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Occupation of Arctic oil rig enters second day

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Statoil suggests drilling may be delayed

28 May, 2014


The Barents Sea: May 28, 2014 – A team of Greenpeace activists has now occupied the Statoil oil rig Transocean Spitsbergen for 30 hours, calling for an end to oil drilling in the Arctic and the protection of the nearby Bear Island nature reserve.

In an interview with Bloomberg yesterday, Statoil spokesman Oerjan Heradstveit suggested that the intended start date for the project may have to be delayed due to the protest, which has brought international attention to Norway’s northernmost drilling project.

Speaking from the rig, Elmer Vestidas, a Greenpeace Arctic activist from the Philippines said:

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Video: update direct from the oil rig

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Watch Sim talk about his "relatively comfortable" night dangling off the underside of Cairn's Stena Don rig. Our four climbers are still on Cairn's rig, stopping the company from continuing its dangerous drilling in Arctic waters.

Read more at: www.GoBeyondOil.org

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