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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Childhood memories of towering oil rigs being built in the Cromarty Firth inspired the writer David Macpherson to dream up a North Sea-set supernatural thriller from his flat in the seaside town ...

Image: North Sea oil rig. Pic: Reuters The head of Apache's parent company APA Corporation said in early November it had concluded the investment required to comply with UK regulations ...

The operator of the Anasuria Cluster in the UK North Sea has awarded the services contracts necessary to bring on stream the Teal West satellite oil discovery ... both the rig contract and the ...