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Efficiency factor: pumps offer oil & gas a boost
Added: 25 Jul 2016
As the oil and gas industry struggles through the hardship of depressed oil prices, Dermot Martin i…

Demise of DECC may spark investor ‘concern’
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Questions over energy and environmental commitments have flowed in the wake of the government’s dec…

Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…

Editor’s comment: hope amidst the turmoil for oil & gas?
Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jul 2016
The UK’s oil and gas industry is in a state of turmoil. The price of oil plummeted from a high of r…

Oil & gas: technology and teamwork must reign supreme
Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jul 2016
Battle lines have been drawn as the UK’s oil and gas industry hopes to thrive in the years ahead. R…

‘Uncertainty’ clouds UK shale future
Added: 7 Jul 2016
A report published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) reveals there is major uncertainty over…

Compressor range extends to water utilities and biogas markets
Added: 15 Jun 2016
Vacuum pump and compressor manufacturer Gardner Denver has partnered with Northey Technologies to b…
Oil & gas jobs plummet by 120,000
Rob Smith | Added: 10 Jun 2016
A new report published by industry trade body Oil & Gas UK reveals that by the end of this year, mo…

Oil & gas job woes set to continue
Added: 6 Jun 2016
The oil and gas industry may not be seen as a viable career option if low oil prices and jobs cuts …

Scottish parliament bans fracking
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Members of the Scottish parliament have voted in favour of an outright ban on fracking in Scotland.

New IChemE president to redraw strategy
Added: 31 May 2016
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…

Fracking firm wins drilling approval
Added: 24 May 2016
North Yorkshire County Council has approved Third Energy’s request to drill for shale gas near the …

Intertek offers flow service
Added: 24 May 2016
Engineering solutions provider Intertek has recently launched an onsite Coriolis flow meter calibra…

Collaboration ‘vital’ for offshore industry
Added: 19 May 2016
Operators in the UK oil and gas industry are becoming more collaborative, a study by Oil & Gas UK a…

ABB rolls out safety systems software
Added: 17 May 2016
From its newly-developed Learning Centre in Cambridgeshire, ABB yesterday launched a number of init…

UK Continental Shelf offers ‘vast’ CO2 storage capacity
Added: 12 May 2016
There are no major technical hurdles to storing industrial scale CO2 offshore in the UK, according …

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 …