UK fracking potential lower than previously thought, study says
The potential to extract shale gas from fracking in the UK could be significantly lower than previously thought, a study suggests.
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Shell boss welcomes ‘mobilisation of society’ as oil protests intensify
Shell’s chief executive said yesterday that he welcomed the “mobilisation” of society in the crusade to meet global climate change targets.
Greenpeace activists at risk of prison time over BP protest
Five protesters have admitted their parts in the Greenpeace occupation of an oil rig in the Cromarty Firth last month.
Taxpayers foot £140k Greenpeace-BP protest bill for police overtime
A recent North Sea protest row that erupted between BP and Greenpeace cost the taxpayer nearly £140,000 due to Police Scotland clocking up hundreds of hours of overtime.
Stunts aren’t the solution for climate emergency
It did not take long for declarations of a climate emergency to prompt the kind of episode they are assumed in some quarters to legitimise.
‘No winners’ from BP-Greenpeace North Sea battle, OGUK say
"No winners" have resulted from a 12-day North Sea standoff involving BP and climate group Greenpeace, accordinging to the representative body for the oil and gas sector.
Police to make arrests in effort to end North Sea standoff
Police Scotland is seeking to make further arrests as it attempts to bring an end to a bitter North Sea standoff between oil giant BP and the climate activist group Greenpeace.
Government ‘strangely silent’ on BP-Greenpeace standoff
Both the UK and Scottish governments have been strangely silent on the highly dangerous game of cat and mouse being played out in the North Sea between an offshore giant and activists from Greenpeace.
Crisis talks in bid to end Greenpeace-BP rig standoff
Oil and gas chiefs are today to hold crisis talks in an effort to bring to an end a “dangerous” stand-off between climate activists and oil giant BP.
BP-Greenpeace standoff will have significant economic consequences
The immediate economic consequences of the BP-Greenpeace standoff over the Vorlich field are obvious: the drilling operations are delayed and, as operations of this type are very costly, only a few days can have a considerable impact.
Updated: Union boss tells Greenpeace to ‘back off’ as rig forced into second U-turn
A trade union boss has urged environmental activists to “back off” and let North Sea rig workers get on with their jobs.
Oil rig forced to make U-turn by Greenpeace ship
Greenpeace said one of its ships blocked an oil rig's path to a North Sea field yesterday afternoon.
Updated: Industry chief says Greenpeace ‘undermining’ its own credibility with rig protest
An oil industry leader has accused Greenpeace of “undermining its own credibility” by reviving its protest on an oil rig in Cromarty Firth.
Updated: BP reportedly takes out injunction on Greenpeace ship
Oil giant BP is understood to have taken out an injunction against a Greenpeace ship headed for the Cromarty Firth.
Protestors climb back onto oil rig
Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard a BP-contracted oil rig in the Cromarty Firth again.
Police arrest oil rig protesters
Police have stormed an oil rig on a helicopter to arrest two protestors and bring a Greenpeace demonstration to an end.
Police look to move in to remove activists occupying Transocean rig
Police Scotland are "poised" to move in to remove protestors from an occupied BP-contracted rig in the Cromarty Firth, according to Greenpeace.
North Sea rig protestors face court
Two Greenpeace campaigners faced court yesterday accused of tethering themselves to an oil rig in an ongoing demonstration.
Activists appear in court over oil rig protest
Two environmentalists have appeared in court in connection with a protest that has brought work on an oil rig to a standstill.
Lifeboat launched as Greenpeace protestors in ‘precarious position’
A lifeboat was earlier launched today to attend an oil rig in the Cromarty Firth that is currently being occupied by Greenpeace protestors.
Transocean serve Greenpeace activists with injunction over oil rig standoff
Activists occupying a BP-contracted oil rig in the Cromarty Firth have been served with an injunction by the owner in a bid to halt a two-day standoff, Greenpeace UK has claimed.
Update: Activists commandeering North Sea rig vow to ‘continue occupation’
Greenpeace activists have vowed to continue their occupation of a BP-contracted oil rig in the Cromarty Firth.
Greenpeace shuts down BP headquarters on eve of AGM in Aberdeen
Greenpeace has shut down BP’s headquarters in London on the eve of its annual general meeting in Aberdeen.
Greenpeace targets West Hercules oil rig in protest to Arctic drilling
Greenpeace has boarded an oil rig in Norway in protest to drilling plans in the Arctic.
Opposition to fracking rising amid concern about earthquakes
Opposition to fracking has risen with more than a third of people against the process, a Government survey suggests.