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£20 billion in the red even if it had retained all its oil money, a new government report claims. A Scotland Office paper, published today, shows North Sea oil revenue would not have plugged the gap between spending and tax raised. The paper claims that...
Tags: Scotland Office, sea oil, North Sea
While Ankara is getting prepared to launch new initiatives about Kurdish issue, terrorist organization took action to sabotage the process. Security Department learned that three suicide bombers from PKK terrorist organization entered Turkey. As new car...
Tags: Turkey, Black Sea, Brazil, Lula Da Silva, jointly exploration, sea oil
Documents detailing secret government plans in the 1970s to prevent Scotland laying claim to North Sea oil have been seen by The Times . They show the extraordinary lengths to which civil servants were prepared to go to head off devolution, which was...
An offshore rig was partially evacuated following reports of a oil leak. Emergency services received reports of a leak on the Heather Alpha platform just before 9am. Emergency services received reports of a leak on the Heather Alpha platform just before...
Tags: oil rig, heather alpha, coast guard, Shetland Islands, sea oil, North Sea, alpha platform
More than 150 workers were evacuated off an oil rig in Norwegian waters in the North Sea on Saturday after a leak was detected, the rig's operators said. "With the worst case scenario in mind, in which there could be an explosion, we are taking the necessary...
Tags: North Sea, oil platforms, sea oil, StatoilHydro ASA, oil leaking, Norwegian, Statfjord, operator statoilhydro
The rescue was sparked by a bomb threat made by a woman on the Safe Scandinavia rig, sources said. Fears that a device was on board the accommodation block prompted a massive operation involving police, coastguard and RAF teams. It was not
Tags: Safe Scandinavia North Sea, oil rig, security alert, sea oil, bomb hoax, oil platform, accommodation block