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Solar energy to convert CO2 into fuel
Added: 13 Mar 2013
Edinburgh, UK – An international team of scientists, led by industry experts from Heriot-Watt Unive…

Shell put Alaskan drilling on ice
Added: 4 Mar 2013
London – Royal Dutch Shell plc has decided to pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in A…

UK oil and gas investment hits 30-year high
Added: 25 Feb 2013
London - The UK oil and gas sector is experiencing its highest level of investment for more than 30…

Shale could raise GDP by £50 billion
Added: 14 Feb 2013
London - Shale oil could revolutionise the world’s energy markets by significantly lower oil prices…

WEG motors to drive pumps at new Brazilian refinery
Added: 5 Feb 2013
WEG has supplied motors to a new petrochemical refinery in Brazil is employing to meet increased do…

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…