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Operating procedure key to process safety
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Article based on Honeywell white paper. Contributors: Subhankar Dey - Senior Marketing Specialist, …
Energy: UK "leading by example", says IEA
Added: 9 Jul 2012
London – The International Energy Agency (IEA) has applauded the UK’s long-term vision for a low-ca…
Industrial wireless market to show five-fold growth
Added: 29 Jun 2012
San Diego, California — The worldwide market for industrial wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has dou…
Shell's 'uneasy' approach to process safety
Added: 12 Jun 2012
With 15 years’ experience in managing the operation of top-tier COMAH sites, Dave Topliffe, manufac…
Chemicals industry optimistic despite debt crisis
Added: 28 May 2012
The global chemicals industry expects to see an improvement in business according to a study by Cer…
Pepsi's global safety standard
Added: 21 May 2012
Chicago, Illinois – In the process industries, most people today operate in caring working environm…
Green chemistry for polymers
Added: 17 May 2012
Cologne, Germany – In the long-term industry will have to find substitutes for fossil fuels as supp…
Stop-start water cycle blocks technology flow
Added: 8 Mar 2012
London – ?After a slow start to the current Asset Management Plan - AMP5 (2010-15) - suppliers have…
Drax axes 'new biomass' plans
Added: 8 Mar 2012
London – ?Drax Group PLC has scrapped plans to build a dedicated 300MW biomass plant at its 4,000MW…
Ensus still hopeful of reopening Wilton biofuels plant
Added: 14 Feb 2012
London – Ensus has dismissed reports that it is about to permanently close its biofuels plant at Wi…
Autumn Statement: "Government has eventually listened to industry”
Added: 6 Dec 2011
London – The UK chancellor’s Autumn Statement includes a number of measures in areas including envi…
Shell targets shale, but not in EU
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Shell Chemicals is planning to tap into THE enormous potential of shale gas as part of efforts to b…
CCS axe threatens future of coal
Added: 1 Nov 2011
The UK government has decided not to construct carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities at the L…
EMR: 'Unremitting' cost increases?
Added: 1 Nov 2011
During a conference at The Energy Event, at the Birmingham NEC, Andrew Buckley, director-general of…
EA creates new National Water Quality Instrumentation Service
Added: 6 Oct 2011
London — The Environment Agency (EA) has created a new National Water Quality Instrumentation Servi…
Cloud is only as good as you make it
Added: 4 Oct 2011
London — Businesses expecting automatic improvements to their IT infrastructure by moving to the cl…
Biomass players in the dark
Added: 4 Oct 2011
Lack of progress with Drax and Siemens plan to add 900MW of new capacity highlights barriers to exp…
Oil & gas sector needs better planning of pressure safety valve testing
Added: 3 Oct 2011
London — Valve engineering and management company Severn Unival is advising oil and gas companies t…
Turnarounds: All change in petrochemicals sector
Added: 1 Oct 2011
London — The west European petrochemical Industry is reckoned to spend around €3 billion a year on …
Drax green plans stuck on red
Added: 11 Aug 2011
Drax, UK – Drax burnt 600,000 of biomass in the first half of 2011, generating around 6% of the UK’…
