Blogposts tagged 'Stena Carron'

Chevron gets permission for deepwater drilling – first in UK since BP disaster

Posted by tracy - 1 October 2010 at 10:52am - 6 Comments

We've just found out that the government gave Chevron permission to begin deepwater drilling in the waters west of Shetland late last night. This is the first deepwater oil drilling in UK waters since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. We expect Chevron will begin drilling in the next few days.

In the last week our activists spent 50 hours in the water in front of Chevron's drill ship, 100 hours on their anchor chain, and over the last 24 hours 16,000 people sent emails to Climate and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne urging him not to grant Chevron the license. It's been a Herculean effort by all and we can't thank you enough for your support.

The government's decision to open up drilling in ever more difficult and dangerous places to reach is totally irresponsible move and shows clearly that they've not learned the lessons from the BP oil disaster. That's why we're preparing to take them to court.

Article tagged as: chevron, chris huhne, deepwater drilling, exploration, go beyond oil, government, oil, shetland, stena carron

Chevron could get government permission to start deepwater drilling today

Posted by tracy - 30 September 2010 at 12:12pm - 5 Comments

Chevron's drill ship is poised to begin exploratory oil drilling in the remote deep water Lagavulin site west of Shetland as soon as the government gives them permission. And that could happen later today.

Our activists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have done all they can over the last week to stop the Stena Carron drill ship from getting to Lagavulin, now we urgently need your help to put direct pressure on the UK government to stop the drilling.

Please write to Energy Secretary Chris Huhne and tell him that he must not give Chevron final permission to begin drilling at Lagavulin.

Article tagged as: chevron, chris huhne, deepwater drilling, exploration, go beyond oil, government, oil, shetland, stena carron

We're out of the water, but it's not over

Posted by jamess - 29 September 2010 at 7:01pm - 8 Comments

After a mammoth 50 hours in the water in front of their drill ship, following 100 hours on Chevron's anchor chain, the oil giant's lawyers have again stopped our protest.

Last night we received news over the ship's radio that Chevron had gained another injunction against us, preventing us from interfering in any way with their operation - otherwise face massive daily fines.

We pulled our last swimmers out of the water yesterday afternoon at about four, all of us exhausted after round-the-clock shifts to block the 228-metre Stena Carron from reaching its drill spot.

Article tagged as: chevron, deepwater drilling, go beyond oil, oil, shetland, stena carron, swimming

Swimming against drilling: day 3

Posted by jossc - 28 September 2010 at 1:15pm - 2 Comments

Here's the latest video from Esperanza off the west of Shetland, as our swimmers continue their vigil to halt Chevron's giant drill ship, the Stena Carron. This phase of the action is now in its third day. We've been stopping the deepwater oil drillers for a week now.

Article tagged as: chevron, climate change, esperanza, go beyond oil, oil spill, shetland, stena carron, swimming, videos

Chevron brings out the legal guns to bring down the pod

Posted by jamie - 24 September 2010 at 6:22pm - 5 Comments

As Leila explains, Chevron has obtained a court order to end our action on its drilling ship the Stena Carron and bring the pod down. Apologies for the audio, but the wind was picking up some.

Article tagged as: chevron, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, stena carron

What's it like hanging from an anchor chain?

Posted by jamie - 21 September 2010 at 3:53pm - 0 Comments

Listen!

I just spoke to Victor, one of the climbers currently hanging on the anchor chain of the Stena Carron drilling ship. Operated by Chevron, it was due to head out to a deep water site off the Shetlands, but not any more.

Despite the wind and having to manoeuvre their portaledge tent into position, Victor sounds extremely chirpy and pleased to be there!

Article tagged as: audio, chevron, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, stena carron
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