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Oslo – Greenpeace activists took Monday aboard a Seadrill drilling rig ordered by Equinor to protest oil and gas drilling in the Norwegian Arctic, the group told Reuters.
Four activists boarded the West Hercules rig, the organization said. The ship is anchored off Hammerfest, the most northerly city in continental Europe and the site of a liquefied natural gas plant at Equinor, Snoehvit.
"We are clearly in a climate crisis and can not accept any new oil. We must therefore show our resistance in every possible way, "said Frode Pleym, Director of Greenpeace Norway.
Activists came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark and wore a banner bearing the inscription "Stop Drilling in the Arctic" in Norwegian.
The platform is expected to drill a well in Equinor's 859 production license in the eastern Barents Sea, about 435 km northeast of the coast of mainland Norway.
The platform is expected to begin its contract with the multinational energy company Equinor in the coming days, and drilling operations should begin in early May, said a spokesman for the company, refusing to specify the start date or the consequences that could to have the manifestation.
"The platform owners are monitoring the situation," he added, referring to the Greenpeace protest.
Seadrill was not immediately available for comment.
Equinor's partners in this license are DNO, Petoro, Lundin Petroleum and ConocoPhillips. Norway is the largest oil producer in Western Europe and the second largest gas supplier to Europe after Russia.
Reuters
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