The Greenpeace ship Esperanza near the Leiv Eiriksson drill rig. Greenpeace has intercepted the drill rig in the north Atlantic while en route to Greenland.
Greenpeace has been involved in a week-long search for the 53,000 tonne Leiv Eiriksson the only oil rig scheduled to begin new off-shore drilling operations in the Arctic this year. The rig is due to start dangerous deep water drilling operations as early as next week. Financial investors in Scotland’s Cairn Energy – the operators of the Leiv Eiriksson- are currently on a tour of the company’s operations in the Arctic.