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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…

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…

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
Added: 7 Oct 2013
Engineers must rely on ambient temperature to restore solidified oil to its former viscosity, warns…

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…

Entry-level thermal imaging
Added: 2 Oct 2013
The Flir Ex-Series range of thermal imaging cameras features its MSX-technology that provides image…

Visual infrared thermometer with higher resolution
Added: 2 Oct 2013
Fluke has introduced the VT04 Visual Infrared Thermometer, a troubleshooting tool with an infrared …

£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 …

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…

Fracking safe
Added: 26 Sep 2013
Many consider fracking to be a dangerous process, fearing it releases gasses that pollute the water…

Biofuels firm hiring for industrial upscale
Added: 19 Sep 2013
French biofuels company Global Bioenergies today announced its latest management hire as it begins …

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…

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…

Shale boom stalls process projects
Added: 17 Sep 2013
The booming US shale development and subsequent low gas prices are stalling the global development …

£20m for carbon capture projects
Added: 17 Sep 2013
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) yesterday announced a £20 million funding scheme to help ad…
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 …

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…

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…

Lose the catalogue
Added: 12 Sep 2013
A spell away from the automation sector has taught Rockwell Automation’s Martin Walder that clients…