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BP settles Texas City refinery citations
Added: 13 Jul 2012
London – BP Products North America Inc. has reached an agreement with the US Occupational Safety an…

Fukushima disaster "made in Japan"
Added: 9 Jul 2012
Tokyo – The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “man-made” and not the unfore…

Vibration monitoring could deliver automatic improvements
Added: 2 Jul 2012
The potential of automation to enhance productivity, quality and economy in process industries depe…

Klinger UK nets Energy Industry Award
Added: 2 Jul 2012
Leeds, UK – Klinger UK, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of sealing products for the globa…

HSE to proceed with controversial cost recovery scheme
Added: 29 Jun 2012
London – The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to proceed with its controversial Fee for Interve…

BP selects Emerson as preferred N Sea automation supplier
Added: 27 Jun 2012
London – BP Exploration has selected Emerson Process Management as its preferred automation contrac…

Cyber care in the community
Added: 26 Jun 2012
Cyber attacks on UK industrial companies, including those targeting control and automation systems,…

Chemical tank cleaning: Small things make a big difference
Added: 24 Jun 2012
Technical article by Ivan Zytynski, marketing director of BETE Ltd:
The cleaning of tanks and vessel…

Babcock completes Dungeness overhaul
Added: 18 Jun 2012
London - Babcock has completed an overhaul of the reactor gas circulators as part of a major outage…

Imtech to acquire Capula
Added: 18 Jun 2012
Gouda, The Netherlands - Royal Imtech NV is to acquire Capula in a move intended to extend its posi…

Wireless helps Barking Power listen out for problems
Added: 14 Jun 2012
London - Barking Power Ltd operated by Thames Power Services, has installed Emerson Process Managem…

HSE serves 'legionella' notices on two process companies
Added: 13 Jun 2012
Edinburgh, UK – The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has served two process companies, North Briti…

Shell's 'uneasy' approach to process safety
Added: 12 Jun 2012
With 15 years’ experience in managing the operation of top-tier COMAH sites, Dave Topliffe, manufac…

Can Twitter improve safety and productivity?
Added: 12 Jun 2012
Many major accidents in the process industries could be avoided if companies were more switched on …

Sellafield reprocessing site to close in six years
Added: 8 Jun 2012
It has been confirmed that THORP operations in Cumbria are likely to cease in 2018

LyondellBasell nets award for energy-saving flare
Added: 1 Jun 2012
Houston, Texas –- LyondellBasell’s efforts to reduce energy consumption at its Houston refinery hav…

New materials to cut costs for CO2 capture
Added: 31 May 2012
Study discovers zeolite minerals that are one-third more efficient for carbon capture

Microreactors allow safe production of explosive materials
Added: 30 May 2012
Fraunhofer researchers have developed a microreactor for safer production of nitroglycerine

Chemicals industry optimistic despite debt crisis
Added: 28 May 2012
The global chemicals industry expects to see an improvement in business according to a study by Cer…

Making safety last
Added: 23 May 2012
Industry has over the years responded to high profile accidents, such as Buncefield to Piper Alfa a…