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Valves for China energy/chemcials project
Added: 20 Feb 2013
Shaanxi Yanchang ChinaCoal selects Metso ball and butterfly valves
Helsinki – Metso is supplying bal…

Chemical makers more upbeat
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London – Chemical businesses are now upbeat about the prospects for sale volumes over the next 12 m…

WEG motors to drive pumps at new Brazilian refinery
Added: 5 Feb 2013
WEG has supplied motors to a new petrochemical refinery in Brazil is employing to meet increased do…

Valves project saves $40k at Chinese chemicals site
Added: 30 Jan 2013
Shanghai, China – Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) has reported improved control, producti…
Research to develop chemical supplies for industry
Added: 24 Jan 2013
Grants from the EPSRC and BBSRC are aiming to advance sustainable processes in industry

Orange peel could deliver valuable chemicals
Added: 24 Jan 2013
A UK group is planning to industrialise a process that turns orange peel into valuable chemicals

Versalis awards £8m contract to Redhall
Added: 17 Jan 2013
Wakefield, UK - Redhall Engineering has been awarded an £8m contract to provide integrated, multi-d…

REACH remains 'elephant in the room' warns EEF
Added: 16 Jan 2013
London – UK manufacturers’ awareness of the implications REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Author…

Sulzer pumps for PetroChina refinery pumps
Added: 9 Jan 2013
Winterthur, Switzerland - Sulzer Pumps is to supply 40 pumps to PetroChina’s Guangxi Oil Refinery P…

Chemical engineering courses defy national trend
Added: 9 Jan 2013
London - The number of students opting to study chemical engineering in the UK has risen again desp…

BP deal to bolster INEOS chemicals operation
Added: 19 Dec 2012
Saltend, UK – INEOS Enterprises had completed what it described as an important agreement with BP f…

Middle East projects keep engineers in demand
Added: 12 Dec 2012
Overseas projects are continuing to generate strong demand for the experience and expertise offered…

Reducing bulk solvents in the process industries
Added: 3 Dec 2012
Bulk solvents used in the process industries can pose a serious threat to human and environmental h…

Energy Bill still holds threats for UK chemicals manufacturers
Added: 3 Dec 2012
London – UK chemicals makers need more details of measures to protect energy-intensive industries f…

Invensys to 'focus more' on process automation
Added: 30 Nov 2012
London – Invensys will invest more heavily in its industrial software, systems and control equipmen…

Yokogawa rejigs SIS for heat, other vendors' control systems
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – Emergency plant shutdown, fire prevention and firefighting in the oil, natural gas, petroc…

Engineers listening for pipeline leaks via phone line
Added: 26 Nov 2012
Farnborough, UK - Pipeline and maintenance engineers are at the forefront of a battle to prevent oi…

Eni taps Honeywell for pioneering Venice project
Added: 23 Nov 2012
Venice, Italy – Eni will employ the Honeywell UOP/Eni Ecofining process for its innovative project …

Carbon capture innovators to give UK the edge
Added: 22 Nov 2012
London – The UK government has announced 13 winning projects in a £20-million competition intended …

Improved detection of hazardous chemicals
Added: 21 Nov 2012
Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a system to quickly detect trace amounts of ch…