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Resurrected process can convert sugar directly to diesel (Comment)
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Berkeley, California - A long-abandoned fermentation process, once used to turn starch into explosi…

BP selects KBR services contract
Added: 16 Nov 2012
London – BP has selected KBR as its preferred engineering and project management services (EPMS) pr…

Deepwater Horizon: BP reaches $4.5bn settlement with US
Added: 16 Nov 2012
London - BP is to pay fines of $4.5 billion and plead guilty to criminal charges in a deal with the…

National Grid completes major gas pipeline project (Comment)
Added: 16 Nov 2012
Tirley, UK – Construction of National Grid’s new pressure reduction installation (PRI) at Tirley in…

Who monitors the monitoring system? (Comment)
Added: 9 Nov 2012
Condition monitoring (CM) has been used in the marine industry for many years, typically using data…

Honeywell launches mobile app
Added: 8 Nov 2012
London – Honeywell has unveiled a mobility application that provides secure remote access to it’s E…

Modelling offshore handling equipment
Added: 8 Nov 2012
With offshore oil and gas drilling rigs costing millions a day, their crews need to ensure they get…

Yokogawa control system for Rabigh II project
Added: 7 Nov 2012
London - Yokogawa is to supply its Centum VP production control system and the ProSafe-RS safety in…
Smart filter strains oil out of water
Added: 1 Nov 2012
Researchers at Michigan University have developed a smart filter with a shape-shifting surface that…

Aurora provides rapid natural gas processing
Added: 31 Oct 2012
GE claims its Aurora analyser can measure moisture in natural gas faster and up to 30 times more ac…

UK shortlists candidates for £1bn CCS fund
Added: 31 Oct 2012
London – The government has revealed the four bidders to have been shortlisted for the next phase o…

New Aurora Trace Laser moisture analyser from GE
Added: 30 Oct 2012
BILLERICA, MASS. — GE has unveiled the new Aurora Trace moisture analyzer, which uses high definit…

Green light for £1.6bn North Sea project
Added: 24 Oct 2012
London - The UK government has approved a Talisman Energy project that, it says, will extend the li…
Chemical-enzymatic process makes use of vegetable oil
Added: 24 Oct 2012
The Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes in Leuna has set up pilot plant to pr…

Using paper to clean up oil spills
Added: 23 Oct 2012
A project in Slovenia is hoping to transform papermill sludge into an absorbent capable of cleaning…

Proserv adds pumps for subsea work
Added: 22 Oct 2012
Hydrostatic pressure testing and flushing subsea umbilicals for the offshore oil and gas industry i…

Shell's Fram field given go-ahead
Added: 22 Oct 2012
The government has today given Shell approval for an oil and gas development that will add 2% to UK…

Total awards Shetland Gas Plant contract to Aker
Added: 19 Oct 2012
Aker Solutions has secured a three-year contract to provide operations and maintenance services to …

Saudi Aramco inks procurement deal with Yokogawa
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Riyadh – Saudi Aramco has signed a corporate procurement agreement (CPA) with Yokogawa: a deal cove…