The Strait of Hormuz has become a key battleground in the stand-off between the United States and Iran, with claims and counter-claims on either side of an argument ostensibly about oil.
Two Greenpeace activists who were occupying an oil rig have been removed from the structure and arrested, police said.
Two Greenpeace activists who were occupying an oil rig have been removed from the structure and arrested, police said.
Greenpeace said its activists remain in their position on an oil rig which was being towed out to sea, despite police attempts to remove them.
Environmental campaigners have boarded an oil rig as it was being towed out to sea and are staging a protest onboard.
Oil company Chevron will pay a £5 million fine after a refinery explosion killed four workers and seriously injured another in West Wales.
Supermarkets are cutting fuel prices amid a fall in wholesale costs.
Drivers have suffered a “miserable” fourth month in a row of fuel price increases, new figures show.
Police have made 10 arrests after environmental campaigners attempted to block access to BP’s offices by locking themselves in containers.
Environmental campaigners are bracing themselves for a week locked in a reinforced box with nothing but a bit of Netflix to pass the time in protest at BP’s lack of action on climate change.
Environmental activists have blocked access to BP’s headquarters ahead of its annual general meeting demanding it ends all exploration for new oil and gas.
American sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela appear to be taking hold, resulting in mile-long queues for fuel in the South American nation’s second largest city, Maracaibo.
An oil worker who was discharged from the Army after failing a drugs test has been fined over a booze-fuelled rampage at Aberdeen International Airport.
A north-east oil company has welcomed eight new graduates to their Aberdeen office.
The Trump administration has announced it will no longer exempt any countries from US sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil.
Work has started to create five new sculptures which will mark the 50th anniversary of a north-east community.
Energy giant BP today delivered a huge boost to North Sea industry after announcing first oil from its Clair Ridge mega-project.
Energy giant BP has used technology designed to maximise oil production offshore for the first time, as it began pumping oil from a new development west of Shetland.
Aberdeen University researchers have predicted a huge improvement in the UK North Sea’s prospects in a new report.
An oil and gas services company has said up to 30 jobs could go in the north-east.
Increasing incidents of North Sea strike action risk project delays and putting off new investment, according to BMI.
The North Sea is “suffering” due to firms looking to more attractive regions of the world to invest, according to an analyst.
The North Sea will be able to maintain its current output levels for nearly a decade, according to one of the most influential oil consultancies.
The chief executive of Aberdeen’s Gordon Highlanders Museum has said a jump in oil price has helped keep business going in the face of closure.
Oil giant Shell has announced today that it will invest in the Fram gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea.
A business leader has claimed that a “natural cull” among Aberdeen city centre firms may be under way due to the oil industry downturn.
Could oil-feeding bacteria be the solution to the environmental crisis faced by our world’s oceans?
US firm Apache has announced it has made a 10 million-barrel oil discovery in the North Sea.
Energy giant BP has predicted global oil demand could peak by the late 2030s.
The North Sea oil and gas industry came “back from the brink” last year – according to a new report.