Taxpayers are to pay hundreds of millions of pounds to cover part of the cost of dismantling some of Shell’s dirtiest oil rigs in the North Sea. It comes after the energy giant risks being ...

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.

A video, which has amassed 4.9 million views on YouTube, details how the men lost their lives while working on the oil rig in the North Sea near Norway after a sudden pressure change caused their ...

A Dubai-based engineering group has re-entered talks to buy John Wood Group, sparking a 40pc surge in the North Sea oil giant’s share price. The FTSE 250 business confirmed on Monday it had ...

“That’s oil.” McKewon had brought the oil from the Sea Quest drilling rig. It marked the first time a drilling rig had struck oil in the North Sea – and kickstarted one of Britain’s most lucrative ...

Shares in one of the North Sea’s biggest energy producers slumped by 10% after it fell into the red as it felt the impact of the windfall tax on oil and ... operates the giant J-Area of wells ...

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 ...

BP underlines value of North Sea resources as Government proposes exploration cuts that could increase UK import reliance amid tensions fuelled ...

A new report criticises the response to the deaths in 1980 of 123 North Sea oil rig workers. The charity agrees to pay £300,000 to the RNLI after campaigners climbed onto a floating production ...