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When the project begins commercial operations next year, it is expected to become the European Union’s first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site. Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the ...

An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said, the third vessel with links to Russia to have been struck over the last few days. Seawater ...

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Two ocean-going tankers that are heavily sanctioned for carrying Russian oil suffered near-simultaneous blasts off Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The first, the 900-foot Kairos, was taking on water after ...

London (AFP) – Britain's government signalled Wednesday it could issue permits for oil and gas extraction around existing North Sea fields, despite a promise to halt licences for new production in the ...

Ukrainian forces carried out an attack on a major Russian Black Sea port overnight, prompting a state of emergency, as Moscow launched a widespread air strike on Kyiv that killed at least six and ...

Scotland's beleaguered North Sea oil and gas industry has received a welcome boost after Ed Miliband announced plans that will allow some new drilling in existing fields. The North Sea Strategy out ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government will allow oil and gas drillers to develop new fields next to existing ones, in a move ...

Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney served under four Republican Presidents and protected America in the wake of 9/11. The obituaries of Dick Cheney rightly stress his role in launching the Iraq war in ...