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Foster Wheeler wins LNG upgrade
Added: 18 Feb 2014
Foster Wheeler yesterday announced it had won a contract to upgrade a Norwegian liquefied natural g…
Systems must drive engineering degrees
Added: 18 Feb 2014
Former IChemE president Sir William Wakeham calls for the process systems community to take a great…

UK faces fracking skills shortage
Added: 17 Feb 2014
The UK fracking industry could be marred by a lack of relevant skills and equipment, according to a…

Amec to buy Foster Wheeler for £2bn
Added: 13 Feb 2014
Amec today made a formal offer to acquire rival oilfield services firm Foster Wheeler for $3.3 bill…

ConocoPhillips in North Sea pumps deal
Added: 13 Feb 2014
Centrifugal pump manufacturer Amarinth has secured a £600,000 order from ConocoPhillips to supply h…
Interlink establishes UK base
Added: 12 Feb 2014
US human machine interface (HMI) and sensor technology firm Interlink Electronics has announced it …

Cuadrilla targets Blackpool shale sites
Added: 4 Feb 2014
Shale oil & gas developer Cuadrilla today announced plans for exploration at two new sites near Bla…

“Reshore UK” scheme launched
Added: 31 Jan 2014
The Government has launched a new “one-stop-shop” service to help manufacturing firms return produc…

Contract win at Arctic LNG project
Added: 31 Jan 2014
Air Products has been chosen to supply three cryogenic heat exchangers at the Yamal liquefied natur…

Shale vital for “reshoring” says PM
Added: 24 Jan 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron today told world leaders gathered in Switzerland that development of s…

Largest biogas project selects suppliers
Added: 22 Jan 2014
A Scottish distillery that is building the UK’s largest biogas to grid project has selected the fir…

Quality comes first in gas detection market
Added: 17 Jan 2014
Quality is rated as the most important attribute when it comes to sourcing gas safety suppliers, ac…

The year ahead
Added: 15 Jan 2014
Happy New Year. It looks as though 2014 is, like last year, going to be a year where energy dominat…
Fracking boost for local councils
Added: 13 Jan 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron will today announce a major boost to UK fracking as local councils are…

Explosion at Shell refinery
Added: 9 Jan 2014
German media is reporting an explosion at Shell Chemical’s Cologne-Godorf refinery.

Biogas desulphurisation cuts costs at Cory
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Accurate and dependable online gas composition analysis an essential part of the new desulphurisati…

Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…

Energy & the global game
Added: 18 Dec 2013
At this time of Christmas Carols, there is a growing chorus of chemicals company bosses crying out …
Shale drilling considered for bulk of UK
Added: 18 Dec 2013
The government is considering over half of the land across the UK as potential areas for shale gas …

Tees Valley process funding agreed
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.