Oil

News

Bilfinger bosses threaten to sack offshore workers joining a ‘wage revolution’

Unofficial action over pay
21 May 2022
Three Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion activists in orange jackets on top of an oil tanker. Other activists look on.
News

Extinction Rebellion poised for new acts of mass defiance

Get behind their action
03 April 2022
Extinction Rebellion on the streets
News

Extinction Rebellion is right to target oil refineries

Group will blockade oil refineries
14 March 2022
BP petrol station in east London
Comment

Energy self-sufficiency won’t halt climate disasters

Can Europe break Russian energy dependence?
14 March 2022
North Sea oil rig
The SW View

War boosts fossil fuels

War boosts fossil fuel exploration
09 March 2022
A graphic depicts a North Sea oil rig against a background of dollar bills
In Depth

Rigged—how the government helps bosses profit from North Sea oil

Why bosses get billions in tax rebates
11 February 2022
Large oil rig
News

Anger as Tories approve new Abigail oil field in North Sea

It's an environmental disaster
02 February 2022
Shell boss Ben van Beurden
News

Energy bosses cash in as prices soar for millions

A soaring rise in the cost of gas and electricity is coming
01 February 2022
Sticker in Newington, Scotland demands the Cambo oil field proposals be scrapped.
The SW View

Cheer the end of Cambo oil

Climate campaigners celebrate Cambo Oil Field pause.
14 December 2021
Graphic of a tax haven
The Troublemaker

Care home company ships profits to Cayman Islands

A round up of scandals and news of the week
13 December 2021
Six climate campaigners standing behind woman speaking with placards such as "No new oil" and "More climate jobs"
News

Keep up pressure after Shell drops Cambo oil field

Shell pulled out, but Cambo isn't dead
05 December 2021
Cambo—how the state greases the wheels of profit
Comment

Cambo—how the state greases the wheels of profit

Why do politicians look set to allow a new oil drill off the coast of Scotland?
28 August 2021