Greenpeace activists board rig to protest against Arctic drilling
The four protesters are trying to stop drilling operations for Norwegian energy multinational Equinor, due to start in early May
Oslo — Greenpeace activists on Monday climbed aboard a Seadrill drilling rig commissioned by Equinor in protest against oil and gas drilling in the Norwegian Arctic, the group told Reuters. Four activists climbed aboard the West Hercules rig, the organisation said. The vessel is anchored off Hammerfest, continental Europe’s northernmost town and the site of an Equinor liquefied natural gas plant, Snoehvit. “We clearly are in the middle of a climate crisis that cannot take any new oil, so we must show our resistance in any way we can,” said Frode Pleym, the head of Greenpeace Norway. The activists are from Norway, Sweden and Denmark and carried a banner that said “Stop Drilling in the Arctic” in Norwegian. The rig is due to drill a well in the Equinor-operated production licence 859 in the eastern part of the Barents Sea, about 435km northeast of the coast of continental Norway. The rig is due to begin its contract with multinational energy company Equinor in the coming days, and dri...
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