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Filter removes almost all bacteria from contaminated water, research suggests
Added: 28 Sep 2017
A filter developed by researchers at Swansea University is designed to remove more than 90% of hydr…

Sheffield Uni AMRC deal creates manufacturing centre in Oman
Added: 19 Sep 2017
The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has launched a project with Om…
Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler to merge following CMA approval
Added: 13 Sep 2017
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved plans for Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheel…

‘Milestone’ certification of first AM-produced part for oil and gas sector
Added: 6 Sep 2017
Lloyd’s Register has certified the first part to be produced through additive manufacturing for the…

EEF picks top defence and trade civil servant to succeed Scuoler
Added: 4 Sep 2017
Manufacturers’ association the EEF has appointed a top civil servant at the Department for Internat…

OPITO commissions major survey on North Sea labour market
Added: 4 Sep 2017
Robert Gordon University’s Oil and Gas Institute will carry out a major analysis of the UK Continen…

GMB hits back at claims UK shale gas reserves are ‘overhyped’
Added: 17 Aug 2017
The GMB union has dismissed speculation by a UK professor that the country’s shale gas reserves are…

BP records second quarter profits of $684m amid ‘solid’ half-year results
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has recorded net profits of $684 million (£517m) during the second quarter of …

UK offshore oil and gas safety record improving says report
Added: 27 Jul 2017
The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has reported its lowest ever incidence of so-called ‘dangero…

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…