The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

Oil and gas exploration well 35/6-6 will be drilled by the Transocean Norge semisubmersible drilling rig in production license 1109 in the North Sea in February. OMV (Norge) AS is operator of the ...

Stuck out at sea oil rig workers drenched by waves the size of a building ... died after explosions aboard the Piper Alpha ...