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Safety of tank strorage facilities

Added: 15 Oct 2013

The drive to improve the safety of tank storage facilities is still a work in progress at many UK s…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Jacobs wins BP North Sea terminal upgrade

Added: 14 Oct 2013

BP has hired Jacobs Engineering Group to deliver its £125 million upgrade of the Sullom Voe termina…

The Cambridge MBA offers scholarship for process engineers

Added: 14 Oct 2013

Watch this interview with past LyondellBasell Cambridge MBA Scholarship recipient, now part of a le…

Air Products efw 2

Waste gas firm secures £1m investment

Added: 8 Oct 2013

A UK firm developing advanced gasification from waste projects including Air Products’ Tees Valley …

When thermal oil freezes

When thermal oil freezes

Added: 7 Oct 2013

Engineers must rely on ambient temperature to restore solidified oil to its former viscosity, warns…

Cuadrilla shale site

Birds shut down Cuadrilla site

Added: 4 Oct 2013

Shale gas developer Cuadrilla announces it is closing one of three sites on Lancashire coast over c…

Flir thermal imaging

Entry-level thermal imaging

Added: 2 Oct 2013

The Flir Ex-Series range of thermal imaging cameras features its MSX-technology that provides image…

Fluke IR thermometer

Visual infrared thermometer with higher resolution

Added: 2 Oct 2013

Fluke has introduced the VT04 Visual Infrared Thermometer, a troubleshooting tool with an infrared …

David Willetts

£400m for science and engineering studies

Added: 30 Sep 2013

Today the government announced a £400 million investment to boost science and engineering study in …

Biomass

Ensus biofuel plant restarts production

Added: 30 Sep 2013

One of Europe’s largest bioethanol plants has restarted production after a hiatus of nearly six mon…

Shale drilling illustration

Fracking safe

Added: 26 Sep 2013

Many consider fracking to be a dangerous process, fearing it releases gasses that pollute the water…

Biomass

Biofuels firm hiring for industrial upscale

Added: 19 Sep 2013

French biofuels company Global Bioenergies today announced its latest management hire as it begins …

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…