Shell, Greenpeace settle lawsuit over ship protest

London: Shell on Tuesday said it had settled a legal dispute with Greenpeace that the British energy giant brought after environmental protesters boar...

London: Shell on Tuesday said it had settled a legal dispute with Greenpeace that the British energy giant brought after environmental protesters boarded a ship carrying an oil and gas platform.

Greenpeace protesters remained on the White Marlin vessel for several days at the start of 2023, demanding the fossil-fuel producer end drilling and pay for its climate impact.

Greenpeace has agreed to make a donation of £300,000 ($383,000) to a lifeboat charity without accepting liability or paying money to Shell.

The green group also agreed that demonstrators would not go within 500 metres of three Shell North Sea sites for five years, and a fourth site for a decade.

In January 2023, four Greenpeace demonstrators boarded the heavy-load ship carrying the floating platform, as it sailed in the Atlantic Ocean close to the Canary Islands.