The price of crude oil is steadily declining and in Scotland as in many other countries, this means the abandonment of oil rigs. To disassemble the machines is not just costly, it also might prove to ...

A cargo ship that smashed into a US military chartered oil tanker off the northeast coast of England on Monday was carrying ...

Sheriff A.J. 'Tony' Smith hosted a two-hour boat ride to explain why North Florida is no place for oil drilling.

Oil rigs are critical for supplying the world with energy but working on a rig is not without its risks. In the eighties, a horror diving accident saw five men die after an unprecedented change ...

A port official said he was told the North Sea collision produced "a massive fireball" and the cargo ship's owner said one ...

One crew member is still unaccounted for and the search has been called off after "an extensive search", HM Coastguard said.

Dr Mark Hartl, associate professor of marine biology at Herriot Watt University, said sodium cyanide is very soluble in water and can be toxic because it interferes with the respiration of animals, ...

The US-flagged MC Stena Immaculate was hit by Portuguese cargo ship, the Solong, while anchored in the Humber Estuary in Hull ...

The total rig count rose by 4 rigs, to 592, according to Baker Hughes, down 34 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs rose by 7—down by 15 compared to this time last year.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by four to 592 in the week to February 21. Despite this week's rig increase, Baker Hughes said the total count was still down ...