At a hearing at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Tuesday, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor was fined £22,500 ($34,000) after admitting two charges in relation to the release of oil from the Gannet F pipeline, and ...

Shell says an oil leak in a subsea flowline close to its Gannet Alpha platform in the UK North Sea is under control and the spill is not expected to reach shore.

Shell said efforts to stop the relatively light flow of crude oil are taking a long time so as to minimize the risk of the remaining oil spilling out. LONDON (Dow Jones Newswires), Aug. 17, 2011 Some ...

LONDON -- Royal Dutch Shell struggled to contain the worst North Sea oil spill in a decade as well as damage to its credibility Tuesday as a second leak was found in an oil line the company had said ...