North sea oil rig

Shell oil spill in North Sea being taken ‘very seriously’

News Tue 16 Aug 2011, AT 10:33

Business digest: Spill most substantial in a decade, but still far less severe than BP Gulf of Mexico incident

North sea oil rig

Hetco drives up oil price with North Sea move

News Thu 20 Jan 2011, AT 10:11

Business Digest: US trader, part of Hess Corp, takes huge position in market

North sea oil rig

Oil: boom in the North Sea, bust in the Falkands

News Wed 5 Jan 2011, AT 16:04

Business Digest: Premier, Encore and Nautical make a further strong find, while Desire disappoints

Oil giant BP (British Petroleum)

BP ‘flouted safety regs on North Sea platform’

News Wed 15 Sep 2010, AT 12:58

Business Digest: Two UK agencies have found oil company falling short of safety standards

North sea oil rig

North Sea oil is booming again – for the minnows

News Wed 30 Jun 2010, AT 13:07

Record number of applications to drill for oil in UK waters as small companies hope to cash in

North sea oil rig

North Sea oil find could reap UK government £2bn

News Tue 29 Jun 2010, AT 12:08

Business Digest: Drilling off Scottish coast finds region's biggest oil reservoir since 2001

Gas

Gas shortage: who got us into this mess?

Column Tue 12 Jan 2010, AT 06:36

Obsessed with the free market, Thatcher created the problem – and Labour hasn’t helped

Oil production

World could pass ‘peak oil’ within the next decade

News Thu 8 Oct 2009, AT 14:13

‘Significant’ risk of reserves going into terminal decline before 2020 warns UKERC

North sea oil rig

Rogue trader pushes up oil price

News Fri 3 Jul 2009, AT 10:01

A dealer at a London brokerage has caused a spike of $2 in the price of crude oil, losing his firm $10m in unauthorised dealing