All Oil & Gas

Trust me, I'm a fracker
Added: 28 Aug 2013
Trust is not enough when it comes to easing fracking pollution fears.

Oil storage safety still lacking
Added: 27 Aug 2013
Many oil and gas storage sites around the UK have yet to upgrade their safety systems, nearly eight…

Alarm software improves gas detection
Added: 23 Aug 2013
Leading oilfield services company strengthens its gas detection programme with iNet.

Oil and Gas investment to hit £13.5bn
Added: 21 Aug 2013
Capital spending in the UK offshore oil and gas industry is expected to hit an all-time high of £13…

Manufacturers ready to invest in new kit
Added: 21 Aug 2013
A government-funded survey of small and medium-sized manufacturers today revealed that half of the …

Arsenic found in water near US fracking sites
Added: 19 Aug 2013
Researchers have discovered elevated levels of contaminants such as arsenic and selenium in water n…

Atlas Copco to buy Edwards for £1bn
Added: 19 Aug 2013
Sweden’s Atlas Copco this morning announced it had agreed a deal to acquire UK vacuum pump manufact…

Cuadrilla scales back Balcombe work
Added: 16 Aug 2013
Shale gas developer Cuadrilla is today scaling back its exploratory work at an oil well in Balcombe…

Wireless devices communicate without batteries
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…

Cameron fracking backing against public opinion
Added: 13 Aug 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron’s public backing of shale gas development goes largely against public …

Operators failing to maintain pipe networks
Added: 12 Aug 2013
Companies are at risk of being hit with unexpected bills if they fail to maintain their supporting …

Chemical engineer to lead AMEC infrastructure team
Added: 12 Aug 2013
Project manager AMEC has appointed chemical engineer Rob Brown as managing director of its Environm…

ConocoPhillips to sell Clyden oil sands
Added: 9 Aug 2013
The company yesterday announced it has agreed to sell the entirety of its Clyden oil sands leasehol…

Subsea processes driving oil & gas market
Added: 6 Aug 2013
Process automation technologies capable of operating on the seabed at ever-increasing depths will b…

Subsea firm wins R&D funding
Added: 5 Aug 2013
Subsea control and instrumentation specialist Tracerco today secured funding to help it build a new…

Threat to Schneider's Invensys takeover
Added: 2 Aug 2013
Schneider’s proposed £3.4 billion takeover of Invensys is still under threat of being beaten by a b…

Yokogawa wins SSE gas storage upgrade
Added: 1 Aug 2013
Yokogawa has won a contract to supply an integrated control and safety system for SSE’s Hornsea gas…

Schneider acquires Invensys for £3.4bn
Added: 31 Jul 2013
UK-based Invensys today accepted an offer from France’s Schneider Electric to acquire the company f…

Centrica gas storage projects face axe
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Centrica today revealed that its two planned gas storage projects worth a combined £1.5 billion are…

Siemens names Kaeser as new CEO
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Siemens today replaced CEO Peter Loescher with the company’s chief financial officer Joe Kaeser.