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Oil and gas tax to cost UK £50bn, 15k jobs

Added: 27 May 2011

London – The UK government’s 2011 Budget will scupper at least 25 projects, accounting for over 1 b…

Sinopec taps Siemens for wastewater system

Added: 27 May 2011

Anqing, China – Siemens Water Technologies will provide a system to treat wastewater at Sinopec Cor…

BASF to build "world's largest" TDI plant in Europe

Added: 26 May 2011

Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF has announced plans to build the world’s largest single-train TDI (tol…

Peru miner Volcan taps DavyMarkham

Added: 25 May 2011

Sheffield, UK – DavyMarkham has secured its first contract in Peru with a $5.4m deal to supply two …

Deloitte: Nuclear disaster to shake up power and utility industries

Added: 24 May 2011

New York –In a new report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd (DTTL), suggests the recent natural dis…

Tata Steel to axe 1,500 jobs in UK

Added: 20 May 2011

London – Tata Steel is to restructure its ’long products’ business unit to target high-value market…

Energy costs worry manufacturers most

Added: 20 May 2011

London – Rising energy costs have pushed ahead of labour costs, falling consumer spend and regulato…

Imtech technology for Plymouth waste-to-energy plant

Added: 20 May 2011

Plyµouth, UK – German group MVV Energie AG has awarded a Euro30m contract to Imtech NV to provide t…

Shell green light for floating LNG facility

Added: 20 May 2011

London – Shell has decided to go ahead with building the world’s first floating liquefied natural g…

Biomass/CCS power plant could cut CO2 emissions

Added: 20 May 2011

London – The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has unveiled plans for a power plant combining bio…

Enel "astonished" by clean-coal project ruling

Added: 19 May 2011

Rome – Enel has expressed “astonishment” at a ruling voiding an Italian environment ministry approv…

Atlas Copco for Ma'aden aluminium project

Added: 19 May 2011

Stockholm – Atlas Copco has received two orders totaling $50m, related to the Ma’aden aluminum proj…

Power station protest called off

Added: 19 May 2011

London – GMB trade union members postponed a demonstration outside West Burton Power Station after …

ABB to automate major UK gas storage facility

Added: 18 May 2011

Cheshire, UK – ABB is to automate a major gas storage facility being built in Cheshire for Storengy…

Sinopec orders Burckhardt compressors

Added: 18 May 2011

Winterthur, Switzerland - Sinopec Wuhan Co. has awarded Burckhardt Compression two orders to delive…

BP selling assets to Perenco

Added: 18 May 2011

London – BP is to sell its interests (see panel) in the Wytch Farm, Wareham, Beacon and Kimmeridge …

Oxford Catalysts for Brazil biofuels plant

Added: 18 May 2011

Oxford, UK – Oxford Catalysts Group’s microchannel reactor technology is now set to  be deployed in…

UK reports on Fukushima nuclear lessons

Added: 18 May 2011

London – An interim report published today says lessons should be learned from the crisis at Fukush…

Metso, Fortum make headway with oxyfuel combustion

Added: 16 May 2011

Tampere, Finland – Metso Corp. and Fortum claim to have made significant progress in a joint R&D pr…

Emerson kit for Romania power plant

Added: 16 May 2011

Rovinari, Romania – SC Complexul Energetic Rovinari has selected Emerson Process Management to supp…