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Unite: Shell set to end manufacturing in the UK
Added: 24 Apr 2012
London – Shell is reviewing the future of its last UK manufacturing site in Stanlow, Cheshire, acco…

Shell awards major onshore contract to Kvaerner
Added: 19 Apr 2012
Oslo - A/S Norske Shell has awarded Kvaerner an NOK6-billion, EPCM contract for modifications and p…

New safety training standard for oil & gas industry
Added: 18 Apr 2012
London – A new oil and gas industry training standard, designed to improve safety at offshore works…

BP gets go ahead for huge Caspian gas field development
Added: 17 Apr 2012
Baku, Azerbaijan – The Shah Deniz consortium has decided to commence FEED work on the estimated $25…

Forgemasters complete work on N Sea platform
Added: 2 Apr 2012
Sheffield, UK – Sheffield Forgemasters’ offshore division Vulcan SFM has recently completed the fab…

EU proposals ‘threaten’ North?Sea safety
Added: 8 Mar 2012

London – ?European Commission proposals for offshore safety regulation are likely to damage, rather…

Apprentices success story to end?
Added: 8 Mar 2012
London – T?ime is running out for the Tees Valley Apprenticeship Programme (TVAP) in the North East…

Contracts & Projects Tracker: February 2012
Added: 5 Mar 2012
Virtalis has designed and installed two virtual reality systems for the new Nuclear AMRC, which was…

Microfluidic chips used in bitumen gas analysis
Added: 1 Mar 2012
Toronto, Canada- A research team at Toronto University has developed a process of analysing the beh…

Shell extends Wood Group PSN contract
Added: 22 Feb 2012

London - Wood Group PSN has secured a contract extension from Shell in the UK to deliver midstream …

Atlas Copco highlights role on Pearl GTL
Added: 21 Feb 2012

London – Atlas Copco has flagged up the involvment in the Shell-operated Pearl GTL project in Qatar…

Data management key to oil & gas safety (Comment added)
Added: 21 Feb 2012
Aberdeen, UK – In the event of an offshore gas leak, or similar disaster, where internal emergency …

Pilot plant produces biogas from food waste
Added: 20 Feb 2012
Stuttgart, Germany – Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biot…

Emerson selected as MAC for BP project in the Caspian Sea
Added: 14 Feb 2012
London – The BP-operated Azerbaijan International Operating Co. (AIOC) has awarded Emerson Process …

Cargo of oil to keep Petroplus refinery running
Added: 3 Feb 2012
London – Administrators for Petroplus Refining & Marketing Ltd (PRML) have acquired a cargo of oil …

Oil-condition sensors can save miners money
Added: 2 Feb 2012
London – Unexpected equipment failure and unplanned down-time significantly impacts on operational …

BP increasing graduate recruitment by 50%
Added: 2 Feb 2012
London – BP is increasing its annual UK graduate recruitment by 50%, to nearly 250 graduates, in 20…

Total to expand Korean petchem complex
Added: 27 Jan 2012
Paris – Total is to expand and upgrade the Daesan petrochemicals complex in South Korea, which it o…

3D software helps Aberdeen start-up
Added: 26 Jan 2012
Aberdeen, UK – When Aberdeen-based Liberty Drilling Equipment (LDE) was founded in October 2010, it…