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CCGT plant

Energy management: Silica in plants

Added: 13 Jul 2015

Power station reduces efficiency losses with robust silica monitoring.

National Grid control centre

In demand

Added: 9 Jul 2015

With plant closures outstripping the supply of new electricity generating capacity, last month saw …

10 questions

Top 10 questions in your CMMS search

Added: 7 Jul 2015

Computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) firm Softsols has released a free guide on the to…

Food machine

Food industry cuts water use

Added: 7 Jul 2015

Major food and drink manufacturers have cut their water usage by almost a quarter, according to fin…

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

Report highlights platform removal

Added: 1 Jul 2015

A report looking at the cost-efficient decommissioning and removal of offshore oil and gas platform…

Lubricant

Smooth operators

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Ensuring high lubrication quality should be at top priority within almost every process plant.

Multigas detector

Multigas detector with confined space entry feature

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Crowcon’s Gas-Pro with automated Confined Space Entry (CSE) function is designed to be ideal for en…

Flow meter LNG site

NEL invests £1m in flow meter facility

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Oil & Gas consultancy NEL is investing £1 million to create the UK’s only flow meter calibration fa…

National Grid control centre

Energy associations plan merger

Added: 1 Jul 2015

The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the UK Demand Response Association (UKDRA) have …

generic pump

What goes around

Added: 24 Jun 2015

Prevention is far better than a cure when it comes to safeguarding critical rotating equipment.

MIT chip

MIT chip harvests IoT potential

Added: 23 Jun 2015

An ultralow-power chip developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) im…

Erik

Obsolete stock poses "critical risk"

Added: 22 Jun 2015

Obsolete storeroom stock is posing a ‘critical risk’ to UK manufacturing productivity, according to…

Flexion

Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…

National Grid control centre

Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns

Added: 15 Jun 2015

Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…

Milford Haven refinery pipework

Simulation savings

Added: 10 Jun 2015

The use of dynamic simulation software can radically reduce downstream build costs and cut upstream…

Offshore oil rig

Offshore uncertainty is raising safety concerns

Added: 10 Jun 2015

Low oil prices and a major slump in production are creating major safety concerns within the UK’s o…

Manufacturing Barometer

Productivity harming manufacturing growth

Added: 10 Jun 2015

Majority of SMEs worried about productivity, while research claims that industrial standards could …

The Chase nature reserve

Thames Water pollution fine upheld

Added: 5 Jun 2015

The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a £250,000 fine imposed on Thames Water for polluting a nature…

Gas detection

Have a safe summer

Added: 3 Jun 2015

So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.

Dust explosion short course at the Wolfson Centre

New hazards: COMAH 2015

Added: 3 Jun 2015

The introduction of new COMAH regulations will see many smaller firms affected by the rules for the…