The occupation of a Shell drilling platform by Greenpeace activists ended on Sunday. The six left of their own accord. The environmental organization occupied the platform, which was transported to the Norwegian port of Haugesund, for about two weeks.
At the end of January, four activists occupied the drilling platform on the transport ship White Marlin. That ship is owned by the Dutch maritime service provider Boskalis. Two more activists arrived a week later as the transport passed through the Channel. The activists sailed nearly 4,000 kilometers aboard the ship.
Greenpeace called on the energy company to “stop drilling and start paying”. The environmental organization believes that Shell should stop extracting fossil fuels, because this contributes to global warming. In addition, the energy company must pay for the consequences of this warming.
A British judge previously ruled that the first four activists had to leave the White Marlin. Greenpeace did not heed that statement.
Shell has submitted a claim for damages of 113,000 euros to the environmental organization. The activists placed solar panels and a wind turbine on the floating production and storage platform, among other things.
Greenpeace says the six activists have not been arrested.
