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Press Releases
June 26, 2014
Oceana regrets the decision of the Supreme Court to approve the permits that have been granted to Repsol to prospect for hydrocarbons on the eastern coastline of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote….
April 17, 2013
Offshore Oil Drilling Stopped in Belize
Yesterday, Belize’s Supreme Court declared offshore drilling contracts issued by the Government of Belize (in 2004 and 2007) null and void, providing a dramatic and potentially definitive setback to The…
February 21, 2013
Disappointing agreement on new EU offshore drilling safety directive
Today, the EU informal trialogue came to an agreement on the proposed Directive on safety of offshore oil and gas activities – a legislation initiated by the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe…
October 9, 2012
EU parlamentarians bend to industry pressure, water down EU offshore oil gas safety law
Oceana is appalled by the vote of the Industry, Transport, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament, which adopted this morning its report on the proposal for a…
September 20, 2012
Offshore oil and gas: EU Parliament make clear that environment matters
Oceana welcomes the EU Parliament Environment Committee’s adoption of its opinion on the Safety of offshore oil and gas activities file. Their report, which was voted on yesterday in Brussels,…
July 4, 2012
New laws to protect Europe from oil spills must be toughened up, not watered down
Even with the Commission’s proposed regulation on offshore safety, the risks of oil or gas accidents in European waters would remain unacceptably high. The proposal needs strengthening, not watering down.Deepwater…
December 13, 2011
Hydrocarbons exploration in Italy threatens ecosystems in the Adriatic and the Strait of Sicily
Oceana is alarmed at recent developments in the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources along the Italian coastline that jeopardize the integrity of fragile marine ecosystems and the livelihood of coastal populations….
October 27, 2011
Oceana: EU agency desperately needed to supervise offshore oil and gas activities
EU Energy Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, today presented the long-awaited Commission proposal to regulate offshore oil and gas activities in Europe – a reaction to BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, which spilled…
June 27, 2011
Exploring and drilling for hydrocarbons must be stopped in unique and fragile mediterranean deep sea
Particularly alarming is the recent green-lighting by the Cypriot government of drilling for gas in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by energy company Noble Energy.A large part of the almost…
January 24, 2011
Oceana once again warns UNESCO of illegal fishing and pollution in spanish world heritage site
Oceana will today meet with representatives of the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO and of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to present an analysis of the two biggest threats endangering the…
