Aberdeen became the oil capital of Europe and an estimated half a million jobs were created by the industry over the decades. The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 ...

Sharp, rapid swings in the price of oil can have outsize effects on companies, economies, and global geopolitics. Oil price spikes can stunt economic growth, for example, and a sudden price plunge ...

Those concerns were highlighted in the 1970s when episodes of sharply rising oil prices led to recessions, economic stagnation, and high inflation. However, recent gains in U.S. oil and natural ...

After months of living with uncertainty, a dozen Louisiana residents travel to America's last frontier to get a glimpse into what their futures may hold. They ooh and ah at breaching whales, a calving ...

Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the rig collapsed. Oil began seeping into the sea, and it continued to flow for almost three months. The Deepwater Horizon disaster is among the most ...

If your dream getaway involves turquoise waters, coral reefs, and unforgettable wildlife encounters, Ningaloo Reef is calling! This UNESCO World Heritage-listed marine paradise, stretching along ...

Migrants left stranded on the lower decks of a gas rig adrift in the Mediterranean Sea have made an urgent appeal for help as ...

One of the men took to social media to explain how they had set out from Libya and spent five days aboard a rubber dinghy before being shipwrecked at the rig in the Miskar oil and gas field ...

This transition is a pivotal step toward converting the decommissioned ship into the world’s largest artificial reef. The vessel will undergo extensive remediation for six months at a Mobile ...

Since last winter, a marine heatwave has been devastating reefs across the state and deep corals at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef have bleached for the first time on record. "What we've ...

Thirty-two people were stranded on the British Gas-managed oil platform in the Mediterranean for several days Thirty-two migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean have been rescued by an NGO ...