Even so, Mr Brown's comparison with North Sea oil highlights risks as well as rewards.
North Sea Brent and WTI, the two benchmark crude oils are both sweet, light.
With funding from ConocoPhillips, Mr Sclavounos is developing a turbine floater for the windy North Sea.
In his memory, JazzSet presents a concert recorded at the 2007 North Sea Jazz Festival.
Peterhead skipper Peter Bruce said conservationists wanted to turn the North Sea into an aquarium.
Decom North Sea is a decommissioning forum with more than 200 members, including operators and contractors.
If the pipeline were to close, it would be a disaster for many North Sea firms.
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At North Sea, Zawinul opens quietly, with "In a Silent Way, " recorded by Miles.
Britain and Norway have successfully pumped oil from the turbulent North Sea for decades.
It has produced a DVD that is being sent to all North Sea installations.
In fact we had this in the UK when North Sea oil was at its peak.
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' That's partly because some oil-producing regions, like Mexico and the North Sea, are declining.
There will be a gradual introduction from 2016 to 2019 for species including North Sea cod.
Most UK gas still comes from the North Sea but production has declined faster than expected.
Watson was captaining the Farley, a rusty North Sea trawler built in Norway in 1958.
North Sea did not respond to requests by BBC Scotland for information about the closure.
In some northern North Sea fields, it can be more than twice as much.
Still on the block: certain natural gas assets in Western Canada and non-core North Sea assets.
The North Sea foam which swept into Aberdeen during storms on Tuesday has now cleared.
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Aberdeen-based Faroe said it was targeting its Clapton prospect in the Norwegian North Sea.
The 1988 North Sea oil platform tragedy saw 167 men die, the world's worst such incident.
In the North Sea it has declined by 6% a year on average since 1999.
Dana also reported exploration and development successes in the UK North Sea, the Netherlands and Egypt.
North Sea production has been falling by about 6% a year for the past decade.
Production continues to fall in once-prolific spots such as Russia, Mexico and the North Sea.
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Production has started at a recently discovered oil field in the UK Northern North Sea.
The company is now looking to new prospects in the Mediterranean and the North Sea.
Eight other platforms have shut down with up to 27 North Sea fields affected.
Consider Ormen Lange, a North Sea gas field shared by half a dozen oil giants.
Norway is looking to the Barents Sea to compensate for declining North Sea production.
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