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Cuadrilla expands UK shale gas exploration
Added: 10 Jul 2013
Cuadrilla is set to increase its exploration programme for shale gas in northeast England.

Ofgem issues a heated warning
Added: 9 Jul 2013
With concerns over the UK’s energy supplies mounting, process industries will need to consider the…

Does hydrofracking contaminate water?
Added: 1 Jul 2013
A study led by experts at Duke University has found that those living near shale gas wells are at r…

Biomethane plant fires up
Added: 25 Jun 2013
Built in the shadow of the old Arneburg nuclear power plant, the refinery has the capacity to suppl…

South-west to follow suit with bio-LNG
Added: 13 Jun 2013
UK bio-fuel supplier, Gasrec, has announced it will open a renewable energy refuelling station at A…

EIA increases estimates on UK shale gas reserves
Added: 12 Jun 2013
US agency claims UK has enough shale gas to meet its own domestic gas consumption demands for nearl…

Sir Ian Wood to carry out review of oil & gas sector
Added: 11 Jun 2013
DECC has announced a review of the oil & gas industry- the first of its kind for two decades.

£3.25m funding aims to speed up CCS development
Added: 10 Jun 2013
EPSRC-funded research will look into how carbon dioxide can be stored underground.

Tiny hot bubbles improve food and fuel processing
Added: 10 Jun 2013
Sheffield University researchers believe they have found a more efficient way to dry products for f…

Fuelling the future with hydrogen
Added: 7 Jun 2013
A hydrogen powered internal combustion engine is designed to reduce CO2 emissions to near zero.

GE collaborates for deep-water exploration
Added: 7 Jun 2013
GE Oil & Gas have struck a deal to supply subsea wellheads for hydrocarbon drilling in the Gulf of …
Enzyme-catalysed process captures CO2
Added: 5 Jun 2013
Carbon capture expert Akermin demonstrates a technique that has an emissions capture rate close to …

Shale turns up the volume
Added: 4 Jun 2013
A report by prospector IGas has stated that reserves of shale gas could fuel the UK for at least fi…

Shale gas could help keep the lights on
Added: 24 May 2013
A new report highlights the importance of shale gas development as concerns grow over UK gas suppli…

US DOE approves joint LNG project
Added: 24 May 2013
Mitsui, Mitsubishi and GDF Suez of France have invested in a joint LNG venture.
Energy sectors are fuelling innovation
Added: 24 May 2013
Emerging energy sectors, such as LNG, biogas and oilsands, are driving demand for new flow measurem…

Government to assess refining and fuel import sectors
Added: 21 May 2013
DECC has called for evidence on plans to review the long-term health of the UK’s refining and fuel …

Single-pixel camera creates affordable 3D images
Added: 20 May 2013
Single-pixel technique could be used in the process industries to detect gases.

UK government given action plan for CCS
Added: 17 May 2013
Plan could enable CCS to compete with other low carbon forms of energy generation by 2020.

Cotton effective in cleaning up oil spills
Added: 16 May 2013
Scientists report that each pound of raw cotton may be able to sop up more than 30 pounds of crude …