Blogposts tagged 'Swimming'

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

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Swimming against the tide - bring it on

Posted by leila - 28 September 2010 at 11:00am - 1 Comment

I've spent the last 46 hours getting in and out of a big red survival suit. Its made out of the thickest wetsuit material and makes me look like a telly-tubby. I can't really move my hands, or arms, or feet, or turn my head, or speak, but it keeps me well toasty in the chilly Atlantic ocean.

Then I am put in a boat, someone squashes fins onto my feet and ten minutes later I am plopped into the sea at the bow of Chevron's drill ship, which we have stopped dead in the water. As I take up a good position at the bow, where the waves meet and I don't get too pushed around, it always reminds me of the wave machines I used to love as a kid, except none of them threw me up and down 5 metres or more.

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