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Oil & Gas Authority chief executive Andy Samuel

Oil & Gas Authority boss named

Added: 7 Nov 2014

Andy Samuel, BG Group managing director for exploration and production in Europe, has been named as…

Murco Milford Haven refinery

Milford Haven refinery to close

Added: 6 Nov 2014

Murphy Oil (Murco) yesterday announced that a deal to save its Milford Haven refinery had collapsed…

Boundary Dam CCS

CCS near widespread deployment

Added: 5 Nov 2014

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now on the cusp of widespread global deployment, according to a…

EDF Fenice Energy Management Audit

Danone and EDF sign efficiency deal

Added: 5 Nov 2014

Food and drink giant the Danone Group has signed a deal with EDF to improve the energy efficiency o…

Biscuits

United Biscuits sold for £2bn

Added: 4 Nov 2014

UK food manufacturer United Biscuits (UB) has been sold to Turkish company Yidiz Holding for a repo…

Emerson maintenance reliability management consulting

Emerson enters management consulting

Added: 3 Nov 2014

Emerson Process Management has launched a maintenance-focussed management consulting service to dev…

Didcot B power station

Didcot back to 75% capacity after fire

Added: 29 Oct 2014

The Didcot B power station unit damaged by fire last week has returned to partial operation, plant …

Peterhad CCGT plant, Aberdeenshire FULL

Spare grid capacity down to 4%

Added: 29 Oct 2014

National Grid yesterday warned that the UK’s spare electricity generating capacity this winter will…

Pluto LNG

LNG valves win for Bestobell

Added: 23 Oct 2014

Bestobell Marine has secured a major order to supply its cryogenic globe, check and FLIV valves for…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Mandatory energy audits in force

Added: 23 Oct 2014

Large businesses are now legally obliged to carry out energy audits following legislation that came…

Pump

Growth drives pump uptake

Added: 23 Oct 2014

The food & beverage and pharmaceutical sectors are helping sustain the positive displacement pump m…

oil gas plant facility chemicals

Process sectors lead productivity growth

Added: 22 Oct 2014

The pharmaceutical and chemical sectors were today named by the government as the two sectors most …

Didcot B power station

Fire halves Didcot capacity

Added: 20 Oct 2014

The 1.4GW Didcot B power station will run at half its generating capacity for the foreseeable futur…

Peterhad CCGT plant, Aberdeenshire

Wood Group wins Shell CCS FEED

Added: 16 Oct 2014

Shell has hired Wood Group’s subsea engineering division to carry out the front end engineering des…

fracking

Ineos buys second Scottish shale licence

Added: 13 Oct 2014

Chemical company Ineos today acquired a majority interest in a shale gas development licence in Sco…

EDF Sizewell B nuclear power station

Sizewell B in maintenance shutdown

Added: 13 Oct 2014

EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power station was yesterday shut down for a £60 million maintenance and re…

Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre - Energy from Waste

Yokogawa wins energy from waste deal

Added: 9 Oct 2014

Yokogawa yesterday confirmed it had been awarded a contract to supply control and safety systems fo…

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power

Brussels approves Hinkley Point financing

Added: 8 Oct 2014

The European Commission today cleared the financing of EDF’s proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant…

Drax biomass storage domes

Government "blows" renewables budget

Added: 3 Oct 2014

The government was today criticised for allocating 58% of its renewable energy budget to just eight…

Corn field

Chemists boost biofuel production

Added: 3 Oct 2014

Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …