The Latest Breaking News from the North Sea

The King’s Speech will be used to invite applications for new production licences on an annual basis to ‘safeguard the prosperity of our country’.

THE UK Government has announced 27 new licence offers for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.

German authorities have broken off their search for four crew members missing since their British-flagged cargo ship sank a day earlier following a collision with a larger vessel in the North Sea

ONE sailor has died and four are missing after two cargo ships collided in the North Sea off the coast of Germany and one of them sank, German…

German authorities say two cargo ships have collided in the North Sea off the German coast and one vessel sank

Caroline Watt’s iPhone ended up in the North Sea accidentally during a family boat trip, her husband Steve said

THE majority of Scots voters back the UK Government’s decision to grant a licence to the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea, a new poll has…

The recently-approved Rosebank oil field in the North Sea has been touted as a way to boost the UK economy and its energy security. But even with its windfall tax on energy company profits, the project is a good example of how the UK could miss out on billions in…

Britain has given the go-ahead to the development of Rosebank in the North Sea. Located 130 kilometres northwest of the Shetland Islands, it's the largest untapped oil field in the UK and is estimated to contain up to 300 million barrels of crude. The government argues Rosebank will help bolster…

THE UK Government’s decision to give the green light to the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea has been branded the “greatest act of…

A PROMISE of legal action has greeted the UK Government giving the green light to the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea ...