Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling

August 13, 2026

Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president’s envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by next year.

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