Oil protesters were removed from tankers on Friday after activists targeted two terminals in Birmingham and Essex.

       Twelve people were arrested at Kingsbury Oil Terminal after they attempted to bring it to a standstill ahead of a busy Easter weekend.

       It comes after North Warwickshire Borough Council secured a High Court injunction against the environmental group on Thursday evening.

       The council tweeted: "Just Stop Oil - High Court Injunction Granted. North Warwickshire Borough Council, with considerable support from Warwickshire Police and Warwickshire County Council, has this evening secured the order against the environmental groups who have caused a serious risk during the first week of protests."

       The activists also blocked access to Grays Inter Terminal in Thurrock, Essex, at around 6am this morning.

       Pictures show an activist being pulled from a tanker and hitting the ground during a protest outside the Grays Inter Terminals on Friday morning, with another image showing police officers carrying a protestor away.

       In a video posted on the group's social media, one member claims they were "surfing" on top of an oil tanker at the Navigator Terminal - the second largest oil terminal in the UK.

       One member in an orange hi-vis jacket said: "We have climbed onto this tanker. It was terrifying. We are going to stay here until we are physically removed."

       They added: "It saddens me that this is the action we have to take to actually be listened to.

       "We are calling on the Government to end all new licensing and development and production of all new fossil fuels."

       It comes after Just Stop Oil protesters, which are linked to Extinction Rebellion, were removed by a crane and arrested in London on Thursday after climbing on top of an oil tanker at one of the UK's busiest roundabouts.

       Members of the group glued themselves to the top of an Eddie Stobart tanker at Chiswick roundabout in West London at around 9am on Thursday morning.

       Footage showed police removing the activists from the vehicle with a crane, with one video showing a woman being carried into the police van.

       The Just Stop Oil group said it had "no option but to act", adding that the aim of the demonstration was to "stop the flow of oil in London in support of their demand that the UK Government end new oil and gas projects in the UK".

       It added: "The Government can end this now by agreeing to end new oil and gas."

       Earlier in the week Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, accused Extinction Rebellion protesters of endangering British energy security and jobs after they glued themselves to the Business Department.

       Twenty-five demonstrators linked to the environmental group glud themselves to the windows of the Whitehall building in anger at the Government’s decision to extend licences for oil and gas fields in the North Sea.