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Intelligent valve actuators for Chinese gas pipeline
Added: 4 Feb 2013
Bath, UK – During the past decade, thousands of Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators have…

GE targets oilfield production efficiency
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Florence, Italy — GE Oil & Gas’ drilling and surface business has introduced two new products for t…

BP names victims of Algeria terrorist attack
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Identities of three workers confirmed. Another also thought to have died.
London – BP has officially…

Lessons from Algeria
Added: 24 Jan 2013
London – With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that much greater security should have been aff…

Cameron announces joint venture with CNPC
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Cameron and CNPC signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for the manufacture of pipeline b…

GE nets $500m Petrobras contract
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Petrobras has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $500 million to supply tu…

Tanker drivers' passport to safety
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – A safety passport for petroleum tanker drivers is the focus of a new initiative, jointly a…

Sulzer pumps for PetroChina refinery pumps
Added: 9 Jan 2013
Winterthur, Switzerland - Sulzer Pumps is to supply 40 pumps to PetroChina’s Guangxi Oil Refinery P…

Tax change prompts JX to invest in UK oil and gas fields
Added: 8 Jan 2013
London – JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Ltd is to acquire a number of interests in UK …

Dana gets all-clear for $1.6bn oil & gas project
Added: 19 Dec 2012
London – The UK department of energy and climate change (DECC) has approved a Western Isles project…

GE Oil & Gas to create 200 jobs in Bristol
Added: 19 Dec 2012
Aberdeen, UK — GE’s Oil & Gas subsea systems business is to establish a new centre in Bristol under…

EU puts carbon capture funding on hold
Added: 19 Dec 2012
Brussels - The European Commission has opted to not to award any of the €275-million fund earmarked…

New control valves for European gas pipeline
Added: 18 Dec 2012
Bath, UK – Ukrainian energy company Ukrgaz Energo is employing advanced valve actuators as part of …

Fracking opens up industry divide
Added: 16 Dec 2012
London - The UK government’s decision to allow the resumption of shale gas exploration in the UK ha…

Flowmeter upgrade for Austrian crude-oil pipeline
Added: 16 Dec 2012
Vienna – Adria-Wien Pipeline GmbH (AWP) has upgraded custody-transfer measurement on the Adria-Wien…

Green light for fracking
Added: 13 Dec 2012
London – Exploratory hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas can resume in the UK, subject to…

Tax break to boost oil & gas investment
Added: 12 Dec 2012
London – The UK government has published details of a contract oil and gas licensees aimed at provi…

Membrane distillation to cut costs in oil industry
Added: 12 Dec 2012
The Masdar Institute claims membrane distillation technology could save oil companies up to $50bn

Middle East projects keep engineers in demand
Added: 12 Dec 2012
Overseas projects are continuing to generate strong demand for the experience and expertise offered…

Osborne unveils Britain's gas strategy
Added: 5 Dec 2012
The Chancellor has announced the creation of a Government gas office alongside possible tax incenti…