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By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN, March 22 (Reuters) – Shipping and oil company A. P. Moller-Maersk on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Danish state that

Video shot aboard the Judy platform in the North Sea shows giant 50-foot waves hitting the platform and adjacent accommodation rig CSCL Rival back in January.

(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s $3.8 billion sale of North Sea oil and gas fields creates a model for further transactions in a region where the

  By Rakteem Katakey, Andy Hoffman and Angelina Rascouet   (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, looking to pare debt swollen by last

The UK Coastguard coordinated an extensive search and rescue effort overnight after a 90-meter cargo ship sank in the North Sea approximately 35 nautical miles

A total of 15 containers were lost from a general cargo ship in the North Sea off the Netherlands on Wednesday. The Dutch Coastguard reported the

Allseas’ giant installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit successfully executed her maiden heavy lift project on Monday with the

By Ilze Filks and Gwladys Fouche OSLO, July 27 (Reuters) – Bored with palm-fringed beaches and turquoise seas? Then the gigantic oil platforms of the

The heavy lift crane vessel Saipem 7000 has completed the installation of all Ivar Aasen topside modules at the Ivar Aasen oil field in the Norwegian sector of

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — The pace of North Sea oil-field shutdowns is picking up as the impact of the market slump is compounded by the uncertain

New video posted to Youtube shows an Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel battle heavy seas approximately 100 nautical miles northeast of

Bibby Marine Services has placed an order for a purpose-built walk-to-work vessel to serve exclusively in the offshore wind market in the North Sea. The order

By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Dec 31 (Reuters) – A fierce storm in the North Sea forced oil firms to evacuate platforms and shut down

A 99-meter cargo ship is under tow the North Sea off the Scotland’s Orkney Islands after the ship lost power in heavy weather. The UK Maritime and

By Angelina Rascouet (Bloomberg) — The cost of dismantling oil production facilities in the U.K. North Sea over the next decade will be higher than

  By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — The Troll A platform rocks like a boat as North Sea waves pound its four gigantic concrete legs, but monitors

  Swedish shipowner Viking Supply Ships says that due to the continued market the company is forced to lay up three platform supply vessels. The vessels

  Another huge contract handed out today by Maersk Oil one day after the company and its partners won UK approval for the multi-billion development of the

  Offshore contractor Subsea 7 says it has been awarded a $150 million subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by Maersk Oil for the

  COPENHAGEN, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Maersk Oil has received approval by the UK’s Oil & Gas Authority to develop the largest gas field