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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…

Shale drilling licensing launched
Added: 28 Jul 2014
The government this morning launched a new licensing round for onshore oil & gas exploration, aimed…

Traffic fears block shale bid
Added: 22 Jul 2014
Concerns over potentially high levels of traffic have led planners to block a proposed exploratory …

Foreign investment up in process sectors
Added: 21 Jul 2014
Nearly a fifth of all foreign investment in the UK is going to projects in the process sectors, acc…

Grangemouth LNG wins guarantee
Added: 17 Jul 2014
Ineos has received a £230 million loan guarantee from the government to support the financing of it…

Reshuffle: What now for shale?
Added: 16 Jul 2014
Yesterday the shale oil & gas industry lost one of its most effective political champions to the Mi…

Process champions moved in reshuffle
Added: 15 Jul 2014
Two key allies of the process industries were today removed from their posts by Prime Minister Davi…

Submersible pumps to hit £11bn
Added: 14 Jul 2014
The value of the global submersible pump market is likely to reach $18.9 billion (£11 billion) by 2…

Treasury launches North Sea tax review
Added: 14 Jul 2014
The government today launched a review of the oil & gas tax regime aimed at making the UK Continent…