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Bechtel, Linde target N American cracker projects
Added: 28 Jul 2011
San Francisco – Bechtel Corp. and Linde AG are to work together to expand and build ethylene cracke…

Think tank: Mandatory reporting should replace costly CRC scheme
Added: 28 Jul 2011
London – The UK government should scrap the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, and instead oblige busine…

GSK to squeeze supply chain costs
Added: 27 Jul 2011
London – GlaxoSmithKline is targeting improvements in its supply chain in the next stage of its str…

Dow, Saudi Aramco to build major chemicals complex
Added: 25 Jul 2011
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Aramco are establishing a joint venture to build and…

Industry concerns mount over UK 'triple whammy'
Added: 22 Jul 2011
A series of government initiatives on taxation and carbon reduction is causing significant concern …

Clearfleau, UTS target UK renewable energy market
Added: 21 Jul 2011
Cambridge, UK – Renewable energy technology companies UK-based Clearfleau and UTS Biogastechnik Gmb…

Climate 'unilateralism' leaves lords leaping about cost to UK
Added: 18 Jul 2011
No other country would inflict such damage on its economy, leading figures warn

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…

Pump users drive demand for MV soft starters
Added: 5 Jul 2011
Austin, Texas – The worldwide market for medium voltage soft starters was worth around $170 million…

GAMBICA calls for greater VSD awareness
Added: 1 Jul 2011
London – GAMBICA is flagging up the importance of variable speed drives and related energy-saving m…

Modern Water wins 'breakthrough' contract
Added: 22 Jun 2011
Guildford, UK – Modern Water plc, a UK group specialising in technologies for the production of fre…

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…

Peel mulls waste projects at 11 UK coal sites
Added: 15 Jun 2011
London – Peel Environmental is considering plans for waste infrastructure developments for 11 UK Co…

Siemens advances hydrogen technology for industry, energy
Added: 14 Jun 2011
Munich, Germany – Siemens claims to have made progress with its development of an electrolysis syst…

Heliex prototype to screw down energy costs
Added: 6 Jun 2011
East Kilbride, UK – Scottish start-up company Heliex Power Ltd has unveiled an energy recovery syst…

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…

Oil and gas tax to cost UK £50bn, 15k jobs
Added: 27 May 2011
London – The UK government’s 2011 Budget will scupper at least 25 projects, accounting for over 1 b…

Sinopec taps Siemens for wastewater system
Added: 27 May 2011
Anqing, China – Siemens Water Technologies will provide a system to treat wastewater at Sinopec Cor…