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£2.5m to promote water industry innovation

Added: 15 Oct 2012

Grants totalling over £2.5m have been awarded to seven research projects that aim to develop proces…

Don Valley CCS EC

Carbon capture to bring £1.3bn, 4000 jobs to region

Added: 15 Oct 2012

London - Investing in carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Yorkshire and Humber will provide a major…

ETI launches £20m carbon capture project

Added: 14 Oct 2012

London – The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is to invest up to £20 million to develop new carb…

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IT, robotics students seek UK work placements

Added: 13 Oct 2012

Process Engineering has been contacted by a high school in Catanzaro, Italy, which is seeking work …

MOF

MOF technique could improve gas storage

Added: 12 Oct 2012

Reserarchers are planning to exploit opportunities in global carbon capture, hazardous gas storage …

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SMEs to help oil and gas sector to innovate

Added: 11 Oct 2012

London – Thirteen small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are to share UK government funding for f…

AFC fuel cells

Chelsea owner Abramovich buys stake in fuel cell company

Added: 11 Oct 2012

London - Roman Abramovich is taking a stake in industrial fuel cell power company AFC Energy, with …

Shell prelude FLNG3

Fluor for deep-water gas-to-power project

Added: 11 Oct 2012

Irving, Texas – Fluor Corp has been awarded an EPC support contract for phase 3 of the Malampaya de…

BP Texas refinery

BP to sell Texas City refinery for $2.5bn

Added: 9 Oct 2012

London - BP is to sell its Texas City refinery and part of its retail and logistics network in the …

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Pent-up machine tool demand drives gearbox market

Added: 9 Oct 2012

Austin, Texas – Precision gearboxes and geared motor shipments were 69% higher in 2011 than in 2009…

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Severn Trent Water taps Capula for AMP6

Added: 9 Oct 2012

Gouda, The Netherlands - Severn Trent Water has appointed Capula, recently acquired by Royal Imtech…

CCS

Fluor for Shell's world-first oil sands CCS project

Added: 9 Oct 2012

Irving, Texas / Calgary, Alberta — Shell has selected Fluor Corp. as the EPC contractor for its car…

Drax Power Plant 2

Government consults industry over energy costs

Added: 9 Oct 2012

London – The Government has launched a consultation over its proposed £250 million Energy Intensive…

Eni chemicals plant

Euro11bn REACH burdens EU chemical makers

Added: 5 Oct 2012

London – European chemical manufacturers group Cefic has posted an uncertain outlook for the sector…

Drax Power Plant

Low-carbon shake-up for UK energy mix

Added: 3 Oct 2012

London - Incentives to promote low-carbon power generation are having a significant impact on the U…

Public backing for chemicals industry

Added: 3 Oct 2012

London – A recent survey of public opinion shows that the chemical industry in the UK enjoys a surp…

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Alstom turbines for new gas-fired power station

Added: 2 Oct 2012

London – Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new C…

French company claims G2 biofuels breakthrough

Added: 2 Oct 2012

Paris - French biotech company DEINOVE has isolated and optimised a strain of Deinococcus bacteria,…

Process blast

HSE begins Fees for Intervention

Added: 1 Oct 2012

London – The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) new cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FF…

Lab

Scientists and engineers more likely to switch jobs

Added: 26 Sep 2012

London – Employees in the science and engineering industry are more likely to change jobs more freq…