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KSB invests in valves factory
Added: 19 Aug 2014
The new building will accommodate test facilities for the production of KSB’s triple-offset butterf…
Rotork buys Xylem oil & gas valves
Added: 19 Aug 2014
Xylem has sold its UK oil & gas valves business to Rotork for $30 million (£18 million).
Ineos buys majority shale licence
Added: 19 Aug 2014
Chemicals firm to become “major player” in the UK onshore gas production sector.
UK oil estimates “incredibly pessimistic”
Added: 18 Aug 2014
North Sea oil & gas estimates could be far higher than economic watchdog forecasts, according to a …
Honeywell to upgrade offshore platform
Added: 12 Aug 2014
Honeywell Process Solutions is set to upgrade safety and process systems in the Sakhalin shelf.
DECC contradicts fracking poll
Added: 12 Aug 2014
Figures released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) contradict yesterday’s poll th…
Majority of UK supports fracking
Added: 11 Aug 2014
Public opinion poll suggests ’widespread backing’ for shale gas production to go ahead in the UK.
North Sea optimism hits five-year low
Added: 8 Aug 2014
Optimism in the UK’s offshore oil & gas sector is now at its lowest for five years, a new survey ha…
Industry slams EU nano register
Added: 7 Aug 2014
EU proposals to create a new register for nanomaterials were today criticised by the UK chemical in…
New colleges focus on engineering
Added: 6 Aug 2014
Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…
Drax CCS pipeline work awarded
Added: 5 Aug 2014
Technip subsidiary Genesis has been hired by National Grid to carry out design work for a pipeline …
Increased production squeezes innovation
Added: 4 Aug 2014
Manufacturers’ spending on innovation is slowing as firms attempt to manage rising output levels, a…
Just 6% of engineers are women
Added: 31 Jul 2014
On average just 6% of engineers in the UK are female, with the highest proportions occuring in the …
Shale environmental video goes live
Added: 31 Jul 2014
Cuadrilla yesterday posted a video online outlining the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) proce…
Distillery secures Green Bank funding
Added: 30 Jul 2014
A Scottish distillery has secured finance to build a biomass boiler from the Green Investment Bank …
Well control course launched
Added: 30 Jul 2014
A free online course aimed at improving awareness of the life cycle of an oil well has been launche…
Scientists enhance bioplastics process
Added: 30 Jul 2014
Food waste method could dramatically enhance the way bioplastics are developed, new research sugges…
Shale drilling licensing launched
Added: 28 Jul 2014
The government this morning launched a new licensing round for onshore oil & gas exploration, aimed…
Subsidy wins for biomass and AD
Added: 25 Jul 2014
Biomass and anaerobic digestion (AD) plants will be able to compete for £155 million annually under…
UK plans national radioactive storage site
Added: 24 Jul 2014
Plans for a single geological disposal facility (GDF) to hold all of the UK’s radioactive waste wer…
