Families of those killed in an oil rig disaster 45 years ago have welcomed a new report that supports their claims of being ...

Families of the more than 120 men killed when an oil rig capsized 45 years ago were failed by official investigations, a new ...

OMV has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate to drill an oil and gas exploration well in the North Sea.

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 ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a second week in a row to the lowest ...

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.

An oil rig worker has been rescued from his North Sea base by the Coastguard following a medical emergency. A staff member was flown off the Noble Patriot rig, near the Shetland Isles, on Wednesday ...

The Rig season 1 introduced viewers to the Kinloch Bravo oil rig crew stationed in the North Sea. The series followed the crew as they experienced unusual environmental changes, including a dense ...

Serica Energy, a top-10 UK oil and gas producer, is still willing to invest in the nation’s North Sea even after the rising ...

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit ...