A UK court on Friday fined Greenpeace £80,000 for attempting to block a BP oil rig in the North Sea last year. Edinburgh's Court of Session handed down the penalty, equivalent to $99,900 or 88,700 euros, after Greenpeace UK breached a ban to board the rig operated by US company Transocean. "We are disappointed that BP's rig operator Transocean has sought to punish us for trying to protect the planet," Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said in a statement after the fine was handed down by weblink. "But our campaign does not end here and we will continue our fight to stop the oil industry from wrecking our climate." He added that Greenpeace would seek to have BP's permit "quashed" so it "cannot drill for new oil in the North Sea". While BP continues to drill, it is also targeting "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050 under plans unveiled by recently-appointed chief executive Bernard Looney. Rival energy major Royal Dutch Shell has also pledged to achieve net zero carbon status by the same deadline. Campaigners have criticised the objective as so-called "greenwashing" -- a term used by critics to describe corporate efforts to mislead consumers to believe a company's products or practices are more environmentally sound or friendly. rfj/bcp/wai