Norwegian oil company DNO has agreed to buy rival Sval Energi from private equity group HitecVision in a deal valued at $1.6 ...

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Orcadian acquired Halo Offshore UK, a subsidiary of a North Sea focused developer that went into liquidation two years ago, ...

The windfall tax on oil and gas firms will end in 2030 – but the government has pledged to ban new drilling licences to help “unleash” clean energy in the North Sea. Both policies have been revealed ...

Serica and EnQuest are in discussions over a possible merger amid a challenging backdrop for the North Sea oil and gas sector. Bosses at Serica believe a tie-up would deliver 'substantial ...

Industry minister Sarah Jones pledged a ‘well-managed’ transition away from oil and gas (Jane Barlow/PA) “So, we owe it to the North Sea workers and communities who have done so much for our ...

marking further consolidation among North Sea oil and gas producers. The purchase of the cash-generating Sval Energy portfolio could be followed by acquisitions of other assets in Norway and elsewhere ...

So much is still unclear about this collision between an oil tanker and a container ship in the North Sea. We know it will ... heavier kind of oil - likely marine gas oil or heavy fuel oil ...

Scotland faces “dole baby dole” under Labour’s plan for the North Sea, the Conservatives have claimed. Shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie said early-stage plans to stop issuing new oil ...

A 59-year-old arrested after a cargo ship crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has been confirmed as the cargo ship’s captain. The US-flagged MV Stena Immaculate was anchored off the Humber ...

Marine traffic maps show the moment the US-flagged tanker MV Stena Immaculate collided with Portugese-flagged ship MV Solong ...