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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…

KBR for Australia coal seam gas project
Added: 2 Jun 2011
Houston, Texas – KBR is to provide engineering design services for three coal seam gas (CSG) pipeli…

Hindustan Petroleum moves to Honeywell mobiles
Added: 2 Jun 2011
Mumbai, India – Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) has implemented Honeywell Process Solutions’ m…

E.ON injects first gas at Holford storage facility
Added: 1 Jun 2011
London – E.ON has announced the injection of first gas into underground caverns at its Holford gas …

Venezuela FEED for SNC Lavalin
Added: 1 Jun 2011
Montreal – Engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin is to perform the front end engineering a…

GWE Biogas opens AD plant
Added: 31 May 2011
Yorkshire facility designed to handle 50ktpa of food waste

Oil and gas tax to cost UK £50bn, 15k jobs
Added: 27 May 2011
London – The UK government’s 2011 Budget will scupper at least 25 projects, accounting for over 1 b…

Shell green light for floating LNG facility
Added: 20 May 2011
London – Shell has decided to go ahead with building the world’s first floating liquefied natural g…

Energy, oil & gas industries ignore cyber risks
Added: 20 May 2011
London – More than 40% of IT security executives from critical electricity infrastructure businesse…