It is easy to forget that not all that long ago, Britain was one of the world's biggest oil producers.

An oil tanker suspected of belonging to the Russian shadow fleet has been seized in the North Sea in a joint Belgian-French operation.

The fear of mines laid by submarines, kamikaze drone boats and GPS jamming have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Economics and data editor Ed Conway, and business and economics correspondent Paul Kelso, have been answering your questions - watch it back below.

A fresh debate is emerging over Britain’s energy future as global instability drives up costs. A new analysis suggests the North Sea may still play a bigger role than widely believed.

Sky's Paul Kelso writes that UK households and businesses are not just facing down the prospect of hikes to fuel and energy bills, with wider prices set to reflect rising oil and gas costs.

Michael Clarke has been answering more of your questions on the conflict. Watch the latest Q&A back below - and scroll to catch up on the best of his answers.

Ed Miliband has dismissed calls for the UK to exploit the North Sea’s oil supply, despite widespread calls to drill the area ...

Norway's Equinor said on ​Tuesday it had discovered oil in ‌the so-called Troll area and gas and condensate in the Sleipner area in the ​North Sea.

Feb 23 (Reuters) - North Sea-focussed oil producer EnQuest (ENQ.L), opens new tab forecast lower annual production on Monday after storm damage to a third‑party platform led to a five-week outage at ...

Equinor said it discovered oil in ‌the North Sea's Troll area and gas and condensate in the North Sea's Sleipner area, with both finds considered commercially viable.

Julianne Geiger is a veteran editor, writer and researcher for Oilprice.com, and a member of the Creative Professionals Networking Group. The UK may be quietly inching toward an awkward admission: the ...