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.

Exploration well 35/6-5 S, the first in production license 1110, was drilled to a vertical depth of 3,933 m subsea by the ...

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 ...

A judge has ruled that private interests and climate change considerations should have been considered when the U.K.

Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The drilling ...

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 ...

The ban on drilling is in place after a judge decided the previous Conservative government acted "unlawfully" when it gave ...

Vår Energi has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate to drill in the North Sea. Vår Energi ASA has been ...

If you said "yes" to all of the above, then you're going to love the Prime Video series The Rig, a supernatural thriller ...