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Green light for £1.6bn North Sea project

Added: 24 Oct 2012

London - The UK government has approved a Talisman Energy project that, it says, will extend the li…

Tensides as needle-shaped crystals: Extracted from epoxies of domestic plants.

Chemical-enzymatic process makes use of vegetable oil

Added: 24 Oct 2012

The Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes in Leuna has set up pilot plant to pr…

CO2 storage

Modelling secure CO2 storage

Added: 24 Oct 2012

Numerical Rocks AS, a small Norwegian company, has been studying how carbon dioxide moves and becom…

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Using paper to clean up oil spills

Added: 23 Oct 2012

A project in Slovenia is hoping to transform papermill sludge into an absorbent capable of cleaning…

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Shell's Fram field given go-ahead

Added: 22 Oct 2012

The government has today given Shell approval for an oil and gas development that will add 2% to UK…

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Saint-Gobain PAM highlights sustainabilty gains

Added: 19 Oct 2012

London – Iron products manufacturer leader Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of Saint-Gobain, has released …

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Total awards Shetland Gas Plant contract to Aker

Added: 19 Oct 2012

Aker Solutions has secured a three-year contract to provide operations and maintenance services to …

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Avery Weigh-Tronix advances apprenticeship plan

Added: 19 Oct 2012

London – Avery Weigh-Tronix has recruited 10 apprentice service technicians as part of its new appr…

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Demand grows for virtualised services

Added: 19 Oct 2012

London – UK businesses are increasingly turning to virtualisation to help them reduce costs yet gro…

CCS

Carbon capture reaches a critical point

Added: 17 Oct 2012

London – The UK risks losing out on more than €900 million of EU funding intended to support the co…

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Saudi Aramco inks procurement deal with Yokogawa

Added: 17 Oct 2012

Riyadh – Saudi Aramco has signed a corporate procurement agreement (CPA) with Yokogawa: a deal cove…

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Ceramic Fuel Cells transfers UK plant

Added: 16 Oct 2012

London - Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd, a developer of generators which use fuel cell technology to conver…

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Advanced CFB technology for large-scale biomass power plants

Added: 15 Oct 2012

Circulating fluidised bed (CFB) technology can be used for large scale power generation with a broa…

£2.5m to promote water industry innovation

Added: 15 Oct 2012

Grants totalling over £2.5m have been awarded to seven research projects that aim to develop proces…

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Carbon capture to bring £1.3bn, 4000 jobs to region

Added: 15 Oct 2012

London - Investing in carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Yorkshire and Humber will provide a major…

ETI launches £20m carbon capture project

Added: 14 Oct 2012

London – The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is to invest up to £20 million to develop new carb…

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IT, robotics students seek UK work placements

Added: 13 Oct 2012

Process Engineering has been contacted by a high school in Catanzaro, Italy, which is seeking work …

MOF

MOF technique could improve gas storage

Added: 12 Oct 2012

Reserarchers are planning to exploit opportunities in global carbon capture, hazardous gas storage …

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SMEs to help oil and gas sector to innovate

Added: 11 Oct 2012

London – Thirteen small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are to share UK government funding for f…

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Chelsea owner Abramovich buys stake in fuel cell company

Added: 11 Oct 2012

London - Roman Abramovich is taking a stake in industrial fuel cell power company AFC Energy, with …