The decision at Scotland’s Court of Session means the Labour Government will now have to decide whether to approve drilling for the fuel fossil projects ...

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

Harbour has drilling clearance for its Streambeacon exploration well until 4 January 2026, according to a deep drilling screening direction published by the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for ...

Families of the more than 120 men killed when an oil rig capsized 45 years ago were ... block when it collapsed in the Norwegian North Sea during a storm in 1980, killing 123 people including ...

Families of the more than 120 men killed when an oil ... rig capsized 45 years ago were failed by official investigations, a new study has concluded. The Alexander Kielland platform was being used as ...

A study by the University of Stavanger has concluded authorities failed the survivors and victims' families, for which the ...

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.

Omani-based Petrogas launched a drilling campaign late last year with a discovery at its Baker well announced in November and ...

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 ...

An oil rig worker has been airlifted from a north sea oil rig after suffering a medical emergency. The staff member was flown off the Noble Patriot rig, near the Shetland Isles, on Wednesday and ...

The recent revelation of a Chinese structure in the Yellow Sea is a stark reminder of the region’s overlooked strategic ...