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Wood Group wins Shell CCS FEED
Added: 16 Oct 2014
Shell has hired Wood Group’s subsea engineering division to carry out the front end engineering des…
Ineos buys second Scottish shale licence
Added: 13 Oct 2014
Chemical company Ineos today acquired a majority interest in a shale gas development licence in Sco…
Sizewell B in maintenance shutdown
Added: 13 Oct 2014
EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power station was yesterday shut down for a £60 million maintenance and re…
Yokogawa wins energy from waste deal
Added: 9 Oct 2014
Yokogawa yesterday confirmed it had been awarded a contract to supply control and safety systems fo…
Brussels approves Hinkley Point financing
Added: 8 Oct 2014
The European Commission today cleared the financing of EDF’s proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant…
Government "blows" renewables budget
Added: 3 Oct 2014
The government was today criticised for allocating 58% of its renewable energy budget to just eight…
Chemists boost biofuel production
Added: 3 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …
World’s first CCS plant opens
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The world’s first commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will begin operating in Canada …
Ineos buys Grangemouth power plant
Added: 2 Oct 2014
Ineos today announced it is buying the gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant that provides …
Renewables budget increased
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The government today announced it was increasing financial support for renewable energy by £95 mill…
UK shale far more complex than US
Added: 1 Oct 2014
Geologists yesterday warned that extraction of UK shale gas would require far more engineering expe…
Ineos warned over shale offer
Added: 30 Sep 2014
Ineos’ plan to offer 6% of its UK shale revenues to local communities has been accused of being pot…
Food efficiency fund launched
Added: 25 Sep 2014
An £11 million fund to encourage engineering innovation and improve resource efficiency in the food…
Tata Steel among Grid shutdown firms
Added: 24 Sep 2014
Tata Steel was yesterday confirmed as one of the hundreds of industrial firms to have signed up to …
Siemens buys Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn
Added: 22 Sep 2014
Siemens today announced it was acquiring Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion (£4.6bn) and aimed to become…
Merck buys Sigma-Aldrich for £10bn
Added: 22 Sep 2014
Pharma and chemicals giant Merck has agreed to buy life sciences firm Sigma-Aldrich for approximate…
Arkema plans Total adhesives takeover
Added: 19 Sep 2014
Total today announced it had received a €1.74 billion (£1.36bn) bid from French chemicals giant Ark…
Fracking “cleared” of water pollution
Added: 16 Sep 2014
Contamination of groundwater near US shale sites was caused by well failures rather the hydraulic f…
AMEC to partner Chinese nuclear firm
Added: 12 Sep 2014
Engineering contractor AMEC today announced it had signed an agreement with China National Nuclear …
National Grid awards “shutdown” contracts
Added: 11 Sep 2014
National Grid is in the process of awarding contracts to major energy users such as process facilit…
