Ecological advocates are taking legal action against Norway, once again, for having actually authorized the advancement of brand-new oil and gas fields without appropriately examining the environment effect of 3 brand-new fields.
Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Buddies of the Earth Norway) have submitted a claim with the Oslo District Court, the hearings of which start on Tuesday. The advocates are looking for a short-term injunction for the 3 tasks– Equinor’s Breidablikk and Aker BP’s Yggdrasil and Tyrving in the North Sea.
Equinor last month started production from the Breidablikk field in the North Sea, 4 months ahead of schedule and within budget plan. Breidablikk is being established with 22 subsea wells drilled from 4 design templates.
Aker BP’s Yggdrasil and Tyrving fields are prepared to begin production in 2027 and 2024, respectively.
Now the ecological companies assert in their brand-new claim “that the advancement breaks both Norway’s Constitution and worldwide human rights law and need to be stopped instantly.”
Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom requested for a short-term injunction for the 3 tasks as they “think that advancement and more production need to stop up until the court has actually examined the legal basis.”
” The brand-new environment claim in Norway becomes part of a bigger motion to hold states and corporations responsible for the environment and nature crisis,” they included.
According to a filing to the court by Goeran Oesterman Thengs, who represents the Norwegian federal government, “The effect evaluations remain in line with present guidelines.”
In December 2020, the Norwegian Supreme Court turned down a claim from Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom that had actually taken legal action against Norway for opening acreage in the Arctic to oil drilling.
The brand-new claim follows the Norwegian federal government’s approval of the advancement of 19 overseas oil and gas tasks worth more than $18.8 billion ( 200 billion Norwegian crowns) in financial investments. The tasks consist of brand-new advancements, extra advancement of producing oil and gas fields, and financial investments to increase resource healing in producing fields.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
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