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Invensys control system for Saudi refinery
Added: 16 Aug 2011
London – Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) — a JV between Saudi Aramco and T…

US majors target Israeli wastewater-to-electricity technology
Added: 15 Aug 2011
Caesarea, Israel – Energy Technology Ventures – a joint venture between GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPh…

Renewable ethanol for fuel additives, rubber and solvents
Added: 3 Aug 2011
Richland, Washington – US researchers claim to have developed catalysts that could replace chemical…

BASF moves polyacrylamide production to UK plant
Added: 1 Aug 2011
Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF is to consolidate the production of polyacrylamide (PAM) beads into it…

Bayer advances energy-saving chlorine production technology
Added: 29 Jul 2011
Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience has started up a 20ktpa demonstration plant for the pro…

RWE power plants near startup
Added: 29 Jul 2011
Essen, Germany – RWE has announced that two new Essent power plants that are currently under constr…

Bechtel, Linde target N American cracker projects
Added: 28 Jul 2011
San Francisco – Bechtel Corp. and Linde AG are to work together to expand and build ethylene cracke…

Think tank: Mandatory reporting should replace costly CRC scheme
Added: 28 Jul 2011
London – The UK government should scrap the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, and instead oblige busine…

GSK to squeeze supply chain costs
Added: 27 Jul 2011
London – GlaxoSmithKline is targeting improvements in its supply chain in the next stage of its str…

Dow, Saudi Aramco to build major chemicals complex
Added: 25 Jul 2011
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Aramco are establishing a joint venture to build and…

Industry concerns mount over UK 'triple whammy'
Added: 22 Jul 2011
A series of government initiatives on taxation and carbon reduction is causing significant concern …

Clearfleau, UTS target UK renewable energy market
Added: 21 Jul 2011
Cambridge, UK – Renewable energy technology companies UK-based Clearfleau and UTS Biogastechnik Gmb…

Climate 'unilateralism' leaves lords leaping about cost to UK
Added: 18 Jul 2011
No other country would inflict such damage on its economy, leading figures warn

Hertel rebuffs union 'lock-out' claims at ExxonMobil refinery
Added: 6 Jul 2011
London – Engineering company Hertel has defended its position in relation to an employment dispute …

Saudi Aramco contract for Foster Wheeler SOFCON
Added: 5 Jul 2011
Reading, UK – Saudi Aramco has awardedFoster Wheeler SOFCON a contract for the front-end engineerin…

Pump users drive demand for MV soft starters
Added: 5 Jul 2011
Austin, Texas – The worldwide market for medium voltage soft starters was worth around $170 million…

GAMBICA calls for greater VSD awareness
Added: 1 Jul 2011
London – GAMBICA is flagging up the importance of variable speed drives and related energy-saving m…

Modern Water wins 'breakthrough' contract
Added: 22 Jun 2011
Guildford, UK – Modern Water plc, a UK group specialising in technologies for the production of fre…

Shell hit with major fine over UK terminal blast
Added: 20 Jun 2011
London – Shell UK Ltd has been ordered by Ipswich Crown Court to pay a total of £1.24 million in fi…

Oxford Catalysts advances shale gas technology
Added: 16 Jun 2011
Oxford, UK – Small scale gas to liquids (GTL) facilities based on the use of microchannel Fischer-T…