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

Unite: Shell set to end manufacturing in the UK

Added: 24 Apr 2012

London – Shell is reviewing the future of its last UK manufacturing site in Stanlow, Cheshire, acco…

Drax in biomass handling contract

Added: 24 Apr 2012

London – Drax has recently entered into a contract with the Shepherd Group for biomass-related cons…

Eurometaux: ETS compensation will not stop plant closures

Added: 23 Apr 2012

Brussels – EU plans to compensate for electricity price hikes due to its Emissions Trading Scheme (…

naerobic digester

Anaerobic digestion system set to be commercially available

Added: 23 Apr 2012

US researchers have unveiled what they claim is the first commercially available, high-solid anaero…

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…

Biofuel

EU launches biofuels research initiative

Added: 23 Apr 2012

Brussels – The European Commission has launched the the Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharin…

Pepsi Siemens water saver

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 …

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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…

Fraunhofer: Simulation software for the grids

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 adds materials handling equipment

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…

Chemicals processing

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