The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

It also owns the Forties Pipeline System, which links North Sea rigs with the mainland ... the Government said oil and gas firms will still be able to extend their permits beyond their expiry ...

Six people directly involved in physical North Sea oil and derivatives trading said that the heightened volumes bore the hallmarks of a trader having their positions stopped out. The term means ...

Thousands of oil and gas rigs are becoming redundant around the world – and taking them out of service, known as decommissioning, is a multi-billion dollar business. It’s also a complex operation ...

First shipwrecks. Then oil rigs. Now, it’s offshore wind turbines that are becoming artificial reefs for creatures from ...

North American drilling activity declined for the week ended Apr. 4 with 743 rotary rigs working in the US and Canada, Baker Hughes reported Friday. North American drilling activity declined for ...

DNO noted in the statement that the Kjøttkake exploration well encountered a 41 meter (134.5 foot) oil column and a nine ...

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an important oil and gas discovery in Northern North Sea license PL1182 S, using ...

The UK government needs to replace the current windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas operations as soon as practically possible and not wait until the sunset clause of the tax regime expires in ...