Environmental activists have climbed on board a 27,000-ton BP oil rig being towed off the coast of Scotland, vowing to stay put until the company halts its plans drill new wells.

BP is targeting the North Sea and U.S. shale basins to boost oil and gas supplies in the short term in response to the global energy crisis, its head of oil and gas operations told Reuters. BP ...

BP-Leased Oil Rig Pipe Drops to Sea Floor in North Atlantic. ... Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. said equipment on a rig under lease to BP Plc accidentally broke free during a storm and sank to the ...

Aker BP granted North Sea drilling permit. Norwegian operator receives drilling permit for wildcat on PL 203. At the helm: Aker BP chief executive Karl Johnny Hersvik.

Aker BP ASA has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to drill in the North Sea. Exploration well 25/4-15 will be drilled in production license 919 by the Scarabeo 8 ...

BP is targeting the North Sea and U.S. shale basins to boost oil and gas supplies in the short term in response to the global energy crisis, its head of oil and gas operations told Reuters.

The Feb. 1 “equipment incident” involved the Ocean GreatWhite rig about 125 miles (200 kilometers) west of the Shetland Islands, the company said in a US filing on Monday. BP is leasing the ...

Aker BP ASA has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate to drill an exploration well in the North Sea. Well 35/6-5 S, in production license 1110, will be drilled in July by ...