North Sea offshore workers have been evacuated from an oil rig off after a crash with a supply vessel. Harbour Energy said that 52 "non-essential personnel" had been taken off its Valaris 120 ...

Estimates show that the cost of removing waste from Shell’s rigs could be north of £400m. The Brent oil field was discovered in 1971 off the northeast coast of Scotland, between the Shetland ...

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.

THE latest strike on North Sea oil and gas rigs was “solid” yesterday after workers downed tools for a second time in a fight against pay cuts. They struck for 24 hours last week and are now out for ...

NORTH SEA oil rig bosses took part in “constructive” talks with unions yesterday after being brought to the negotiating table by the first rig strikes in almost 30 years. Members of unions Unite and ...