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Ineos Grangemouth

Ineos buys majority shale licence

Added: 19 Aug 2014

Chemicals firm to become “major player” in the UK onshore gas production sector.

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

UK oil estimates “incredibly pessimistic”

Added: 18 Aug 2014

North Sea oil & gas estimates could be far higher than economic watchdog forecasts, according to a …

Molikpak platform, Russia

Honeywell to upgrade offshore platform

Added: 12 Aug 2014

Honeywell Process Solutions is set to upgrade safety and process systems in the Sakhalin shelf.

Shale tweet

DECC contradicts fracking poll

Added: 12 Aug 2014

Figures released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) contradict yesterday’s poll th…

Shale fracking

Majority of UK supports fracking

Added: 11 Aug 2014

Public opinion poll suggests ’widespread backing’ for shale gas production to go ahead in the UK.

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

North Sea optimism hits five-year low

Added: 8 Aug 2014

Optimism in the UK’s offshore oil & gas sector is now at its lowest for five years, a new survey ha…

Chemical Compounds

Industry slams EU nano register

Added: 7 Aug 2014

EU proposals to create a new register for nanomaterials were today criticised by the UK chemical in…

University Technical Colleges Skills

New colleges focus on engineering

Added: 6 Aug 2014

Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Drax CCS pipeline work awarded

Added: 5 Aug 2014

Technip subsidiary Genesis has been hired by National Grid to carry out design work for a pipeline …

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Increased production squeezes innovation

Added: 4 Aug 2014

Manufacturers’ spending on innovation is slowing as firms attempt to manage rising output levels, a…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Just 6% of engineers are women

Added: 31 Jul 2014

On average just 6% of engineers in the UK are female, with the highest proportions occuring in the …

GGS GasClam monitoring Blackpool shale gas site

Shale environmental video goes live

Added: 31 Jul 2014

Cuadrilla yesterday posted a video online outlining the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) proce…

Balmenach distillery

Distillery secures Green Bank funding

Added: 30 Jul 2014

A Scottish distillery has secured finance to build a biomass boiler from the Green Investment Bank …

IWCF CEO David Price

Well control course launched

Added: 30 Jul 2014

A free online course aimed at improving awareness of the life cycle of an oil well has been launche…

Plastic bags

Scientists enhance bioplastics process

Added: 30 Jul 2014

Food waste method could dramatically enhance the way bioplastics are developed, new research sugges…

DECC shale licence map

Shale drilling licensing launched

Added: 28 Jul 2014

The government this morning launched a new licensing round for onshore oil & gas exploration, aimed…

Drax biomass storage domes

Subsidy wins for biomass and AD

Added: 25 Jul 2014

Biomass and anaerobic digestion (AD) plants will be able to compete for £155 million annually under…

Dounreay birds eye view

UK plans national radioactive storage site

Added: 24 Jul 2014

Plans for a single geological disposal facility (GDF) to hold all of the UK’s radioactive waste wer…

Experion Orion console  DCS control system

Innovation spend hits 25-year high

Added: 23 Jul 2014

The number of manufacturers planning to invest in product and process innovation is at its highest …

Chemical compounds

Pharma firms to offer up compounds

Added: 23 Jul 2014

Seven pharmaceuticals companies are offering up their deprioritised compounds to UK researchers.