Shell has sued the climate activism organization Greenpeace for $2.1 million after a handful of its protestors occupied a moving oil vessel for 13 days earlier this year.

The group said Shell offered to reduce its damage claim to $1.4 million if Greenpeace's activists agree not to protest again at any of Shell's oil and gas infrastructure at sea or in port.

The group said Shell offered to reduce its damage claim to $1.4 million if Greenpeace’s activists agree not to protest again at any of Shell’s oil and gas infrastructure at sea or in port.

Shell is suing Greenpeace for $2.1 million over a protest near the Canary Islands earlier this year. Photo: lou benoist/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...

Greenpeace said that in correspondence since, Shell said the damages would be more than $8 million, but it would settle for $1.4 million if Greenpeace agreed not to protest at any of Shell’s ...

Shell Plc and Greenpeace reached an out-of-court settlement over a legal dispute that centered on climate activists boarding and occupying a Shell offshore vessel in the UK North Sea for 13 days.

Activists from the campaign group Greenpeace have boarded a ship in the Atlantic Ocean and scaled a Shell oil platform that is currently being transported to the North Sea. “Stop drilling.

The group said Shell offered to reduce its damage claim to $1.4 million if Greenpeace’s activists agree not to protest again at any of Shell’s oil and gas infrastructure at sea or in port.