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Water industry develops early warning software

Added: 15 Jan 2015

A data analysis solution for the water and wastewater industry could be applied across a variety of…

Pilz safety relays receive nuclear approval

Amec Areva team loses Sellafield role

Added: 13 Jan 2015

The government this morning confirmed that Nuclear Management Partners (NMP), a consortium of Amec …

North Sea offshore oil and gas

UK oil production stabilises

Added: 12 Jan 2015

After several years of steep decline, UK oil & gas production has stabilised and is expected to gro…

SIHI Isochem modular chemical pump

Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer

Added: 8 Jan 2015

Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…

Food production must cut water use by a fifth

Added: 6 Jan 2015

The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Manufacturers’ confidence halves

Added: 5 Jan 2015

Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Drax CCS clears planning hurdle

Added: 23 Dec 2014

The companies behind a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Drax power station today announc…

Sabic process plant

Government misses capacity auction target

Added: 19 Dec 2014

The UK’s first-ever Capacity Market auction concluded yesterday, securing less generating capacity …

Drax Power Plant

Drax CCS wells FEED awarded

Added: 19 Dec 2014

National Grid has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the wells required on …

Subsea plant

GE buys subsea actuators firm

Added: 17 Dec 2014

GE announced yesterday that it was acquiring the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of US-based …

North Sea offshore oil and gas

North Sea polymer injection deal awarded

Added: 15 Dec 2014

Amec Foster Wheeler has won a contract from Chevron to deliver enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for one …

National Grid

Grid encourages more plant shutdowns

Added: 15 Dec 2014

National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…

AD facility

Revised biogas tariffs confirmed

Added: 9 Dec 2014

The government today confirmed the restructuring of feed-in tariffs paid for biomethane fed into th…

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

North Sea tax deal spelt out

Added: 5 Dec 2014

The government yesterday revealed further details of the tax relief for North Sea oil & gas announc…

Pilz safety relays receive nuclear approval

Maths model could ‘improve nuclear safety’

Added: 5 Dec 2014

Researchers at the University of Leeds have created a mathematical model that predicts how stalagmi…

Osborne Alexander Autumn Statement

Autumn statement: formulation funding

Added: 3 Dec 2014

A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Autumn statement: North Sea and shale win

Added: 3 Dec 2014

Chancellor George Osborne today used his Autumn Statement to increase tax relief for North Sea oil …

Simdean Envirotec Plasma waste treatment

Plasma tackles chemical waste

Added: 3 Dec 2014

Simdean Envirotec has launched a plasma-based chemical waste elimination system in the UK which it …

Applus RTD

Detection tool in the pipeline

Added: 3 Dec 2014

Applus RTD, a global provider of integrity technology services, last month showcased its new RTD DT…

Bara PPMA Robot2

Cyber security and robotics “priorities”

Added: 27 Nov 2014

Action must be taken to support six fast-growth industries that could significantly boost the UK ec…