The approval to extract new oil in the still unopened Hejre oil field in the North Sea is being withdrawn. The Energy Complaints Board has decided this in a new decision after the board has considered a complaint from Greenpeace.
This means that the oil company Ineos cannot begin the new oil production, for which the company was otherwise granted permission in April 2024.
The cancellation of the permit is because, according to the Energy Complaints Board, Ineos has not sufficiently explained the resulting climate consequences of burning the oil and gas that it intends to extract from the ground. The oil company takes note of the decision.
Happy at Greenpeace
The environmental organization Greenpeace brought the case before the complaints board and was successful. Climate policy leader Helene Hagel is overjoyed.
- The government did not want to stop the Hejre field, but this decision ensures that new oil fields will never be opened blindly in Denmark again, she says.
It has been a factor in the Energy Appeals Board's decision that the public must have insight into the environmental and climate consequences of a new oil and gas project. Greenpeace considers this a decisive victory for their fight against new fossil projects.
- The decision means that both the public and Christiansborg will now always know the very specific consequences for people, climate and nature before new fossil projects are approved, says Helene Hagel.
Specifically, the Energy Appeals Board has now revoked the Danish Energy Agency's permit and remanded the case for reconsideration. This means that Ineos must now submit new information, and the Danish Energy Agency must subsequently reconsider the case.
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