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Government pledges £80m for national colleges
Added: 9 May 2016
The government has today announced plans to fund five National Colleges to guarantee the UK has a s…
Fracking ‘unlikely’ to contaminate water
Added: 29 Apr 2016
A study of the abandoned Selby coalfield in Yorkshire suggests fracking is unlikely to pose a pollu…
Intertek launches mobile calibration service
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Engineering solutions provider Intertek has launched an onsite Coriolis flow meter calibration serv…
Subsea firm seeks validation
Added: 28 Mar 2016
Offshore engineering specialist Red Marine has completed a programme of qualification testing of a …
Siemens to axe 2,500 oil & gas jobs
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Siemens has announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs from its oil & gas, metals and mining businesses.
Viewpoint: Sliding fortunes
Added: 7 Mar 2016
While falling oil prices are welcomed by many, they may spell serious issues ahead, writes North Ea…
Land of opportunity
Rob Smith | Added: 3 Mar 2016
With offshore exploration in the UK faltering, could decommissioning and greater investment onshore…
North Sea tax breaks ‘critical for competitiveness’
Added: 23 Feb 2016
Pressures on the North Sea have prompted industry body Oil & Gas UK to lobby for a significant perm…
BP predicts oil & gas energy ‘dominance’
Added: 11 Feb 2016
The 2016 Energy Outlook report published by BP suggests oil and gas will remain the dominant form o…
UK may struggle to meet CO2 targets after ‘disappointing’ U-turn
Louisa Hearn | Added: 10 Feb 2016
The government’s sudden decision to pull funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects coul…
Total fires-up Shetland gas plant
Added: 8 Feb 2016
French oil and gas firm Total has begun production from its Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate f…
UK shale “within 10 years”
Rob Smith | Added: 2 Feb 2016
A letter leaked to Friends of the Earth (FoE) reveals government plans to implement industrial-scal…
Calibration: Field factors
Added: 22 Jan 2016
The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…
Schlumberger cuts 10,000 jobs
Added: 22 Jan 2016
Oilfield services firm Schlumberger has confirmed it cut 10,000 jobs in quarter four last year.
Energy Institute offers skills boost to industry
Energy Institute | Added: 20 Jan 2016
The energy industry is a sector in a constant state of change, which means maintaining and developi…
DECC asks for industry input on energy regulation
Added: 19 Jan 2016
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is calling for industry views on how to ensure r…
a1-cbiss offers gas detection service
Added: 19 Jan 2016
The engineering team at a1-cbiss offer technical knowledge regarding gas detection products and the…
BP to axe 4,000 jobs
Rob Smith | Added: 12 Jan 2016
Oil and gas firm BP has announced plans to cut 4,000 jobs globally throughout its exploration and p…
Cyber security: fighting talk
Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jan 2016
Cyber security is a multi-faceted beast, therefore plant operators must be prepared to defend their…
Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…
