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NEL invests £1m in flow meter facility
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Oil & Gas consultancy NEL is investing £1 million to create the UK’s only flow meter calibration fa…

Energy associations plan merger
Added: 1 Jul 2015
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the UK Demand Response Association (UKDRA) have …

Nuclear supply scheme launched
Added: 30 Jun 2015
Leaders of the nuclear industry will gather in London today to launch an initiative to broaden the …

Second Blackpool shale gas site refused
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Lancashire County Council today refused Cuadrilla planning permission to develop a shale gas site i…

Sewerage deaths show toxic gas threat
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Multiple deaths in sewer networks this month show why it is vital for workers to pay attention to s…

MIT chip harvests IoT potential
Added: 23 Jun 2015
An ultralow-power chip developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) im…

Few parents think girls like engineering
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Just 7% of parents think that engineering appeals to their daughters, according to research publish…

Obsolete stock poses "critical risk"
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Obsolete storeroom stock is posing a ‘critical risk’ to UK manufacturing productivity, according to…

Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…

Report backs CCS tax break for oil industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
The government must introduce tax breaks and other fiscal incentives to encourage the use of Carbon…

Split planning decision for Blackpool shale
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Lancashire County Council planning officers yesterday recommended that one of Cuadrilla’s proposed …

Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Jun 2015
Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…

Innovative process starts at sewage plant
Added: 10 Jun 2015
Nottingham’s Stoke Bardolph wastewater treatment works is close to completing a three-stage biologi…

Productivity harming manufacturing growth
Added: 10 Jun 2015
Majority of SMEs worried about productivity, while research claims that industrial standards could …

GMB union backs shale gas
Added: 9 Jun 2015
The body representing UK shale gas developers yesterday signed an agreement with the GMB trade unio…

Thames Water pollution fine upheld
Added: 5 Jun 2015
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a £250,000 fine imposed on Thames Water for polluting a nature…
Internet of Things research hub for UK
Added: 2 Jun 2015
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today opened a competition to de…

Emerson buys oil & gas software firm
Added: 2 Jun 2015
Emerson Process Management has acquired oil & gas pipeline software specialist Energy Solutions Int…

Manufacturing loses momentum
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…

University launches STEM initiative
Added: 26 May 2015
The New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) university has launched an initiative to inspir…