The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

Flames and smoke have been bellowing out from the scene of an oil tanker collision in the North Sea just a few miles away from the Yorkshire coastline. What has been described as a "massive ...

The fire on an oil tanker involved in a crash on the North Sea has finally gone out as pictures show a gaping hole on the side of the vessel. US-registered Stena Immaculate was transporting fuel for ...