Greenpeace protestors climb back onto oil rig in Cromarty Firth

June 14, 2019, 8:12 am

Greenpeace have made their way back onto the rig.

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Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard a BP-contracted oil rig in the Cromarty Firth again.

The campaign group said this morning that its climbers were “determined to stay for as long as possible”.

Yesterday, two protestors were removed from the Transocean-owned drilling rig following a stand-off with police lasting several hours.

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