Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil ...

The Solong has empty containers previously used to transport a "hazardous chemical" and is now drifting away, transport minister Mike Kane told the Commons. Meanwhile, a major multinational operation ...

Alexander Behm sails the North Sea and bounces sound waves off its bottom, advancing a new method of depth measurement known as echo sounding. William Beebe and Otis Barton descend in a tethered ...

A tanker and a cargo ship have collided in the North Sea, with reports that both vessels are on fire and people have been forced to abandon ship. Follow below for the latest.

The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Cretaceous limestone rocks in the Tor formation. The well ...