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UK has US shale geologies, claims Ineos
Added: 21 Nov 2014
Parts of the UK have the similar geology to successful US shale gas plays such as the Barnett Shale…

Emerson sales top $9bn
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Emerson Process Management recorded sales of just under $9.2 billion (£5.9bn) in the twelve months …

Amec Foster Wheeler merger finalised
Added: 13 Nov 2014
Amec has completed its £2 billion takeover of Foster Wheeler to create an oil & gas services compan…

National shale college launched
Added: 13 Nov 2014
The UK’s first national shale oil & gas college was officially launched in Blackpool yesterday.

Pure play
Added: 12 Nov 2014
As global water regulations tighten, filtration technologies are evolving to help process industrie…

Emerson expands Leicester facility
Added: 10 Nov 2014
Emerson Process Management has announced the expansion of its Leicester facility, including a new s…

Oil & Gas Authority boss named
Added: 7 Nov 2014
Andy Samuel, BG Group managing director for exploration and production in Europe, has been named as…

Milford Haven refinery to close
Added: 6 Nov 2014
Murphy Oil (Murco) yesterday announced that a deal to save its Milford Haven refinery had collapsed…

It’s the economics, stupid
Added: 5 Nov 2014
Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on fracking. But what exactly are those opinions based on?

Shale time
Added: 4 Nov 2014
Over the coming months the UK will get a much better idea of where and how much shale development w…
Ineos buys second Scottish shale licence
Added: 13 Oct 2014
Chemical company Ineos today acquired a majority interest in a shale gas development licence in Sco…

Chemists boost biofuel production
Added: 3 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …

World’s first CCS plant opens
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The world’s first commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will begin operating in Canada …

Ineos buys Grangemouth power plant
Added: 2 Oct 2014
Ineos today announced it is buying the gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant that provides …

Lost in translation
Added: 1 Oct 2014
The UK and US are two nations divided by the same language…even when it comes to money.

UK shale far more complex than US
Added: 1 Oct 2014
Geologists yesterday warned that extraction of UK shale gas would require far more engineering expe…
Shale shapes Siemens' ambitions
Added: 30 Sep 2014
The $7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand is Siemens’ latest move in its bid to enter the boomin…

Ineos warned over shale offer
Added: 30 Sep 2014
Ineos’ plan to offer 6% of its UK shale revenues to local communities has been accused of being pot…

Siemens buys Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn
Added: 22 Sep 2014
Siemens today announced it was acquiring Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion (£4.6bn) and aimed to become…

For oil’s sake?
Added: 16 Sep 2014
If Scottish independence is about oil, then the truth is that Scotland has missed the boat. Thursda…