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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…

BP seeks future leaders in recruitment drive
Added: 2 Sep 2014
BP today launched a two-month recruitment drive to hire up to 30 potential new leaders of its globa…

IGas nears fracking in North West
Added: 2 Sep 2014
Shale developer IGas yesterday revealed it was ready to design a fracking programme for its license…

GE launches oil & gas technology centre
Added: 27 Aug 2014
GE Oil & Gas yesterday officially launched its new $5 million technology centre in Norway.

Rotork buys Xylem oil & gas valves
Added: 19 Aug 2014
Xylem has sold its UK oil & gas valves business to Rotork for $30 million (£18 million).

Ineos buys majority shale licence
Added: 19 Aug 2014
Chemicals firm to become “major player” in the UK onshore gas production sector.

UK oil estimates “incredibly pessimistic”
Added: 18 Aug 2014
North Sea oil & gas estimates could be far higher than economic watchdog forecasts, according to a …

Honeywell to upgrade offshore platform
Added: 12 Aug 2014
Honeywell Process Solutions is set to upgrade safety and process systems in the Sakhalin shelf.
DECC contradicts fracking poll
Added: 12 Aug 2014
Figures released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) contradict yesterday’s poll th…

Majority of UK supports fracking
Added: 11 Aug 2014
Public opinion poll suggests ’widespread backing’ for shale gas production to go ahead in the UK.

North Sea optimism hits five-year low
Added: 8 Aug 2014
Optimism in the UK’s offshore oil & gas sector is now at its lowest for five years, a new survey ha…
Oil & Gas Process Engineering
Added: 6 Aug 2014
Read the July/August digital issue of Oil & Gas Process Engineering

New colleges focus on engineering
Added: 6 Aug 2014
Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…

Drax CCS pipeline work awarded
Added: 5 Aug 2014
Technip subsidiary Genesis has been hired by National Grid to carry out design work for a pipeline …

Shale environmental video goes live
Added: 31 Jul 2014
Cuadrilla yesterday posted a video online outlining the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) proce…

Well control course launched
Added: 30 Jul 2014
A free online course aimed at improving awareness of the life cycle of an oil well has been launche…