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Oil & Gas UK report: More young people working offshore
Added: 11 Oct 2011
London - The number of young people working on the UK’s offshore oil and gas installations is risin…

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…

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…