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Process safety: barely begun
Added: 11 Mar 2015
Ten years on from the Buncefield explosion, only small steps have been taken to establish a process…
Don’t dismiss process safety
Added: 11 Mar 2015
Hundreds of safety incidents still occur every year in the process industries, showing that old les…
Manufacturers voice ‘Industry 4.0’ concern
Added: 23 Feb 2015
Manufacturing trade body EEF has published research which suggests that 80% of manufacturers in the…
Maintenance on the move
Added: 18 Feb 2015
How are the current crop of maintenance management systems keeping up with the push for increased m…
Why motors break down
Added: 11 Feb 2015
There are many reasons why electric motors fail, but some are much more common than others, says Eu…
Dungeness nuclear plant life to be extended
Added: 20 Jan 2015
EDF Energy today announced plans to extend the operational life of Dungeness B nuclear power plant …
Sellafield: too big to be private
Added: 14 Jan 2015
Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey made a startling admission yesterday as he informed pa…
Amec Areva team loses Sellafield role
Added: 13 Jan 2015
The government this morning confirmed that Nuclear Management Partners (NMP), a consortium of Amec …
UK oil production stabilises
Added: 12 Jan 2015
After several years of steep decline, UK oil & gas production has stabilised and is expected to gro…
Refined Capacity: the future of UK refineries
Added: 7 Jan 2015
The end of 2014 saw yet another UK refinery close as the European downstream sector struggled to co…
Safe hands
Added: 7 Jan 2015
Replacing run-to-fail strategies with condition-based maintenance is an investment in health and sa…
Food production must cut water use by a fifth
Added: 6 Jan 2015
The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …
Manufacturers’ confidence halves
Added: 5 Jan 2015
Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …
The next Milford Haven?
Added: 17 Dec 2014
Oil prices may be tumbling, Russia may be brought to its knees, but for Europe’s refineries little …
Information management upgrade
Added: 15 Dec 2014
Aveva has today announced a number of improvements to AVEVA NET, its information management softwar…
Grid encourages more plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Dec 2014
National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…
Safety management summit
Added: 9 Dec 2014
The Process Safety Management (PSM) Summit is the UK’s largest gathering of practitioners and execu…
Detection tool in the pipeline
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Applus RTD, a global provider of integrity technology services, last month showcased its new RTD DT…
£2.5m to combat cyber threats
Added: 19 Nov 2014
A new research project focusing on the cyber-security of the UK’s vital national infrastructure has…
Turkish delight for Aveva
Added: 11 Nov 2014
Turkey’s largest multidisciplinary Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor Tekfe…
