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Atlas Copco buys BASF equipment business

Added: 8 Jan 2013

Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF is selling its MEYCO Equipment business providing concrete spraying ma…

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Tax change prompts JX to invest in UK oil and gas fields

Added: 8 Jan 2013

London – JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Ltd is to acquire a number of interests in UK …

Drax Power Plant

Drax secures funds for biomass conversion plan

Added: 4 Jan 2013

Drax, UK – Drax plc has secured committed financing to support group plans to transform its 4,000MW…

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UK engineering sector facing brain drain

Added: 3 Jan 2013

London – Four out of five UK engineering professionals are prepared to leave the country and work o…

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City to harvest energy from water pipes

Added: 2 Jan 2013

Portland, Oregon – Lucid Energy, a company pioneering the development of in-pipe hydropower, is to …

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Dana gets all-clear for $1.6bn oil & gas project

Added: 19 Dec 2012

London – The UK department of energy and climate change (DECC) has approved a Western Isles project…

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GE Oil & Gas to create 200 jobs in Bristol

Added: 19 Dec 2012

Aberdeen, UK — GE’s Oil & Gas subsea systems business is to establish a new centre in Bristol under…

Eni chemicals plant

EU puts carbon capture funding on hold

Added: 19 Dec 2012

Brussels - The European Commission has opted to not to award any of the €275-million fund earmarked…

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BP deal to bolster INEOS chemicals operation

Added: 19 Dec 2012

Saltend, UK – INEOS Enterprises had completed what it described as an important agreement with BP f…

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Manufacturers predict a flat start to 2013

Added: 19 Dec 2012

London - Despite an increase in total order books for the third month running, UK manufacturers rem…

AFC fuel cells

AFC gains further EU funding, makes acquisition

Added: 18 Dec 2012

London - Industrial fuel cell power company AFC Energy has been awarded a European Union grant of u…

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Fracking opens up industry divide

Added: 16 Dec 2012

London - The UK government’s decision to allow the resumption of shale gas exploration in the UK ha…

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AESSEAL expanding US operations

Added: 16 Dec 2012

Rotherham, UK– Yorkshire-based seal maker AESSEAL is investing £3.1milllion to expand its US operat…

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Green light for fracking

Added: 13 Dec 2012

London – Exploratory hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas can resume in the UK, subject to…

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Tax break to boost oil & gas investment

Added: 12 Dec 2012

London – The UK government has published details of a contract oil and gas licensees aimed at provi…

EDF Hinkley Nuclear

AREVA offers up to £400m to UK nuclear suppliers

Added: 12 Dec 2012

London - AREVA has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with 25 UK-based companies for the suppl…

Membrane distillation to cut costs in oil industry

Added: 12 Dec 2012

The Masdar Institute claims membrane distillation technology could save oil companies up to $50bn

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Middle East projects keep engineers in demand

Added: 12 Dec 2012

Overseas projects are continuing to generate strong demand for the experience and expertise offered…

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Energy Institute launches training scheme

Added: 10 Dec 2012

London – The Energy Institute (EI) has launched an approved training provider scheme as part of its…

Levy banks to fund infrastructure projects

Added: 10 Dec 2012

Move could leverage £140bn in investments, argues ACE