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Fluor for deep-water gas-to-power project
Added: 11 Oct 2012
Irving, Texas – Fluor Corp has been awarded an EPC support contract for phase 3 of the Malampaya de…

BP to sell Texas City refinery for $2.5bn
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London - BP is to sell its Texas City refinery and part of its retail and logistics network in the …

Pent-up machine tool demand drives gearbox market
Added: 9 Oct 2012
Austin, Texas – Precision gearboxes and geared motor shipments were 69% higher in 2011 than in 2009…

Severn Trent Water taps Capula for AMP6
Added: 9 Oct 2012
Gouda, The Netherlands - Severn Trent Water has appointed Capula, recently acquired by Royal Imtech…

Fluor for Shell's world-first oil sands CCS project
Added: 9 Oct 2012
Irving, Texas / Calgary, Alberta — Shell has selected Fluor Corp. as the EPC contractor for its car…

Government consults industry over energy costs
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London – The Government has launched a consultation over its proposed £250 million Energy Intensive…

Euro11bn REACH burdens EU chemical makers
Added: 5 Oct 2012
London – European chemical manufacturers group Cefic has posted an uncertain outlook for the sector…

Low-carbon shake-up for UK energy mix
Added: 3 Oct 2012
London - Incentives to promote low-carbon power generation are having a significant impact on the U…

Public backing for chemicals industry
Added: 3 Oct 2012
London – A recent survey of public opinion shows that the chemical industry in the UK enjoys a surp…

Alstom turbines for new gas-fired power station
Added: 2 Oct 2012
London – Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new C…

French company claims G2 biofuels breakthrough
Added: 2 Oct 2012
Paris - French biotech company DEINOVE has isolated and optimised a strain of Deinococcus bacteria,…

HSE begins Fees for Intervention
Added: 1 Oct 2012
London – The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) new cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FF…

Scientists and engineers more likely to switch jobs
Added: 26 Sep 2012
London – Employees in the science and engineering industry are more likely to change jobs more freq…

Eni to convert Venice refinery into bio-refinery
Added: 26 Sep 2012
Venice, Italy – Eni is investing Euro100 million to convert its Venice refinery to produce only bio…

CEMEX signs new EfW deal with SITA
Added: 26 Sep 2012
SITA UK signs
London - Recycling and resource management company, SITA UK, has signed a three-year c…

Saint-Gobain signs first renewable energy deals
Added: 24 Sep 2012
London – Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland has recenty signed its first renewable energy power purchase agr…

£7m to make UK process sector more sustainable
Added: 24 Sep 2012
London – The Technology Strategy Board has announced that 70 UK companies, universities and researc…

BP taps Emerson for new FPSO project
Added: 21 Sep 2012
London – Emerson Process Management has been awarded a $21 million contract to provide integrated c…

Renewables group slams "unhelpful" biomass/CHP plan
Added: 20 Sep 2012
London – The Government’s latest consultation for biomass power and CHP introduces new levels of co…

Bayer CropScience to invest Euro7bn
Added: 20 Sep 2012
Monheim, Germany - Bayer CropScience (BCS) has unveiled plans to invest Euro7 billion between 2011 …