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Bucharest Tribunal hands Romgaz, OMV Petrom win over Greenpeace in Neptun Deep project

May 12, 2025

Romania’s energy minister Sebastian Burduja announced on Monday, May 12, that the Bucharest Tribunal rejected Greenpeace's action to block the Neptun Deep project in the Black Sea, and ruled that the NGO must pay RON 80,000 to the developers Romgaz and OMV Petrom.

Greenpeace Romania sued OMV Petrom, Romgaz, the Tuzla City Hall and Local Council, the Dobrogea-Litoral Water Basin Administration, and the “Grigore Antipa” National Institute for Marine Research and Development for irregularities...

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