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Subsea precision tools unveiled at expo

Added: 27 Jan 2015

Engineering specialist Power Jacks is set to launch a suite of bespoke subsea electro-mechanical ac…

Biofuel processing

Biofuel processing 'improved'

Added: 27 Jan 2015

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Rice University have developed a computational scree…

Ineos director Tom Crotty

Ineos slams MPs’ call to ban shale gas

Added: 26 Jan 2015

Ineos has attacked politicians calling for a ban on shale gas development in the UK, describing a r…

Cuadrilla shale site

MPs call for fracking ban as Cuadrilla blocked

Added: 22 Jan 2015

MPs from all major political parties have submitted proposals against hydraulic fracturing as part …

Intertek lab

Petroleum testing lab reopens after flood

Added: 20 Jan 2015

Product testing firm Intertek has reopened its Immingham Docks Laboratory after a tidal surge and w…

GGS GasClam monitoring Blackpool shale gas site

Cuadrilla green light for Blackpool shale site

Added: 16 Jan 2015

Shale gas developer Cuadrilla was today granted the environmental permits it needs to begin explora…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

Investment boost for engineering talent

Added: 15 Jan 2015

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is investing £1.2 million in up and coming engi…

money trees skills wealth

A wealth of opportunity

Added: 14 Jan 2015

Chemical engineering graduates earn some of the best salaries in the country. But does this stop th…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

UK oil production stabilises

Added: 12 Jan 2015

After several years of steep decline, UK oil & gas production has stabilised and is expected to gro…

Murphy Oil Milford Haven refinery

Refined Capacity: the future of UK refineries

Added: 7 Jan 2015

The end of 2014 saw yet another UK refinery close as the European downstream sector struggled to co…

Energy minister Matthew Hancock opens National shale gas college in Blackpool

Shale college launch: premature or necessary?

Added: 7 Jan 2015

With so little known about the skills it will target and the courses it will offer, the launch of t…

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Drax CCS clears planning hurdle

Added: 23 Dec 2014

The companies behind a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Drax power station today announc…

Drax Power Plant

Drax CCS wells FEED awarded

Added: 19 Dec 2014

National Grid has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the wells required on …

Murphy Oil Milford Haven refinery

The next Milford Haven?

Added: 17 Dec 2014

Oil prices may be tumbling, Russia may be brought to its knees, but for Europe’s refineries little …

Subsea plant

GE buys subsea actuators firm

Added: 17 Dec 2014

GE announced yesterday that it was acquiring the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of US-based …

Aaron oil truck

Slick analysis

Added: 15 Dec 2014

Oil recycling firm opts for PLC solution to track liquids as they are pumped through a collection t…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

North Sea polymer injection deal awarded

Added: 15 Dec 2014

Amec Foster Wheeler has won a contract from Chevron to deliver enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for one …

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

North Sea tax deal spelt out

Added: 5 Dec 2014

The government yesterday revealed further details of the tax relief for North Sea oil & gas announc…

Osborne Alexander Autumn Statement

Autumn statement: formulation funding

Added: 3 Dec 2014

A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Autumn statement: North Sea and shale win

Added: 3 Dec 2014

Chancellor George Osborne today used his Autumn Statement to increase tax relief for North Sea oil …