The North Sea platform was the world's largest oil producer—but a routine shift change led to catastrophe.

Shell is selling its 50 percent ownership in its only non-operated platform in the Gulf of America, including associated ...

During my beachcombing survey this week along the Texas coast, I was excited to find three Ram’s Horn shells washed ashore among the sargassum seaweed. Although these tiny white shells are often ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 563 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 6, 1988, a record-breaking North Sea oil platform suffered a catastrophic chain reaction during a routine night shift. A ...

On December 22, 1972, a joint venture of four oil companies discovered the deepwater Piper oilfield. After conducting seismic mapping, they confirmed the area—located in the North Sea roughly halfway ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

Venezuela's government signed five agreements with ‌Shell (SHEL) on Thursday to advance oil and gas projects, including the company's participation in the 7 Tcf Loran offshore gas field, Reuters ...

Shell’s CEO, Wael Sawan, believes oil and gas prices will keep rising well after the current Middle East conflict ends. That’s largely due to the expectation that global oil demand will continue to ...

The octopus is one of the strangest creatures on Earth. With 500 million neurons, the ability to change color in milliseconds, and arms that can think and act independently, it challenges almost ...