The UK government will allow oil and gas drillers to develop new fields next to existing ones, in a move ministers argued was ...

The failed pipework released 200kg of gas and 1,550kg of crude oil – the largest uncontrolled hydrocarbon release on the UK ...

The Health and Safety Executive said 176 staff working on the platform were put at risk from an explosion if the escaping ...

An investigation has been launched after the death of a worker on an offshore installation in the North Sea. Lee Hulse passed ...

ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) - The UK North Sea's dwindling oil and gas reserves are pushing companies to tap unstable reservoirs at high pressure and extreme heat, while safety checks and maintenance ...

They're the hulking hardware of a fossil fuel industry being blamed for climate change. But now scientists have discovered that North Sea oil rigs are being used as migratory stop-off points by ...

Lee Hulse, 32, died on Friday while working on the Valaris 121 oil platform, off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland ...

Christian Jones, 52, is the latest winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw, scooping a life-changing £1 million prize, ...

I had an interesting conversation last week with one of our readers, Sal from Louisiana, who works on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf. This is certainly a "dirty job" but I was impressed by how these ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. oil rigs and wells would face strict new design and inspection rules under a draft law circulated by a key House of Representatives committee on Friday. The House ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell sharply this week, according to new data ...

A hardworking father has died following a tragic fall on a North Sea oil rig. Lee Hulse, 32, was working on the Valaris 121 ...