North-east man remains in Qatar jail a year after man found dead on oil platform
Prosecutors in Qatar allege that an Aberdeenshire man murdered a colleague and seriously assaulted another - and the court process is yet to conclude.
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‘I started swearing like a real sailor’: Offshore diver has close encounter with hammerhead shark
Dramatic video has been captured of an offshore saturation diver having a very close shave with a hammerhead shark.
U.S. labels Houthis terrorists after attacks on oil tankers
The U.S. has classified Yemen’s Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization following a series of attacks on oil tankers in the Red Sea and as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Iran in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Former Unaoil boss jailed for bribes to win $1.7bn contracts in war-torn Iraq
A former Unaoil executive has been jailed for more than three years for paying bribes to win $1.7bn of contracts in post-occupation Iraq.
UK seeks new European-led force to protect shipping in Gulf
Britain is to seek to put together a European-led maritime mission to protect ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz following the seizure by Iran of a British-flagged tanker.
Theresa May to lead emergency meeting on Persian Gulf security
Prime Minister Theresa May will lead a meeting of the U.K. government’s emergency committee on Monday to discuss the security of shipping in the Persian Gulf after Iran seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week.
Iran forces seize foreign vessel `smuggling fuel’
Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil.
Iran’s leader vows response to British ‘piracy’
Iran's top leader has said his country will retaliate over the seizure of an Iranian tanker by British authorities.
UK in talks with US to boost protection for Gulf shipping over Iran threat
The U.K. is in talks with the U.S. and other allies about beefing up their military presence in the Persian Gulf to deal with the rising threat to shipping posed by Iran.
BP oil tanker shelters in Persian Gulf on fear of Iran retaliation
An oil tanker run by BP Plc is being kept inside the Persian Gulf in fear it could be seized by Iran in a tit-for-tat response to the arrest by Gibraltar last week of a vessel hauling the Islamic Republic’s crude.
Abu Dhabi gets bids for offshore oil in plan to expand capacity
Abu Dhabi’s government oil producer received bids in the fourth quarter from international energy companies seeking stakes in offshore fields that pump about 25 percent of the Persian Gulf emirate’s crude.
Saudi Aramco plans to boost capacity on Red Sea oil pipeline
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest crude producer, plans to increase the capacity of its main cross-country pipeline by 40 percent as the company expands oil fields in the eastern part of the nation and builds refineries on the western coast.