Regulation

Uni-Tankers involved in contentious import of Norwegian oil water

The company, owned by the criticized oil billionaire Torben Østergaard-Nielsen, has been shipping oily wastewater for a former board member of USTC.
For 69 hours, four activists from Greenpeace prevented the Uni-Tankers vessel from sailing up to 9,000 tons of toxic Norwegian oil wastewater for partial treatment and discharge in Denmark. | Photo: Greenpeace
For 69 hours, four activists from Greenpeace prevented the Uni-Tankers vessel from sailing up to 9,000 tons of toxic Norwegian oil wastewater for partial treatment and discharge in Denmark. | Photo: Greenpeace
by Dag Holmstad, frederik timm bentsen og simone jarolics

Oil billionaire Torben Østergaard-Nielsen, who is accused of evading accountability in the landslide pollution case at his company Nordic Waste’s site in Denmark, is also involved in another controversial environmental case.

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