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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…
Fracking “cleared” of water pollution
Added: 16 Sep 2014
Contamination of groundwater near US shale sites was caused by well failures rather the hydraulic f…
ExxonMobil staff drink fracking fluid
Added: 11 Sep 2014
Staff of ExxonMobil this week appeared on national television in Germany to attempt to show that fr…
Engineers against Scottish independence
Added: 9 Sep 2014
More than 60% of chemical engineers in Scotland will vote against independence, a new survey has re…