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OPITO confirms McDonald as chief executive officer
Added: 13 Jul 2017
OPITO, the international workforce, safety and standards organisation for oil and gas, has appointe…

EngineeringUK announces new chief executive
Added: 5 Jul 2017
EngineeringUK announced today that Mark Titterington has been appointed as its new chief executive.

SPX Flow joint venture workshop to service Iraq’s ‘super giant’ oil fields
Added: 5 Jul 2017
SPX Flow has signed a joint venture agreement with the WTE Wajdi Group Group to service all rotatin…

Oil & gas: the shale debate returns
Added: 4 Jul 2017
Shale is back on the agenda as process industry feedstocks and energy supply are threatened by our …

News viewpoint: how the General Election result will affect the process sectors
Added: 4 Jul 2017
The hung parliament that has emerged diminishes the likelihood of a hard Brexit, but brings other p…

UKOOG – Government must act to protect gas reserves
Added: 22 Jun 2017
The UK will become increasingly reliant upon imported gas if it does not embark on a strategy to bo…
Process leaders demand Brexit scrutiny and safeguards after Queen's Speech
Added: 21 Jun 2017
Early responses from process industry leaders to the Queen’s Speech outlining the Government’s appr…

Carbonate reservoir pioneer Geiger wins Wegener Award
Added: 13 Jun 2017
Director of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering (IPE) and Foundation CMG chair at Heriot-Watt Un…

Election analysis: What’s the effect for Brexit and the process industries?
Added: 9 Jun 2017
The hung parliament that has resulted from the general election has increased uncertainty over the …
Industry leaders call for UK to lead on energy transition after Trump pull out
Added: 2 Jun 2017
Industry bodies reacted with dismay to US president Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw his countr…
Former Labour MP Iain Wright replaces Stan Higgins as NEPIC chief
Added: 1 Jun 2017
Former Labour MP Iain Wright has been named as the new chief executive officer of the North East Pr…

More than £0.3 mill in R&D on offer to engineering innovators
Added: 30 May 2017
Seven engineering innovators will have the chance to share £350,000 of R&D support in a competition…

Academies: Brexit will see multi-million pound gap in STEM research support
Added: 24 May 2017
Britain’s departure from the European Union will leave a significant gap in support for the country…
First oil for redeveloped Shetland fields signals North Sea ‘growth’ for BP
Added: 22 May 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has announced the start of production from the redeveloped Schiehallion Area i…

UKOOG chief warns fracking ban will increase industry gas imports
Added: 22 May 2017
Political opposition to the shale fracking in the UK will contribute to a growing demand for gas im…
Onshore industry slams Labour manifesto pledge to ban fracking
Added: 16 May 2017
UKOOG, the trade body for the onshore oil and gas industry, has slammed Labour’s pledge to ban frac…

Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030
Added: 8 May 2017
Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…

Fracking ‘not compatible’ with 'preference' for renewable energy, study finds
Added: 11 Apr 2017
Research conducted by Cardiff University suggests fracking is ‘not compatible’ with public preferen…

BP sells Forties pipeline business to Ineos for £200m
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has sold its entire Forties pipeline business to chemical manufacturer Ineos f…

Hurricane claims ‘largest’ oilfield discovery on UKCS
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Oil exploration firm Hurricane Energy has made what it claims is the "largest undeveloped discovery…