Environmental group Greenpeace said Wednesday it intends to continue a protest aboard an oil drilling rig contracted to Chevron Corp. (CVX) in the U.K. for up to a month.
Environmental group Greenpeace said Wednesday it intends to continue a
protest aboard an oil drilling rig contracted to Chevron Corp. (CVX) in the
U.K.
for
up to a month.
Two Greenpeace protesters attached themselves to the anchor chain of the Stena
Carron drill ship Tuesday, and have since attached a "purpose built
survival pod" to the chain that will allow them to stay in place for up to
a month, Greenpeace said in a statement.
The Stena Carron is anchored offshore
Shetland
,
Scotland
, as
it prepares for a voyage to drill a well on Chevron's Lagavulin field.
Greenpeace protesters staged a similar protest by attaching themselves to the
underside of a drilling rig under contract to Cairn Energy PLC (CNE.LN) in
Greenland
earlier this month. They succeeded in halting operations on the rig for several
days before being forced to abandon the protest due to severe weather.
Greenpeace says the drilling the rig will be performing is too environmentally
risky following the BP PLC (BP) oil spill in the
Gulf
of Mexico
over the summer. Chevron said in a statement
Tuesday that its drilling operations are safe and offered to meet with
Greenpeace to address its concerns.
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