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Oil & gas sector needs better planning of pressure safety valve testing

Added: 3 Oct 2011

London — Valve engineering and management company Severn Unival is advising oil and gas companies t…

Neste Oil inks automation deal with Metso

Added: 3 Oct 2011

Helsinki — Metso has signed a frame agreement with Neste Oil for automation and safety system repla…

High global demand prompts new Metso valve facility

Added: 28 Sep 2011

Helsinki — Finnish group Metso has opened a new valve production and technology centre in the Helsi…

Level control is the 'most gruelling offshore application'

Added: 19 Sep 2011

London — Level control has been identified as by far the most challenging offshore valve applicatio…

British Gas, Bio Group in waste-to-gas project

Added: 13 Sep 2011

London — British Gas and Bio Group are to jointly establish a facility to convert commercial food w…

BP inks £700m North Sea development

Added: 6 Sep 2011

London – BP is to invest up to £700 million to progress a project to develop the Kinnoull reservoir…

New UK refinery?

Added: 1 Sep 2011

GE Oil & Gas is planning to build a new oil refinery on Teesside in the north east of England, acco…

Sectional drawing of a specialised pump from the RPKx 150-400 series for use in coal gasification

Gasification equipment passes endurance test

Added: 1 Sep 2011

Equipment designed for a long operational life in particularly arduous conditions is vital for a ma…

ASCO units to control valves at Russia refinery

Added: 22 Jul 2011

St Petersburg, Russia – Surgutneftegas is to use actuator control systems from ASCO Numatics to con…

Hertel rebuffs union 'lock-out' claims at ExxonMobil refinery

Added: 6 Jul 2011

London – Engineering company Hertel has defended its position in relation to an employment dispute …

Saudi Aramco contract for Foster Wheeler SOFCON

Added: 5 Jul 2011

Reading, UK – Saudi Aramco has awardedFoster Wheeler SOFCON a contract for the front-end engineerin…

Energy issues form the backdrop to OE11 event

Added: 1 Jul 2011

David Clough sets the scene for a show that puts the sustainability of the oil and gas industry fir…

SSE, Statoil open major UK gas storage facility

Added: 29 Jun 2011

Aldbrough, UK – Scottish and Southern Energy plc and Statoil (UK) Ltd have opened a major new gas s…

Shell hit with major fine over UK terminal blast

Added: 20 Jun 2011

London – Shell UK Ltd has been ordered by Ipswich Crown Court to pay a total of £1.24 million in fi…

Oxford Catalysts advances shale gas technology

Added: 16 Jun 2011

Oxford, UK – Small scale gas to liquids (GTL) facilities based on the use of microchannel Fischer-T…

Giant Dutch gas field using 1000 Emerson control valves

Added: 14 Jun 2011

St. Louis, Missouri – Emerson Process Management has completed a long-term project at NAM (Nederlan…

Metso to build the world's largest biomass gasification plant

Added: 8 Jun 2011

Vaasa, Finland – Metso will supply a 140MW bio-gasification plant to Vaskiluodon Voima Oy in Vaasa.…

Statoil demands clarity on future of natural gas in UK

Added: 8 Jun 2011

Oslo – Lack of political will could limit the role of natural gas in securing the  UK’s energy supp…

Four workers killed in oil refinery explosion in Wales

Added: 3 Jun 2011

Pembroke Dock, UK – Four workers have lost their lives following an explosion at an oil refinery in…

UK green light for shale gas

Added: 3 Jun 2011

London – Shale gas drilling in the UK has been given the go-ahead by MPs in a new report looking at…