Climate activists from non - profit Bellona and Norway 's Nature and Youth have prevented German oil firm P ##e from using its Sea Hercules semi - submersible rig , halting the drilling of new well Toutatis . It is set to be sunk off the Lofoten Islands in the Norwegian Sea , near a cold - water coral reef . The Institute of Marine Research , the Coastal Fisheries Authority , seafood companies and the Lofoten Council have all advised against the drilling , according to Nature and Youth . The activists said they would use Bellona 's vessel Kallinika to block the rig 's passage .
Climate activists from non-profit Bellona and Norway's Nature and Youth have prevented German oil firm Wintershall Dea from moving its West Hercules semi-submersible rig, halting the drilling of new well Toutatis. It is set to be sunk off the Lofoten Islands in the Norwegian Sea, near a cold-water coral reef. The Institute of Marine Research, the Coastal Fisheries Team, seafood companies and the Lofoten Council have all advised against the drilling, according to Nature and Youth. The activists said they would use Bellona's vessel Kallinika to block the rig's passage.