Aker BP ASA has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate for wildcat well 6405/7-4 in production license 1005 northeast of Trondheim in the Norwegian Sea. The well will be ...

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.

North America dropped 15 rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on March 7. The U.S. cut one rig week on week, and Canada dropped ...

Here are maps illustrating the current situation. Officials listed 81 wildfires in North Carolina as of Thursday morning, totaling more than 1,500 acres. This was down from more than 200 blazes at ...

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 ...

Loss of hubs will toll death knell for dependent fields. Britain's oil industry is facing the threat of a cascade of North Sea rig closures, unless ageing platforms can urgently source more gas to ...

Parts of North Texas are under weather watches and warnings through 11 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. NWS suggests tornadoes are possible, with wind gusts to 75 mph and isolated ...

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ROME (Reuters) - More than 30 migrants including two children have been stranded for three days on an oil rig off Tunisia and are in dire need of help, the Sea-Watch charity said on Monday. A ...

A SCOTS oil rig worker was killed in a horror quad bike ... as an electoral inspector at oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. However, he retired around two years ago and spent his time with ...