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Woodside places Pluto expansion on hold
Added: 28 Aug 2012
Woodside Petroleum, Australia’s largest oil and gas company, said it will shelve plans to expand th…
Glass could improve disposal of nuclear waste
Added: 23 Aug 2012
A method of storing nuclear waste normally used only for High Level Waste (HLW), could provide a be…
Research to investigate impact of biofuel processes
Added: 23 Aug 2012
Aston University Bioenergy Research Group (BERG) has been awarded £424,000 of research funds, as pa…
CBI: Manufacturing optimism evaporates
Added: 23 Aug 2012
London – UK manufacturers have reported a deterioration in both their total and export order books …
Nanosensor array detects harmful substances
Added: 22 Aug 2012
The University of California has enabled a US company to develop a novel sensor that can detect sma…
Petrofac to raise skill levels in global drilling industry
Added: 21 Aug 2012
London – Petrofac has secured a contract with the International Association of Drilling Contractors…
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes in biotech advance
Added: 20 Aug 2012
London – BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce ac…
Cyber attack hits Saudi Aramco
Added: 20 Aug 2012
Riyadh - Saudi Aramco has come under a cyber attack, which caused a sudden disruption to parts of o…
Virtual plants link renewable power to Grid
Added: 17 Aug 2012
Southampton, UK – Small and distributed energy resources (DERs), such as wind farms and solar panel…
US shale sector steps off the gas
Added: 17 Aug 2012
London - A combination of lower North American natural gas prices and relatively high oil prices pr…
Pump makers battle Green Deal exclusion
Added: 17 Aug 2012
London – The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) is challenging the Building Research Est…
Ensus to restart biofuels facility
Added: 15 Aug 2012
London – Ensus is to restart its bioethanol plant on Teesside in late August, the company has annou…
Wood Group PSN to build CMMS for Shell Prelude
Added: 15 Aug 2012
London – Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a $10 million (AUD) contract by Shell to build the…
Technologies to Watch
Added: 15 Aug 2012
Honeywell has introduced an application control and whitelisting solution to help combat viruses an…
Work starts on "world's largest" renewable energy plant
Added: 14 Aug 2012
London, UK – Air Products has started work on the site of a pioneering renewable energy plant in t…
EU chemicals industry taps the brakes
Added: 13 Aug 2012
Brussels - EU chemicals production fell 2.1% in the first five months of 2012 compared with the sam…
Reusing co-streams from fish and oil plant processing
Added: 13 Aug 2012
Researchers are developing together new ways of using the substantial co-streams from fish and oil …
Microbes convert energy to pure methane
Added: 10 Aug 2012
Microbes that convert electricity into methane gas have been discovered by scientists from Stanford…
Nottingham Uni signs research deal with Wahaha
Added: 10 Aug 2012
The University of Nottingham has signed a memorandum of agreement to undertake research and develop…
ABB launches hazardous-area wireless devices
Added: 8 Aug 2012
London – ABB has launched a wireless mesh router and wireless bridge for hazardous field automation…
