Activists Block Oil Tanker Heading to Preem's Refinery in Lysekil, Sweden

Greenpeace Nordic press officer Fanny Jönsson.

Greenpeace Nordic activists are blocking the oil tanker Grena Knutsen from unloading its cargo at the crude oil harbour at Preem's refinery in Lysekil. The activists are calling for Sweden's Prime minister Stefan Löfven to deny Preem's application to expand the oil refinery and are carrying banners with the messages ”Paris or Preem” and “People vs. Oil”. If the Swedish government grants Preem permission to expand, it would increase the CO2 emissions from Preemraff by one million tonnes per year and make the refinery the single biggest source of CO2 in the country. An expansion of Preemraff would be incompatible with Sweden reaching its national emissions targets and its commitments under the Paris agreement.