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BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

North Sea emergency simulated

Added: 24 Mar 2015

The emergency services and RAF were among those working with Oil & Gas industry representatives las…

LED lighting

Industry wasting £1.4bn on lighting

Added: 24 Mar 2015

An estimated 75% of UK industrial lighting installations don’t meet current industry design standar…

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Budget 2015: energy intensive compensation brought forward

Added: 18 Mar 2015

Chancellor George Osborne used his final budget of this parliament to outline a number of measures …

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

Budget 2015: North Sea given tax breaks

Added: 18 Mar 2015

North Sea oil & gas was today handed tax breaks including a 10% cut in the supplementary rate by ch…

Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak dispenses cleaning tips

Added: 18 Mar 2015

Tetra Pak has published a guide to cleaning in place (CIP) based on its decades of experience in fo…

David Cameron meets apprentices at BAE Systems

PM launches degree apprenticeships

Added: 12 Mar 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to rollout nine freely available degree apprentice…

Ineos Upstream chief executive Gary Haywood

Ineos acquires IGas shale sites

Added: 10 Mar 2015

Ineos has today announced a deal to acquire a 50% interest in seven IGas shale gas licences in the …

BASF plastics research

BASF carbon-fibre plastics study ends

Added: 9 Mar 2015

New processes and techniques for manufacturing thermoplastics strengthened by carbon fibres have be…

Artist's impression of NMITE

New university aims for 50% women

Added: 5 Mar 2015

A new engineering university located in Herefordshire aims to attract more women into the industry.

Cyber security

Shell squares up to cyber threat

Added: 4 Mar 2015

Yokogawa has paired up with IT systems supplier Cisco Systems to roll out a new global cyber-securi…

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Manchester launches manufacturing strategy

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Advanced materials, chemicals and food & drink processing are all set to play a role in a strategy …

BP chemicals plant facility

Growth boost for chemicals firm

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Chemoxy, a speciality chemicals manufacturer based in Teesside, has been granted £20 million in fun…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturers to boost technology spend

Added: 24 Feb 2015

More than half of all small and medium sized (SME) manufacturers in England are planning to invest …

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

North Sea exploration “collapses”

Added: 24 Feb 2015

New oil & gas investments falling but production predicted to grow in 2015.

Bionic handling assistant

Manufacturers voice ‘Industry 4.0’ concern

Added: 23 Feb 2015

Manufacturing trade body EEF has published research which suggests that 80% of manufacturers in the…

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Cogent and Skills Academy merge

Added: 17 Feb 2015

Sector skills group Cogent is merging with the National Skills Academy Process Industries (NSAPI) a…

Cuadrilla shale site

MPs approve weakened shale regulations

Added: 16 Feb 2015

The Infrastructure Act gained Royal Assent last week, but only after regulations on shale gas devel…

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Critical decade for CCS success

Added: 13 Feb 2015

The UK is entering a critical decade for the delivery of a low carbon economy by 2050, with Carbon …

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Oil & Gas suppliers suffering

Added: 12 Feb 2015

Suppliers to the oil & gas industry are already beginning to suffer the impact of low oil prices, w…

United Utilities training centre

Water utility tackles skills shortage

Added: 12 Feb 2015

Water firm United Utilities has invested £1.5 million in a new technical training centre located at…