Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · United Kingdom · 2023–2024
Shell and Greenpeace settle Penguins FPSO case; Greenpeace pays RNLI £300,000
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Shell sued Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International over the boarding of the Penguins FPSO, a climate change protest at the Penguins field, and sought about £800,000 in damages. The case settled on 10 December 2024 with Greenpeace paying £300,000 to the RNLI, admitting no liability and accepting 500m exclusion zones at Shell sites.
What?
Shell sued Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International over the boarding of the Penguins FPSO.
Where?
Penguins FPSO at the Penguins field; further location is not stated in the sources reviewed.
When?
Claim filed February 2023; settled 10 December 2024. Brick Court
Who?
Gained
- Shell — Greenpeace accepted 500m exclusion zones around Shell sites for five or ten years Brick Court
Lost
- Greenpeace — Paid £300,000 to the RNLI and admitted no liability Brick Court
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
The sources describe the boarding as a climate change protest at the Penguins field. Brick Court
How?
Civil damages claim in the Admiralty Court, settled with a payment to the RNLI and exclusion zones. Brick Court
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Shell filed a claim in the Admiralty Court in February 2023 over the boarding of the Penguins FPSO, seeking damages of about £800,000 plus costs.
Greenpeace said the damages could reach up to $2.1 million.
The case settled on 10 December 2024: Greenpeace gave £300,000 to the RNLI, admitted no liability and accepted 500m exclusion zones at Shell sites for five or ten years.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2023-02–SettledShell v Greenpeace UK/InternationalAdmiralty Court · Civil · Shell → Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International
Damages claim of about £800,000 plus costs over the Penguins FPSO boarding. Settled on 10 December 2024 with a £300,000 payment to the RNLI, no admission of liability and 500m exclusion zones at Shell sites for five or ten years. Brick Court
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Greenpeace was awarded €15,000 in costs.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether the exclusion zones have been enforced or breached.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Company or project
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