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Manufacturing hits 18-year high
Added: 21 Nov 2013
UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…

Steam cracker is 'industry first'
Added: 20 Nov 2013
A feedstock steam cracker in Singapore is said to be the first industry facility capable of convert…
Complacent companies at highest risk of cyber attack
Added: 19 Nov 2013
Companies that employ outdated technologies and inefficient risk management tactics are at a higher…
North Sea £4bn heavy oil project approved
Added: 19 Nov 2013
Oil developer EnQuest has approved a £4 billion investment in a new North Sea project east of the S…

ArcelorMittal buys hydrogen generators
Added: 19 Nov 2013
Industrial gas specialist Air Products today announced it had signed a deal to supply Indian steel …

Honeywell wins Chinese petrochemical deal
Added: 15 Nov 2013
Chinese national oil company Sinopec has selected process optimisation software by Honeywell for th…

AMEC wins North Sea platform contract
Added: 13 Nov 2013
AMEC has won a hook-up and commissioning contract at four GDF Suez platforms at its Cygnus gas fiel…

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

UK needs North Sea regulator
Added: 12 Nov 2013
The UK needs a new dedicated regulator for the North Sea if a potential extra 24 billion barrels of…

UK oil recycling deal agreed
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Oil recycling firm Hydrodec has announced it will collaborate with Essar Oil UK to develop a re-ref…

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor
Added: 7 Nov 2013
The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

Control rooms play catch-up
Added: 5 Nov 2013
They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …

Process industries “ignoring” cyber threat
Added: 5 Nov 2013
Owners and operators of process plants are failing to take the threat of system software hacking se…

Review calls for young engineers
Added: 4 Nov 2013
The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…

Lords to hear shale extraction evidence
Added: 1 Nov 2013
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will hear evidence next week from companies wanting t…

Grangemouth petrochem to reopen
Added: 25 Oct 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos today confirmed it was reopening the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex and pr…

Grangemouth petrochem closes
Added: 23 Oct 2013
Ineos this morning announced it was permanently closing its Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Scot…

“D-Day” for Grangemouth
Added: 17 Oct 2013
Ineos today claimed it was “D-Day” for the future of its Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, which re…

Ineos Grangemouth strike called off
Added: 16 Oct 2013
A planned 48-hour strike at Ineos’ Grangemouth refinery site was today called off as union bosses a…

Cut price thermal imaging
Added: 15 Oct 2013
Flir Systems is introducing a package that represents cost savings of more than £6,000 on its flags…