Activists claim Norwegian leaders a “oil and gas exit plan”.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Rebellion extinction activists, in front of the Mongstad refinery, August 18, 2025 (NTB / Paul S. Amundsen)
About 200 environmental activists, including Swedish Greta Thunberg, blocked the most important refinery in Norway on Monday, August 18 to claim that this country ends its oil and gas industry, according to the organizers and the police.
Rebellion extinction activists sat on the road, blocking access to the Mongstad refinery, in Bergen, on the southwest coast of Norway, while a group of kayaks and sailing boats blocked the port entrance.
Series of events in Norway
“We are here because it is perfectly clear that there is no future in oil. Fossil fuels lead to death and destruction,” Greta Thunberg said in a statement, adding that oil producers like Norway “have blood on the hands”. By emitting greenhouse gases, fossil fuels feed global warming.
The police said they were on the spot and monitor the situation, the activists announcing for their part plan to continue their movement all week in Norway via a series of demonstrations. The Mongstad refinery is owned by the oil giant Equinor, mainly detained by the Norwegian State.
Norway is regularly criticized for its oil and gas sector, raw materials of which it is the first European producer. Oslo recalls that this sector is a source of jobs and know-how and highlights the importance of guaranteeing a stable supply of energy in Europe. Equinor has announced plan to maintain by 2035 stable oil production at 1.2 million barrels per day and gas production of 40 billion cubic meters annual.
