Tag «Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform»

Buyer of Russia’s first Arctic offshore oil shipment revealed as tanker nears Europe

Amsterdam, April 27th 2014 – Greenpeace today revealed that the French oil company Total has purchased the first ever shipment of offshore Arctic oil from the Russian energy giant Gazprom. The environmental group accused Total of hypocrisy, citing a previous pledge by the firm’s CEO to avoid Arctic oil drilling due to the consequences of …

Armed Russian Coast Guard boards peaceful Greenpeace protest ship, arrests crew

Pechora Sea, September 19, 2013 — The Russian Coast Guard has boarded the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and is arresting the 25 activists on board following a protest against Gazprom’s Arctic oil drilling operations. At the time of the boarding, the Arctic Sunrise was circling Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform at the three nautical mile limit, …