For decades, the North Sea became the most dangerous oil frontier on Earth—an expanse where steel platforms rose against ...

They're the hulking hardware of a fossil fuel industry being blamed for climate change. But now scientists have discovered that North Sea oil rigs are being used as migratory stop-off points by ...

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...

In the North Sea — between the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark — thousands of flies swarmed an oil rig. Engineer Craig Hannah noticed... Why thousands of flies are on an oil rig in the middle of ...

The Falkland Islands is poised to open its first major oil field using a North Sea drilling ship, with hopes of unlocking a ...

A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that landed on an oil rig in the ...

No more hunting for fossil fuels we can't afford to burn. Britain has banned new North Sea exploration licences, becoming the ...

The overall drilling rig count in North America is down 7 units to 717 the week ended Aug. 1, with drops in oil-directed rigs accounting for much of the decline. The overall drilling rig count in ...