The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

Baker Hughes reported last Friday that active US oil rigs in the week ending January 17 fell -2 to 478 rigs, just above the 2-3/4 year low of 477 rigs posted November 29. The number of US oil ...

Smoked-salmon blinis and "dill-laden gravadlax" have long been a "party staple" but, in recent years, it's trout that's had a "surge in popularity" among professional chefs and home cooks, said ...