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Russian captain in deadly North Sea ship collision faces UK trial

Russian captain Vladimir Motin is on trial in London for manslaughter after his ship collided with a US-chartered tanker in the North Sea in March 2025, killing one crew member.

Euronews

2025 warmest year on record in North Sea according to German maritime agency

Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has reported that the North Sea endured its warmest year ever in 2025, with average surface temperatures hitting 11.6°C – the highest since records began in 1969.

Radio France Internationale

Sea change: the drive to restore millions of oysters on the Norfolk coast

The first ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks aims to rebuild habitats – and could reshape the North Sea

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Reeves’s rejection of North Sea job cuts claim a ‘new low’, say Flynn

The Chancellor said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost every month in the oil and gas sector.

Evening Standard

Shell, Equinor Form JV To Lead UK North Sea Oil Production

Shell PLC (NYSE:SHEL) has finalized a deal with Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) to merge their U.K. offshore oil and gas operations into a new company called Adura.

Benzinga

Labour is still in a muddle on North Sea oil and gas

Maintaining existing drilling sites for longer is sensible but doesn’t square with plans to keep the energy profits levy

The Guardian - UK

Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue

Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields

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North Sea plan allows drilling while enabling Labour to keep ‘no new licences’ pledge

‘Tiebacks’ will permit small amount of new fossil fuel extraction, but campaigners want bolder strategy

The Guardian - UK

UK Government to allow oil and gas extraction near existing North Sea fields

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said it is a ‘world-leading’ plan

Evening Standard

This North Sea oil field is being repurposed to store millions of tonnes of CO2 beneath the seabed

When the project begins commercial operations next year, it is expected to become the European Union’s first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site.

Euronews

Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations

INEOS plans to transform the Nini oil field in the North Sea into a carbon storage site

The Independent UK

Lose weight or risk losing your job, chunky oil rig workers told

North Sea oil and gas rig staff need to be under 124.7kg so they can be safely winched on to helicopter in emergency

The Guardian - UK

The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea

In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for him

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of jobs at risk as Petrofac files for administration

Petrofac said it will now enter insolvency after Dutch electricity grid TenneT terminated a major contract

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Evening Standard

Petrofac files for administration putting 2,000 jobs at risk

Petrofac’s UK business is based in Aberdeen and is involved in the operation of North Sea oil platforms for firms including BP and Shell.

The Guardian - UK

Oil and gas firm Petrofac files for administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk

North Sea contractor says move applies only to its ultimate holding company and it will continue to trade

Evening Standard

Jobs at risk as North Sea firm Petrofac set for administration

The company employs more than 7,000 workers globally, with around 2,000 of these based at its North Sea hub in Scotland, according to reports.

The Independent UK

Thousands of jobs at risk at North Sea oil and gas giant

The company employs more than 7,000 workers globally

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The Guardian - UK

Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy

Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other

Evening Standard

‘Extreme’ Farage and Labour forcing oil and gas workers off cliff edge – Flynn

The SNP Westminster leader blamed Labour for a fall in the number of North Sea workers but said Reform UK also presented a threat to the industry.

Evening Standard

Huge concrete-like cubes deployed in North Sea to protect oysters from storms

The efforts are part of a five-year restoration and conservation project for the Tyne and Wear area.

Evening Standard

Miliband on ‘messianic drive’ to pull plug on North Sea extraction, says Bowie

Shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie described UK oil and gas policies as “unhinged”.

The Conversation

Half the UK’s fish stocks are overfished – but the evidence shows how they can be revived

Most of the UK’s commercial fish stocks are not in a healthy state, according to a new landmark report.

The Guardian - UK

Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study

Experts call for urgent strategy to end overfishing as report shows just 41% of stocks of species such as cod and mackerel considered healthy

The Independent UK

Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse

Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.

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