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Emerson launches ‘iOps’ control room
Added: 22 Apr 2014
Emerson Process Management earlier this month introduced its Integrated Operations – or iOps – init…

Chemical industry “optimistic”
Added: 16 Apr 2014
Optimism remains high in the UK chemical industry, according to the latest survey of business prosp…
Areva team wins key Sellafield project
Added: 15 Apr 2014
Sellafield has selected a joint venture of Areva, Mace and Atkins (a.m.a.) as preferred bidder to b…

Food safety group calls on scientists
Added: 15 Apr 2014
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is asking high-calibre scientists to join its team of risk as…

Aveva introduces virtual plant
Added: 15 Apr 2014
Industrial gaming software targets operator safety and efficiency.

Skills boost for oil & gas industry
Added: 10 Apr 2014
A website designed to map the skills and competencies needed to work in the oil & gas industry is c…

Rising costs affect chemicals sector
Added: 8 Apr 2014
The rising cost of electricity and gas is a major threat to the UK chemicals industry, a new report…

DNV handed Apache deal
Added: 8 Apr 2014
North Sea exploration company awards verification services contract to oil and gas advisory firm.

400MW biomass cap uncertain
Added: 7 Apr 2014
Government is struggling to reach its 400MW biomass cap as the scrapping of several schemes leaves …

Compound reclassification proposed
Added: 7 Apr 2014
A proposal to reclassify plastics chemical Bisphanol A (BPA) as potentially harmful to reproductive…

Oil & gas jobs to rise by 39,000
Added: 4 Apr 2014
The oil and gas sector could create up to 39,000 jobs in the UK over the next two years, according …

Emerson plans sensors acquisitions
Added: 2 Apr 2014
Emerson Process Management is targeting acquisitions of sensors manufacturers to increase its prese…

Accident costs top £20bn
Added: 2 Apr 2014
The combined financial loss from the 100 largest accidents in the global hydrocarbon industry has b…

UK has “no choice” over shale gas
Added: 28 Mar 2014
The UK public must support shale oil and gas development if some of the country’s key industries ar…

Scottish biomass projects scrapped
Added: 28 Mar 2014
Plans to develop three combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plants in Scotland have been scrapped,…

GSK employs F1 data analysis
Added: 27 Mar 2014
Pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline is employing Formula 1 style data analysis to improve its drug…

US approves sixth LNG terminal
Added: 25 Mar 2014
A sixth US liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal has gained conditional approval to export to countr…

Ineos sues Sinopec over carbon fibre secrets
Added: 21 Mar 2014
Chemical company Ineos is suing Chinese oil major Sinopec and subsidiaries for misuse of trade secr…

Latest food contaminant risks revealed
Added: 21 Mar 2014
Pathogens and pesticides are the most commonly found contaminants in food, new research suggests.

Apprenticeships given Budget boost
Added: 20 Mar 2014
Firms looking to increase their skills base welcomed yesterday’s Budget announcement of a boost in …