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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.

BP Gulf oil spill fund dries up
Added: 30 Jul 2013
BP today announced it has just $300 million remaining in its $20 billion Gulf of Mexico compensatio…

Police arrest protesters at Cuadrilla site
Added: 26 Jul 2013
Oil test well protest highlights challenges facing UK shale developers and their suppliers.

Oil majors partner IChemE on safety
Added: 25 Jul 2013
Leading oil firms including Shell and ExxonMobil have signed up to become the first industry partne…

Biodiesel firm sold to conglomerate
Added: 24 Jul 2013
Scottish biodiesel producer Argent Energy was yesterday sold to a UK subsidiary of the global group…

Lords question economics of shale
Added: 23 Jul 2013
The House of Lords has issued a call for evidence on the economic impact of shale gas development i…

Let technology rule shale safety debate
Added: 19 Jul 2013
My first week as editor of Process Engineering has been dominated by events surrounding the UK’s pr…

UK offers 30% tax rate for shale gas
Added: 19 Jul 2013
Chancellor George Osborne announces “most generous tax regime in the world” for Shale developers.

Water firms seek urgent shale gas talks
Added: 18 Jul 2013
Water companies in the UK yesterday called for urgent talks with shale gas developers to head off p…