Mixed messaging a concern as industry co-ordinates Middle East response and prepares for safe Gulf exit for ships.

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

A flotilla of at least 25 supertankers is heading to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu as the kingdom races to get its oil ...

Strait of Malacca, linking Indian and Pacific oceans, and Strait of Hormuz, carrying Gulf oil to global markets, stand out as ...

Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken ...

Persian Gulf desalination plants — supplying 70%-90% of drinking water to nations in the region — face unprecedented ...

As missiles and drones curtail energy production across the Persian Gulf, analysts warn that water, not oil, may be the resource most at risk in the energy-rich but arid region. O ...

Israel says it launched “broad-scale wave of strikes” against Tehran; Dubai flights briefly suspended after drone ‘incident’; Putin speaks with Iran’s president. Follow live updates.

Gulf nations are reviewing their investment commitments to the US due to the ongoing Iran conflict, impacting global ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

Satellite images, expert analysis, a U.S. official and public information released by the U.S. and Israeli militaries suggest ...

Oman gained a unique geographical advantage because the Musandam Peninsula reached into the Strait of Hormuz. Its dramatic cliffs and fjord-like coastline placed the country directly along one of the ...