University of Manchester scientists are at the forefront of the fight to protect cold water fish from the effects of crude oil spills from offshore oil rigs. Dr Holly Shiels and PhD student Martins ...

Waves lashed the Ocean Ranger oil rig knocking out a porthole window and allowing water to submerge the ballast control room, ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job ... It had a five-aside football pitch, a cinema room, a golf simulator, and a fishing station. You could store your catch in a freezer.

Finesse techniques catch fish when aggressive moving baits fail to get bites, especially if you’ve created a secret rig that the fish haven’t seen before. But great techniques, like the Ned rig, ...

According to data from Baker Hughes BHI, the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas has fallen by about 20% in the past year. This decline reversed a steady increase that began after the rig ...

Premier Tim Houston’s musings about revisiting the petroleum development moratorium for Georges Bank was met with forceful opposition from an industry that’s fought for four decades to protect the ...