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£2m investment for engineering talent
Added: 10 Sep 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…
Davey plays down shale carbon effect
Added: 9 Sep 2013
Secretary of state Edward Davey today announced that the exploration of onshore shale gas could be …
Cable questions UK fracking potential
Added: 6 Sep 2013
Business secretary Vince Cable today dismissed the government’s backing of shale gas development as…
SPX lands $40m pump contracts
Added: 6 Sep 2013
Glasgow-based firm to provide nine pumps for North Sea oil platforms.
Pneumatic shift in sight
Added: 5 Sep 2013
Report warns of root changes to the global pneumatic components market.
Emerson wins $17m North Sea job
Added: 4 Sep 2013
North Sea oil firm Premier Oil has awarded Emerson Process Management a $17 million (£11m) contract…
Cuadrilla pulls Balcombe planning
Added: 4 Sep 2013
Developer to submit new planning application as the Government seeks to relax existing rules.
UK oil & gas investment rate “unsustainable”
Added: 4 Sep 2013
The current rate of investment in North Sea oil & gas assets is unsustainable and better-targeted m…
Chinese wastewater win for Landia
Added: 4 Sep 2013
Landia has been selected to supply 78 pumps to a Chinese tourist centre in the country’s Guilin zon…
UK manufacturing reaches 3 year peak
Added: 3 Sep 2013
A surge in manufacturing output has seen production hit a three-year high, according to data releas…
Sulzer scores oil & gas jobs
Added: 3 Sep 2013
Swiss manufacturer wins contracts to supply pumps to vessels in Brazil and Australia.
Film factory in £20m upgrade
Added: 30 Aug 2013
A producer of plastic film for the packaging market has announced a £20 million upgrade of its Cumb…
Oil storage safety still lacking
Added: 27 Aug 2013
Many oil and gas storage sites around the UK have yet to upgrade their safety systems, nearly eight…
UK won’t make US fracking monitoring mistakes
Added: 23 Aug 2013
The man whose firm is monitoring gas movements at all of Cuadrilla’s UK sites says projects here wi…
Drax backs sustainable biomass rules
Added: 22 Aug 2013
Drax today backed government plans to strip biomass projects of financial support if their fuel com…
Government sets rules for biomass race
Added: 22 Aug 2013
Biomass developers today discovered what they must do to secure a slice of the 400MW subsidy cap se…
Profit hopes spur chemical spend
Added: 22 Aug 2013
Increased hopes of rising profit margins in the chemicals sector is leading the majority of firms t…
Oil and Gas investment to hit £13.5bn
Added: 21 Aug 2013
Capital spending in the UK offshore oil and gas industry is expected to hit an all-time high of £13…
Manufacturers ready to invest in new kit
Added: 21 Aug 2013
A government-funded survey of small and medium-sized manufacturers today revealed that half of the …
Arsenic found in water near US fracking sites
Added: 19 Aug 2013
Researchers have discovered elevated levels of contaminants such as arsenic and selenium in water n…