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Successful tests for oil conversion

Added: 18 Mar 2005

A process developed by Californian firm Ivanhoe Energy could lead to a new source of light oil, a v…

Brewer fined

Added: 11 Mar 2005

Carlsberg UK was fined a total of £25,000 and ordered to pay £2,001 costs by Selby magistrates on M…

A refined manifold

Added: 9 Mar 2005

Parker Instrumentation has developed a novel instrumentation manifold for BP's Grangemouth oil and …

AMEC expands environmental services

Added: 8 Mar 2005

AMEC has bought the UK-based environmental consultancy, Environmental Advice Centre (EAC), for £1.4…

Breaking it down

Added: 4 Mar 2005

Nanoparticles of gold and palladium are the most effective catalysts yet identified for remediation…

Photosynthesis for hydrogen

Added: 4 Mar 2005

Generating hydrogen is one of the major obstacles in the way of the widespread adoption of fuel cel…

Supply-side sustainability

Added: 23 Feb 2005

With the REACH regulations looming, process companies in the chemicals sector are taking stock of t…

Going green

Added: 23 Feb 2005

In an article in The Guardian this month, Adrian Wilkes, chairman of the Environmental Industries C…

Norwegian gas

Added: 3 Feb 2005

Canadian oil and gas producer Talisman Energy is to buy all of the outstanding shares of Pe…

Million-dollar challenge

Added: 2 Feb 2005

The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is to award a $1 million prize for a practical…

Taking toxins out of the water

Added: 31 Jan 2005

A researcher at the Washington University in St. Louis has discovered an effective way to r…

Increased output

Added: 27 Jan 2005

Nova Chemicals is to invest $210 million modernising its Ontario, Canada-based ethylene fle…

How risky is it?

Added: 26 Jan 2005

The UK Environment Agency is calling on industry to take a closer look at a chemical called…

Mercury monitor

Added: 25 Jan 2005

Anticipating legislation to extend the requirements for the measurement of mercury levels i…

Solid protection

Added: 25 Jan 2005

As health, safety and environmental concerns increase, there is a need for the process industries t…

Genome hope for clean-up

Added: 25 Jan 2005

A US research team has deciphered the genome sequence of the only microbe known to degrade tetrachl…

Acrylic acid from propane

Added: 24 Jan 2005

Rohm and Haas has been awarded a $5.2 million grant by the US Department of Energy to develop a new…

Texas oil and gas

Added: 21 Jan 2005

AMEC, the UK-based project management and services company, has acquired Houston-based oil …

Billions from BP

Added: 20 Jan 2005

BP today revealed its plans to spend up to $2 billion on its UK North Sea business in 2005.