Greenpeace activists board BP oil rig as it is towed out to sea
Greenpeace activists have boarded an oil rig in the Cromarty Firth in protest at plans by BP to drill new oil wells in the North Sea.
Two protesters climbed on to the 27,000-tonne platform as it was
being towed out of the firth, which lies north of Inverness, to the Vorlich field at about 6.30pm on Sunday. They unfurled a banner bearing the words “climate emergency”.
Greenpeace said its activists were occupying a gantry on one leg of
the rig underneath its main deck, and had enough food for several days.