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Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

Regulator to speed oil recovery

Added: 4 Jul 2014

The UK’s new regulatory body for the oil & gas industry will be given powers to speed up work on th…

Capita

Capita acquires process project manager

Added: 4 Jul 2014

Capita today announced it had acquired project management firm Projen, a specialist in process sect…

Experion Orion console  DCS control system

C&I news roundup

Added: 3 Jul 2014

Process control and instrumentation stories to have appeared elsewhere on the web over the past wee…

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Sector growth drives pump uptake

Added: 2 Jul 2014

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

Monsal AD tech

GE acquires water and biogas firm

Added: 1 Jul 2014

GE’s water business today announced it had acquired UK process firm Monsal, which specialises in th…

Shale fracking

Scottish shale amount ‘modest’

Added: 30 Jun 2014

Shale oil and gas resources beneath Scotland’s Midland Valley are modest, according to a British Ge…

Peterhad CCGT plant, Aberdeenshire

Government sets capacity auction at 53GW

Added: 30 Jun 2014

The UK’s first ever electricity generating capacity auction will take place later this year, the Go…

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

Toshiba seals Sellafield build deal

Added: 30 Jun 2014

Toshiba today completed its £102 million deal to acquire a 60% stake in NuGen, the company developi…

Steve Elliott

Chemical industry claims 5% growth

Added: 27 Jun 2014

The UK chemical industry is on course to achieve 5% growth in 2014, the boss of the sector’s trade …

Subsea plant

Subsea research initiative launched

Added: 25 Jun 2014

A new UK initiative will focus of subsea research and development.

GECMA RT

Eaton serves up remote safety solution

Added: 24 Jun 2014

Operating terminal built for use in hazardous areas across industry.

Milk production factory

Fanuc milks new market

Added: 24 Jun 2014

The dairy industry is embracing pick and place robots, says robotics firm.

CCS plant

£2.6m for CCS research

Added: 20 Jun 2014

Fourteen Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) research projects in the UK are set to receive a combined…

Apprentices

Students "not considering" nuclear

Added: 18 Jun 2014

Industry survey suggests students do not think they can get jobs in the nuclear sector.

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power

UK-China deal on new nuclear

Added: 17 Jun 2014

The UK and China governments today signed a civil nuclear agreement, paving the way for Chinese fir…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

£30m to boost women in engineering

Added: 17 Jun 2014

The government has announced a £30 million fund to increase the number of people, and in particular…

Emerson Dyce Aberdeen office groundbreaking

Emerson launches £20m North Sea HQ

Added: 17 Jun 2014

Control and instrumentation firm Emerson yesterday broke ground on a new £20 million office and ser…

Skills director at Energy Institute

Chartered status is “clear advantage”

Added: 11 Jun 2014

Energy workers with professional recognition have improved job prospects, a new survey suggests.

Heineken Ledbury cider apple canals

Heineken pours £108m into UK production

Added: 10 Jun 2014

Dutch brewing giant Heineken yesterday announced it was investing £108 million in production facili…

Cereal drying plant

Energy failures threaten firms

Added: 10 Jun 2014

Certification body says organisations are exposed to financial risk if they fail to improve energy …