It is easy to forget that not all that long ago, Britain was one of the world's biggest oil producers.

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. Subscribe to our ...

The death of a crew member onboard a jack-up drilling rig in the UK North Sea in November was due to the removal of a section of grating at a crane cab, the UK's health and safety regulator has found.

But our analysis suggests the effect would be minimal. Even if the UK maximised North Sea extraction and returned revenues ...

In 1988, Piper Alpha became the scene of the worst offshore oil disaster in history when a chain of explosions turned the giant North Sea platform into a collapsing firestorm. Helicopter footage ...

From oil rigs to wind turbines, the North Sea is undergoing one of its biggest energy shifts. This year, the UK awarded ...

The UK North Sea is becoming a happy hunting ground for a Norwegian offshore drilling company with a fast-growing backlog for its deep-water drilling units. Oslo-listed Dolphin Drilling has a ...

In the United Kingdom’s energy capital, the shift is raising concerns that green jobs are not replacing traditional roles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 26—A massive oil rig that toppled on the tundra near the North Slope village of Nuiqsut on Friday remained too unstable for ...