Oil and gas rig workers in the North Sea held a one-day unofficial strike last Thursday to demand a pay rise. They co-ordinated action across many platforms in defiance of threats made by the ...

North Sea offshore workers have been evacuated from an oil rig off after a crash with a supply vessel.. Harbour Energy said that 52 "non-essential personnel" had been taken off its Valaris 120 ...

Following completion, Harbour is producing around 475,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day “with significant production in Norway, the UK, Argentina, North Africa, and Germany”, the company ...

Amazon’s “The Rig” brings new energy to old eco terrors The binge-worthy thriller views economic anxiety and the green transition through the eyes of North Sea oil workers ...

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has spudded an exploration well at the Brage Field in the North Sea, offshore Norway, as ...

According to a 2024 report by the academic journal Nature, roughly 1,500 platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have reached their 30th birthday, while the average age of the North Sea's 1,500 plus rigs ...

On July 8 1988, an explosion on the North Sea oil rig Piper Alpha killed 167 men. PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo. Does this mean that the UK’s oil and gas sector have cleaned up their act?