Shell E&P Ireland will go to the High Court today in a bid to drop its legal action against landowners objecting to the Corrib gas pipeline.
If successful, the company will not have to produce the State's petroleum lease granted by the Minister for the Marine for the Corrib gas project.
The company will also avoid having to produce the plan of development for the €900 million project, which it has argued to be commercially sensitive.
Production of the documents was requested by Ms Justice Mary Laffoy on July 31st in a judgment dealing with the legal action.
The question of whether planning permission was necessary for the onshore pipeline is an issue in the proceedings, she said.
However, Shell has indicated that it is not giving objecting parties the documentation and has informed them that it is seeking to discontinue the case.