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Lab to manufacturing research scheme

Move to boost lab and manufacturing links

Added: 19 Sep 2013

The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a fellowship scheme to s…

Shale fracking

Global shale oil dwarfs US reserves

Added: 17 Sep 2013

Countries including Argentina, Algeria and Russia have shale oil reserves that if exploited could e…

Dominion Cove Point LNG

Shale boom stalls process projects

Added: 17 Sep 2013

The booming US shale development and subsequent low gas prices are stalling the global development …

CCS plant

£20m for carbon capture projects

Added: 17 Sep 2013

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) yesterday announced a £20 million funding scheme to help ad…

Bionic handling assistant

Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology

Added: 17 Sep 2013

Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Safety drives rapid growth for Spex

Added: 16 Sep 2013

Aberdeen-based engineering firm Spex Group has been named one of the fastest growing technology fir…

Invensys Wonderware screengrab

Wonderware backed in merger clash

Added: 13 Sep 2013

A top Invensys executive has sung the praises of the firm’s Wonderware software ahead of its potent…

Subsea plant

Lose the catalogue

Added: 12 Sep 2013

A spell away from the automation sector has taught Rockwell Automation’s Martin Walder that clients…

Invensys Foxboro Evo DCS

Invensys launches new Foxboro DCS

Added: 11 Sep 2013

Invensys yesterday launched the latest version of its Foxboro distributed control system (DCS), cal…

Gas detection

Gas detection control application

Added: 10 Sep 2013

iNet Control is capable of eliminating the challenges proposed with instrument maintenance by autom…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

£2m investment for engineering talent

Added: 10 Sep 2013

The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…

Secretary of state Edward Davey

Davey plays down shale carbon effect

Added: 9 Sep 2013

Secretary of state Edward Davey today announced that the exploration of onshore shale gas could be …

Vince Cable

Cable questions UK fracking potential

Added: 6 Sep 2013

Business secretary Vince Cable today dismissed the government’s backing of shale gas development as…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

SPX lands $40m pump contracts

Added: 6 Sep 2013

Glasgow-based firm to provide nine pumps for North Sea oil platforms.

Pneumatic shift in sight

Pneumatic shift in sight

Added: 5 Sep 2013

Report warns of root changes to the global pneumatic components market.

Premier Oil North Sea platform

Emerson wins $17m North Sea job

Added: 4 Sep 2013

North Sea oil firm Premier Oil has awarded Emerson Process Management a $17 million (£11m) contract…

Cuadrilla shale site

Cuadrilla pulls Balcombe planning

Added: 4 Sep 2013

Developer to submit new planning application as the Government seeks to relax existing rules.

InfraCal 2 oil detection unit

Oil detection analysis

Added: 4 Sep 2013

Quantitech has launched a portable infrared analyser, the InfraCal 2. Based on the original InfraCa…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

UK oil & gas investment rate “unsustainable”

Added: 4 Sep 2013

The current rate of investment in North Sea oil & gas assets is unsustainable and better-targeted m…

FPSO

Sulzer scores oil & gas jobs

Added: 3 Sep 2013

Swiss manufacturer wins contracts to supply pumps to vessels in Brazil and Australia.