The validity of the Ministry of Energy's approval of plan for development and petroleum field operation in the North Sea

The Supreme Court's Appeals Selection Committee decided on 23 January 2026 that the appeal against Borgarting Court of Appeal's judgment 14 November 2025 will be heard by the Supreme Court. 

The State represented by the Ministry of Energy
(The Office of the Attorney General represented Omar Saleem Rathore)

v.

Nature and Youth
Greenpeace Nordic
(Counsel Jenny Arge Sandvig)

The validity of the Ministry of Energy’s approval of plan for development and operation of petroleum fields in the North Sea.

The case will be heard together with case no. 26-007995SIV-HRET by the Supreme Court sitting as a grand chamber.