energy and SGN, have now been awarded conveyance licences to extend the natural gas network.

Pictured at the launch are Jenny Pyper, Chief Executive of the Utility Regulator; John Morea, SGN Chief Executive; Paddy Larkin, Chief Executive, Mutual Energy and Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster.