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STEM gap-year numbers bounce back
Added: 23 Apr 2012
London – Companies are reporting a big increase in working gap-year applications from science, tech…
EU launches biofuels research initiative
Added: 23 Apr 2012
Brussels – The European Commission has launched the the Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharin…
Pepsi plant to cut fresh water use by 70%
Added: 19 Apr 2012
Nuremberg, Germany - PepsiCo has installed advanced water reuse technology as part of a wastewater …
Shell awards major onshore contract to Kvaerner
Added: 19 Apr 2012
Oslo - A/S Norske Shell has awarded Kvaerner an NOK6-billion, EPCM contract for modifications and p…
PDM to establish UK anaerobic digestion network
Added: 19 Apr 2012
Doncaster, UK – SARIA Bio-Industries has acquired a majority stake in Doncaster-based food-waste re…
New safety training standard for oil & gas industry
Added: 18 Apr 2012
London – A new oil and gas industry training standard, designed to improve safety at offshore works…
BP gets go ahead for huge Caspian gas field development
Added: 17 Apr 2012
Baku, Azerbaijan – The Shah Deniz consortium has decided to commence FEED work on the estimated $25…
Thai group restarts Teesside blast furnace
Added: 17 Apr 2012
Redcar, UK - Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) has restarted the blast furnace at the Redcar steel …
Heat exchanger expertise for EU waste heat project
Added: 17 Apr 2012
London – HRS Heat Exchangers SLU, the Spanish arm of HRS Heat Exchangers Ltd, is to participate in …
KBR to provide ethylene furnace for INEOS Olefins
Added: 13 Apr 2012
Houston, Texas – INEOS has engaged KBR to design and construct an ethylene furnace for one of its i…
Simulation software to tackle 'smart-grid' challenges
Added: 12 Apr 2012
Cologne, Germany – The increasing emergence of ‘smart grids’ to permit even more extensive use of p…
Fieldbus Foundation: IEC technical report is "good news" for automation end users
Added: 11 Apr 2012
Austin, Texas — Fieldbus Foundation has welcomed a new International Electrotechnical Commission (I…
Everbuild invests to handle it all
Added: 10 Apr 2012
Leeds, UK – ?Everbuild Building Products Ltd of Leeds requires its solids handling equipment to dea…
BASF signs up Fluor as global engineering partner
Added: 6 Apr 2012
Houston, Texas – BASF has selected Fluor Corp. as its engineering partner for chemicals capital pro…
Alstom, BOC Drax back relaunched carbon capture competition
Added: 5 Apr 2012
London – Alstom, Drax and BOC have welcomed the launch of the revised carbon capture and storage (C…
HSE boss confronts sector over safety progress
Added: 3 Apr 2012
Only 65 out of 1000 high-risk sites signed up to safety management initiative
UK rejigs £1bn carbon capture competition
Added: 3 Apr 2012
Changes signal move away from large-scale project proposals in the coal-fired power industry
Do tough times demand closer supplier audits?
Added: 2 Apr 2012
Kristofer Whitfield warns about the risk presented by suppliers facing economic pressures:
London – …
Mixed reaction to government's CRC simplification plans
Added: 2 Apr 2012
London - The UK government has finally issued proposals to simplify the Carbon Reduction Commitment…
BASF to set up Euro150m chemicals site in India
Added: 2 Apr 2012
Mumbai, India - BASF is investing Euro150 million to set up a new chemical production site, in Guja…