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AD outshines solar and could grow 800%
Added: 27 Jun 2012
London – The UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry is punching well above its weight in terms of e…
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…
MI5 chief: UK industry under "astonishing" rate of cyber attacks
Added: 26 Jun 2012
London - Industry is now coming under an “astonishing” rate of cyber attacks, according to Jonathan…
ExxonMobil to 'reconfigure' UK refinery
Added: 25 Jun 2012
Fawley, UK – ExxonMobil is to implement a reconfiguration of the facilities at its Fawley refinery …
Fraunhofer network expands
Added: 25 Jun 2012
London - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) and German applied research organisation Fraunhofer-G…
Rosneft, ExxonMobil target new reserves in Russia
Added: 25 Jun 2012
Tuapse, Russia— Rosneft and ExxonMobil are to jointly develop tight oil reserves in Western Siberia…
Jacobs nets contract for Saudi polyetheylene trains
Added: 24 Jun 2012
London – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and constructio…
Honeywell leadership on the move
Added: 24 Jun 2012
London – Honeywell has appointed Darius Adamczyk as president of Honeywell Process Solutions. He mo…
Linde targets air oxidation processes
Added: 23 Jun 2012
Frankfurt, Germany – Air oxidation is used in many processes in the petrochemical and basic chemica…
Ensus prepares for biofuels restart
Added: 20 Jun 2012
Teesside, UK - Ensus is stepping up work at its Teesside refinery with a view to restarting the fac…
BOC boards 2Co Energy's carbon capture project
Added: 18 Jun 2012
London – Gases and engineering company BOC is to take a 15% stake in 2Co Energy Ltd’s development o…
Ministers urged to throw Coryton refinery a lifeline
Added: 18 Jun 2012
London – Trade union Unite has called on UK energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey and his mi…
SICK, Yokogawa in global process instrumentation deal
Added: 18 Jun 2012
Frankfurt, Germany – Yokogawa Electric Corp. is to distribute and service process analytical instru…
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…
BARA reports big demand for UK automation grant
Added: 15 Jun 2012
London – The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) is urging UK manufacturers to apply fo…
Producing methanol using CO2 and hydrogen
Added: 14 Jun 2012
A research team at the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) has developed a new system for prod…
Solar thermal system to heat oil at food factory
Added: 14 Jun 2012
Novel solar thermal technology is being used to heat oil for making potato crisps
Metso to automate UK waste-to-energy plants
Added: 13 Jun 2012
Helsinki – CNIM Group has selected Metso’s DNA automation systems for the North Hykeham greenfield …
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…
Honeycomb-like material has potential role in carbon capture
Added: 13 Jun 2012
A novel porous material that has unique carbon dioxide retention properties has been developed thro…
