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North Sea Oil
Britain first discovered gas in the North sea in 1965. Oil finds soon followed and by the early 1980s the UK was exporting more oil than it imported. Aberdeen became the oil capital of Europe and ...
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The North Sea Is a Graveyard of Unexploded Bombs. Can Scientists Defuse the Threat Before It’s Too Late?
ON AUGUST 28, 1914, BRITISH BATTLECRUISERS brought a trail of destruction to the North Sea when they ambushed and sank SMS Ariadne, the Imperial German Navy’s 344-foot-long colonial light ...
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Suspected unexploded device at North Sea pipeline
The Flags pipeline runs to St Fergus gas terminal in Aberdeenshire Shell says it is investigating a "suspected unexploded ordnance" near a gas pipeline in the North Sea off Shetland. The ...
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On Today's Date: The Great North Sea Flood Of 1953 Triggered A Sea Change In Europe
From Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 1953, 72 years ago tonight, a powerful storm with high winds pushed a catastrophic surge of water from the North Sea into southern parts of the Netherlands. This surge of ...