Greenpeace announced on Friday that it had been fined 80,000 pounds (just under 90,000 euros) in court for blocking in 2019 a BP oil platform in the North Sea, managed by Transocean, which is behind the complaint against the NGO. The environmental movement had disrupted this platform for several days in June 2019, forcing BP to change its route to reach the Vorlich field.
Activists were notably mounted on the platform. According to a statement from the organization, a court in Edinburgh, Scotland found that the latter had not complied with the ban imposed on it to block the platform. She is therefore fined and will have to reimburse the legal costs of Transocean.
Its director escapes from prison
Greenpeace UK chief executive John Sauven escapes from jail contrary to what was sought by the platform operator. "We are disappointed that Transocean, the operator of the BP platform, sought to punish us for trying to protect the planet," said the latter. Our campaign does not end there and we will continue to fight to prevent the oil industry from ruining the climate. "
The legal proceedings between the NGO and BP do not stop there. Greenpeace won a round in court in April and obtained from the British government the publication of a drilling license granted to BP in the North Sea. This publication will allow the NGO to request its cancellation on environmental criteria.
BP's objective is to drill 30 million barrels of oil at Vorlich, an offshore site located approximately 240 km east of the town of Aberdeen on the Scottish coast. Production could go up to 20,000 barrels of crude per day and the cost of the project reaches 200 million pounds.
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