Greenpeace activists climb back on board BP oil rig
After police removed two protestors who had spent 70 hours blocking the rig from leaving…
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Greenpeace protestors board North Sea oil rig in protest against BP
Two climate activists climbed aboard the 27,000-tonne platform as it was towed out into the…
Oil rig hovercraft deal gets off the ground
A Southampton-based hovercraft manufacturer has signed a deal to clear oil spills and support…
Grounded Transocean oil rig successfully refloated
A 17,000-tonne oil rig that ran aground on the Isle of Lewis has been safely towed off the…
Cost of closing UK oil and gas rigs rises “billions”
It could cost billions more to properly close down oil and gas rigs around the UK coast than…
Greenpeace activists board Statoil’s Arctic oil rig
Norwegian energy giant Statoil’s oil rig en route to drill in the Arctic was boarded by…
New £2.5m oil rig repair facility to be built in Scotland
A new oil rig repair and subsea fabrication facility is to be built at the Port of Dundee.…
Greenpeace activists scale ExxonMobil oil rig
Greenpeace activists yesterday scaled an oil rig in Norway that ExxonMobil plans to use to…
Oil production starts at Gazprom’s Arctic platform
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom said it has launched production at its Arctic oil rig which was…
