{"id":37696,"date":"2026-08-11T02:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37696"},"modified":"2026-08-11T02:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:14:46","slug":"why-a-u-s-oil-firm-set-up-drilling-gear-in-greenland-without-permission-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37696","title":{"rendered":"Why a U.S. oil firm set up drilling gear in Greenland without permission &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Months after U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> escalated his threats to annex <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/greenland\">Greenland<\/a>, the semi-autonomous Arctic island is pushing back against another threat \u2014 the setting up of drilling infrastructure by a U.S. oil company on its territory <a href=\"https:\/\/naalakkersuisut.gl\/Nyheder\/2026\/07\/3007_80_Mile?sc_lang=da&amp;fbclid=IwdGRleATeEINwZG9mBWZkaWQWUL1xdOK12iUH4TWHeXaNJODGAgAtT2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6ey6Ys_QyyM8UCbNHzuynhkJspRgLVGfv7iOP1tdUf1iBt4eW-e7Dk9oe1TA_aem_cXrq7COLwNwsietMLe4xAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without permission.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.S.-based oil company Greenland Energy is preparing to drill for oil in Greenland, having moved drilling equipment to the island\u2019s east coast.<\/p>\n<p>While it can take years for any kind of drilling operations to start functioning in the Arctic, the move sends a \u201csignal\u201d to Greenland and Denmark, said Maj.\u00a0 Gen. (Retd.) Scott Clancy, a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the former director of operations of NORAD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy placing logistics elements in there, preparing for the drilling, it sends a signal that we\u2019re going to go ahead and do this with or without your approval. Or we\u2019ll ask for approval after we have it, which you\u2019ll have no choice but to give,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat sets a very difficult precedent as it pertains to the protection of sovereignty,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The oil exploration project is on a peninsula in eastern Greenland called Jameson Land Basin. The basin is \u201cone of the largest underexplored conventional hydrocarbon basins in the Western world,\u201d the company said in a statement last week.<\/p>\n<p>While Greenland Energy does not have an oil licence to operate in Greenland, it is looking to operate in collaboration with a U.K. company called 80 Mile PLC, which has one.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to shareholders last week, Greenland Energy said 80 Mile will continue \u201cto lead the permitting process\u201d for their project.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Greenland Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources in a statement last month that it was aware that 80 Mile had \u201cmoved, stored and packed rental equipment\u201d under an old licence, that permit was no longer valid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" 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30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA strong warning will be sent to the rights holder with a reprimand stating that all future logistical matters must be notified and approved by the Mineral Resources Authority \u2014 before they are carried out,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get daily National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The firm Greenland Energy said that while the \u201cpermitting process continues to move forward through constructive engagement,\u201d they cannot wait to start logistical preparations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaiting until permits are issued before initiating logistical preparations would unnecessarily delay operations and risk losing valuable time within Greenland\u2019s limited operating season,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>British newspaper the Guardian reported the firm has several ties to officials within the Trump White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11729785_6a7a3dd276715\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11729785\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe need it for strategic national security and international security. This enormous unsecured island is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s our territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chances of this disagreement escalating into a conflict remain low, Clancy said. This is because the U.S. and its NATO allies still have \u201cexcellent military-to-military relations,\u201d despite Trump\u2019s many grievances with the military alliance, of which Denmark is a member, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat underpinning of stability is indicative that there are no plans for the Americans to invade Greenland anytime soon,\u201d Clancy said.<\/p>\n<p>Article 5 is one of the core principles of the 76-year-old NATO military alliance and states that \u201can armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members, and triggers an obligation for each member to come to its assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only time the article has ever been invoked was after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance has never had to deal with one member attacking another.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy added, however, that it does not rule out that the U.S. could use other coercive measures to achieve its means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is on a path here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve seen a fundamental shift in United States foreign policy and domestic policy, which you\u2019re not going to see return backwards on anytime soon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. foreign policy in the Trump era will include \u201cthe use of all the elements of global power to achieve their aims,\u201d he said, including using economic coercion against allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey no longer feel that they need the alliances,\u201d Clancy said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" 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1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:00<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">\u2018We\u2019re not for sale\u2019: Greenlanders skeptical as Trump touts \u2018total access\u2019 to Danish territory<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In January, Trump threatened that he would charge a 10 per cent import tax on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has claimed that Russian and Chinese presence in the Arctic makes it necessary for the U.S. to control Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has also faced threats to its sovereignty from Trump, who has long insisted that Canada should be the \u201c51<sup>st<\/sup> state\u201d of the U.S., and has categorically supported Denmark and Greenland\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe future of Greenland is a decision for Greenland and Denmark exclusively \u2014 it\u2019s their decision,\u201d Prime Minister Mark Carney said back in January.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Months after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his threats to annex Greenland, the semi-autonomous Arctic island is pushing back against another threat \u2014 the setting up of drilling infrastructure by a U.S. oil company on its territory without permission. 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