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UK water sector taps infrastructure spend

Added: 19 Jul 2012

London – The UK’s regulated water industry is continuing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on…

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Penspen to enhance integrity and reliability at PEMEX

Added: 18 Jul 2012

London – Oil and gas engineering group Penspen has signed a $1.2 million contract to develop high l…

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Research hub to address burning bioenergy issues

Added: 17 Jul 2012

David Willetts has launched a research hub dedicated to exploring bioenergy processes and techniques

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

UK industries pay world's highest 'carbon' costs

Added: 16 Jul 2012

London – UK energy and climate change policies add more to its energy-intensive industries’ electri…

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Don Valley first in line for CCS funding

Added: 16 Jul 2012

Brussels – The EC has placed the 650MW Don Valley project at Stainforth in South Yorkshire at the t…

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Subitec secures funding for photobioreactors

Added: 16 Jul 2012

Subitec has secured €4.5m to launch its technology on the global market

Extinguishing fire using sound

Added: 16 Jul 2012

DARPA has demonstrated techniques to extinguish small flames using electric and acoustic suppression

Sterling Resources

Teesside gas processing project to cost more

Added: 16 Jul 2012

Calgary, Alberta – Sterling Resources Ltd has increased the expected cost for phase 1 of the Breagh…

Flow meter research to benefit process industries

Added: 13 Jul 2012

A new type of flow meter could facilitate the measurement of multiple velocities in a pipeline

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Buncefield 'vapour cloud' probed

Added: 13 Jul 2012

London - The UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a report on the formation of the fuel …

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RWE studying Tilbury Power Station fire

Added: 13 Jul 2012

London – RWE is continuing to study lessons learnt from the recent fire at Tilbury Power Station an…

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BP settles Texas City refinery citations

Added: 13 Jul 2012

London – BP Products North America Inc. has reached an agreement with the US Occupational Safety an…

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Alkaline fuel cell for UK chemical plant

Added: 12 Jul 2012

London – AFC Energy has commenced a joint project with Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL) to install an…

Saudi Aramco

New Saudi Aramco venture to target energy technologies

Added: 12 Jul 2012

Dhahran Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco has launched of a new corporate venturing subsidiary Saudi Aram…

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Tata refurbishes Welsh steel line

Added: 12 Jul 2012

Newport, UK – Boulting Group has completed the refurbishment and installation of a turret head edge…

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Ministers 'not trusted' to reveal power plant risks

Added: 10 Jul 2012

London – Independent regulators should take a more prominent role in communicating the risks associ…

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Oil & gas tax move could free up investment billions

Added: 10 Jul 2012

London – The UK government has published a consultation aimed at giving oil and gas companies more …

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Capturing the electrical charge between plastics

Added: 10 Jul 2012

Triboelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing friction between surfaces

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Fukushima disaster "made in Japan"

Added: 9 Jul 2012

Tokyo – The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “man-made” and not the unfore…

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UK chemical engineers report positive pay trends

Added: 4 Jul 2012

London – UK chemical engineers have experienced positive pay trends with salaries continuing to ris…