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The Latest Breaking News from the North Sea

CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households

New research comes as dozens of small potential fields have received some form of license from the government

The Guardian - UK

Human remains found as wreck of plane missing for a year discovered off UK coast

Police investigating after fishing boat discovers German-registered Cessna 172

The Independent UK

Shell and Equinor merge North Sea assets to create new company with 1300 jobs

SHELL and Equinor have said they will combine their offshore oil and gas assets in the North Sea to create a new company with 1300 employees.

The National (Scotland)

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Shell and Equinor tie-up to create new UK oil and gas producer

Shell said no jobs will be lost but that the deal was in recognition that the North Sea is ‘no longer the prolific basin that it once was’.

Evening Standard

Court Challenge Begins Against UK Oil And Gas Field Approvals

Two environmental groups kicked off a legal challenge in Scotland on Tuesday to block the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea, with activists optimistic of success.

International Business Times

Experts confirm identity of First World War wreck found off Scottish coast

EXPERTS have confirmed the identity of a “remarkable” World War 1 wreck on the North Sea floor off the Scottish coast found in the summer ...

The National (Scotland)

Fishing boat crew rescued from North Sea after emergency SOS call

A FISHING boat crew has been rescued from the North Sea after issuing an emergency SOS call ...

The National (Scotland)

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European Leaders Meet To Re-energise Offshore Wind Power

The countries bordering the North Sea meet in Denmark on Thursday to seal commitments to boost offshore wind power, a sector that is suffering from stiff competition from China.

International Business Times

‘They’re killing us’: Aberdeen braces for end to North Sea oil as clean energy plan takes shape

The granite city has weathered many storms over the years but people there now fear the impact of the government’s tax plans on the local economy and jobs

The Guardian - UK

'Timebomb' Ship Highlights Hazard Of Dangerous Cargoes

A damaged ship, spurned by European ports because of its potentially explosive cargo, has been stranded in the North Sea for weeks while authorities work out what to do with it.

International Business Times

To mark the launch of Metaphor: ReFantazio, Sega is going to make someone a real-life noble, but there's a catch—you'll be joining the nobility of an illegitimate nation in the North Sea with only one resident

At least you get a fancy title.

PC Gamer

Major Nato exercise with 10 allied nations begins in North Sea

A MAJOR Nato exercise to test new technologies and equipment launched in the North Sea on Monday ...

The National (Scotland)

To Save the Sea review – Brent Spar oil rig resounds with song in a Greenpeace musical

Nearly 30 years on, environmental activists’ occupation of the North Sea fuel store gets an ambitious, heartfelt musical treatment

The Guardian - UK

North Sea oil and gas firms in UK ‘failing to invest in renewable energy’

Three-quarters plan to invest solely in continued fossil fuel production between now and 203o, research shows

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Al Jazeera

‘Kings of the world’: The last of the horseback shrimp fishers

The centuries-old tradition is now only practised in one Belgian coastal village. Can it last amid climate change?

LiveScience

World War I British warship that sank in a surprise U-boat attack 110 years ago discovered in North Sea

HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government drops legal battle over largest untapped North Sea oil fields

THE UK Government will not challenge judicial reviews brought against development consent for two oil and gas fields in the North Sea ...

The National (Scotland)

Search launched after person falls overboard from vessel in North Sea

SEARCH and rescue teams have been scrambled to help trace a person who fell overboard from a vessel in the North Sea ...

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The National (Scotland)

Search called off after aircraft distress signal over North Sea

SEARCH efforts have been stood down following a multi-agency hunt for a downed aircraft in the North Sea ...

The National (Scotland)

'Virtue signalling': Aberdeen business group blasts Labour for windfall tax hike

LABOUR have been accused of a “virtue signalling exercise” in increasing the windfall tax on oil and gas profits.

The National (Scotland)

North Sea operators warned to step up decommissioning amid spiralling costs

OIL and gas operators in the North Sea have been warned by industry regulators that they must “step up” on well decommissioning to support the…

The National (Scotland)

Labour urged to come clean on oil and gas licensing amid confusion

QUESTIONS have been raised by concerned politicians over reports that Labour have ordered an immediate ban on new oil and gas drilling in the North…

The National (Scotland)

POLL: Should Labour ban new North Sea drilling?

THE UK Government has denied reports of an immediate ban on new drilling in the North Sea ...

The National (Scotland)

UK Government denies ban has been ordered on new drilling in North Sea

THE UK Government has denied reports Ed Miliband has ordered an immediate ban on new drilling in the North Sea ...

The Guardian - UK

North Sea oil decline: ‘We can’t have a repeat of what happened to 80s miners’

Unlikely alliance of unions and climate groups call for ‘clear and funded’ transition plan for communities reliant on dwindling industry

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