For decades, the North Sea became the most dangerous oil frontier on Earth—an expanse where steel platforms rose against ...

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 ...

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. There were thousands of ...

In the North Sea — between the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark — thousands of flies swarmed an oil rig. Engineer Craig Hannah noticed... Why thousands of flies are on an oil rig in the middle of ...

The Falkland Islands is poised to open its first major oil field using a North Sea drilling ship, with hopes of unlocking a ...

A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that landed on an oil rig in the ...

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

No more hunting for fossil fuels we can't afford to burn. Britain has banned new North Sea exploration licences, becoming the ...

(Alliance News) - Shell PLC has been fined GBP560,000 following a major hydrocarbon release on a North Sea oil rig after it failed to properly maintain pipework for seven years. The UK's Health & ...