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Manufacturing pace loses momentum
Added: 2 Dec 2015
The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…

Sewage gas to power waste plant
Added: 30 Nov 2015
Siemens technology is being used to convert the Ebswien wastewater treatment works in Vienna into a…

Government scraps CCS funding
Added: 27 Nov 2015
The UK government rocked the industrial sector this week with the news that it had scrapped its £1 …

Shell fined over North Sea spill
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Oil and gas firm Shell has been fined £22,500 after it was found to have breached offshore petroleu…

Cuadrilla forced to plug shale well
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm Cuadrilla has stopped exploration at its Becconsall shale gas …

Big data
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Integration with cloud and mobile technologies is changing the face of data acquisition.

Decommissioning sector ramps up
Added: 19 Nov 2015
The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is likely to see decommissioning expenditure of £16.9 billion by 20…

Quantum research in the spotlight
Added: 18 Nov 2015
UK research teams last week demonstrated how study of the quantum realm is helping to advance measu…

UK still lags in innovation stakes
Added: 17 Nov 2015
The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…

On the level
Added: 17 Nov 2015
Level measurement can offer a line of defence against industrial spills, and regulators are taking …

Non-toxic fracking fluid scoops award
Added: 10 Nov 2015
An energy-saving, non-toxic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid was declared the overall winner a…

Micro-generation: a new frontier
Added: 4 Nov 2015
The UK’s rapidly growing waste-to-energy market is catching the eye of control technology firms.

Calibration rig for UK water flow
Added: 4 Nov 2015
The Endress+Hauser UK water flow calibration rig incorporates the latest in flow technology, and is…

Detecting toxic and explosive gases
Added: 4 Nov 2015
The Gas-Pro multigas detector from Crowcon features a confined space entry (CSE) function for use i…

Progress gas analysers improve efficiency
Added: 4 Nov 2015
Quantitech has launched a new range of progress gas analysers, based on tunable diode laser absorpt…

Pump up the volume
Added: 2 Nov 2015
Pumps and valves technology will have to adapt if shale gas is ever to be extracted in the UK.

Shale mates: UK fracking future
Added: 2 Nov 2015
As the UK moves to emulate the US shale boom, Michelle Knott investigates how similar the engineeri…

Linde opens pilot synthesis gas plant
Added: 19 Oct 2015
Linde has invested €5 million (£3.7 million) in a new plant that will produce low-emission synthesi…

Ineos acquires North Sea assets
Added: 12 Oct 2015
Oil and gas exploration and production firm Ineos Upstream has acquired all UK North Sea gas fields…

Urgent call for CCS funding
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…