In March 1980, the Alexander Kielland oil platform capsized in the North Sea after a support brace snapped from a cracked weld that engineers had already flagged as weak. Within 30 minutes, the ...

Catastrophic' wake losses, Vestas turbine collapses and BP's anger at an 'unacceptable' demand for one offshore wind project ...

Five crew members died instantly in a catastrophic decompression accident aboard the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea ...

The sight confronting the Royal Air Force rescue team was absolute horror: isolated in the middle of the North Sea, the Piper Alpha—one of the world's most immense oil platforms—was completely ...

Labour is raising taxes and environmental standards on North Sea oil and gas while refusing to issue new licences, but insists hydrocarbons will remain part of the UK’s energy mix. Wood Mackenzie ...

UK North Sea assets are consolidating rapidly, with mergers involving Harbour Energy, TotalEnergies, Shell and Equinor concentrating over 500,000 boe/d of output as operators adjust their strategies ...