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BP sells Forties pipeline business to Ineos for £200m
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has sold its entire Forties pipeline business to chemical manufacturer Ineos f…
Article 50: Chemical bodies call for ‘certainty’ as Brexit negotiations begin
Added: 29 Mar 2017
Cefic and the Chemical Industry Association have called for pragmatism ahead of Brexit negotiations…
Hurricane claims ‘largest’ oilfield discovery on UKCS
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Oil exploration firm Hurricane Energy has made what it claims is the "largest undeveloped discovery…
HazardEx honours BPE for dust explosion toolkit
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Chemical and biochemical engineering design firm BPE has won the HazardEx Contribution to Safety aw…
EEF: 'No deal' Brexit will harm manufacturing
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Manufacturers organisation the EEF delivered a warning to prime minister Theresa May that a ‘no dea…
UK digital tech investment outstrips Germany and France combined
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Investment in the UK digital technological sector since 2011 has been 37% higher than France and Ge…
Teen engineers scoop 2017 Big Bang award for safety invention
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Two school students who created a wearable vest that predicts epileptic attacks have been awarded t…
Think tank warns Apprenticeship Levy benefits may be overestimated
Added: 27 Mar 2017
The new Apprenticeship Levy introduced in April will have less impact in regions of high unemployme…
Automata and Russell Finex among robotics programme winners
Added: 24 Mar 2017
Four British companies are among 25 winners set to receive free robotics consultancy via a scheme s…
Thames Water to pay record £20m for river pollution
Added: 22 Mar 2017
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has been charged more than £20 million in combined fines and costs for a…
Chemical engineers grill Commons committee in Westminster
Added: 20 Mar 2017
Last week chemical engineers took to Westminster to grill the House of Commons Science & Technology…
EPSRC invests £4.7m in self-healing materials
Added: 20 Mar 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.7 million in the dev…
NEPIC launches search for successor to chief executive Stan Higgins
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The search is on for candidates for one of the top jobs in the UK chemicals and pharmaceuticals ind…
Cawood Scientific purchased by private equity firm Inflexion
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The UK’s largest independent provider of analytical testing for land-based industries, Cawood Scien…
Career challenge outstrips money for youngsters entering oil business
Added: 13 Mar 2017
International work, innovation and the opportunity for personal development are overtaking the lure…
EDF agrees £125m contract for Amec Foster Wheeler
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Global engineering consultancy Amec Foster Wheeler has secured a £125 million agreement to provide …
Siemens’ 3D breakthrough offers potential boost to asset life
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Siemens is claiming a breakthrough with the production of the first 3D-printed part to operate in a…
Guarded welcome for Budget
Added: 10 Mar 2017
The oil and gas sector led the way in applauding Chancellor Philip Hammond’s 2017 budget after sign…
Hammond delivers Budget treat for oil and STEM but sugar tax on soft drinks
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Oil and gas taxation, technical training, research and women in STEM were among the early beneficia…
Innovation grant will boost development of oral Zika vaccine
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Thermo-stabilisation company Stabilitech has been awarded an innovation award to help it develop th…
