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.

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 ...

British regulators have approved new oil and gas drilling at a site in the North Sea

Government hopes companies including Shell will be able to store up to 10% of the UK’s annual carbon emissions