A recent BBC documentary series, The Piper Alpha Disaster, introduced a new generation to the precarious nature of rig life - telling the story of the July 1988 tragedy, in which 167 men died on one ...

Victor Gibson spent 20 years as a sailor including a decade as a master of North Sea supply ships, describing his fellow ...

Norwegian energy company Equinor has secured two permits from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) to drill wildcat wells ...

LONDON (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell struggled to contain the worst North Sea oil spill in a decade as well as damage to its credibility Tuesday as a second leak was found in an oil line the company had ...

Equinor ASA EQNR, the Norwegian energy major, has obtained a key drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea, signaling continued momentum in offshore energy activity. The ...

An increasingly hot-button issue, oil rigs have become the physical embodiment of larger economic and environmental debates, garnering praise from conservative politicians and the ire of environmental ...

They have been growing on subsea structures for decades but are now under threat as old platforms are decommissioned.