The Latest Breaking News from North Sea

Harbour Energy defends extra investor payout after 12-fold rise in profits

North Sea’s biggest oil and gas producer enjoys jump in fossil fuel prices following invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Scotland’s public spending deficit hits record of nearly £2,200 a head

GERS data puts gap between tax receipts and expenditure at £23.7bn despite jump in income from oil and gas

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022

GERS figures: Scotland's deficit falls to £23.7bn but still more than double the rest of the UK

GERS figures show the public spending deficit was £12.6bn lower than the previous year.

Daily Record · Aug 24, 2022

Breathtaking Edinburgh beachside cafe named one of the UK's best with a view

From the café, guests can enjoy delicious food and drink while gazing out at Firth of Forth estuary where the river meets the North Sea. In the distance, the Fife shoreline and a few hills and peaks should be in view.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 15, 2022

Britain’s Opposition Labor Party Demand Energy Price Cap Freeze

Britain's main opposition Labor Party called on Monday for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn to help the public deal with another expected surge in fuel bills during the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. Labor leader Keir Starmer said his party, if in power, would cap energy…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 15, 2022

Rishi Sunak accused of breaking climate vow with new plan to drill more oil and gas

Plan to boost drilling in North Sea ‘utterly bewildering’, say campaigners

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

Sunak vows to make Britain ‘energy secure’ as he battles to become PM

The ex-chancellor said he will legislate to ensure UK is ‘energy independent’ by 2045 as he promises to step up North Sea production.

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

Rhine runs dry and wildfires rage in France as Europe faces worst drought in 500 years

The Rhine River - which has suffered critically-low water levels due to the baking summer and scant rainfall - acts as one of western Europe's main commercial waterways as it runs through Germany and into the North Sea

Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022

Mystery of body found in North Sea nicknamed ‘The Gentleman’ may have been solved 28 years on

Cold case could finally be solved 28 years later after scientists conduct isotope ration analysis of man’s bones

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022

In 1994, German police pulled the brutalised body of 'The Gentleman' from the North Sea. New analysis suggests he was a long way from home

Twenty-eight years after German police found the brutalised body of 'The Gentleman' in the North Sea, Murdoch University students are unravelling the mystery around his identity.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022