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Cuadrilla green light for Blackpool shale site
Added: 16 Jan 2015
Shale gas developer Cuadrilla was today granted the environmental permits it needs to begin explora…
Investment boost for engineering talent
Added: 15 Jan 2015
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is investing £1.2 million in up and coming engi…
Water industry develops early warning software
Added: 15 Jan 2015
A data analysis solution for the water and wastewater industry could be applied across a variety of…
Amec Areva team loses Sellafield role
Added: 13 Jan 2015
The government this morning confirmed that Nuclear Management Partners (NMP), a consortium of Amec …
UK oil production stabilises
Added: 12 Jan 2015
After several years of steep decline, UK oil & gas production has stabilised and is expected to gro…
Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer
Added: 8 Jan 2015
Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…
Food production must cut water use by a fifth
Added: 6 Jan 2015
The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …
Manufacturers’ confidence halves
Added: 5 Jan 2015
Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …
Drax CCS clears planning hurdle
Added: 23 Dec 2014
The companies behind a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Drax power station today announc…
Government misses capacity auction target
Added: 19 Dec 2014
The UK’s first-ever Capacity Market auction concluded yesterday, securing less generating capacity …
Drax CCS wells FEED awarded
Added: 19 Dec 2014
National Grid has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the wells required on …
GE buys subsea actuators firm
Added: 17 Dec 2014
GE announced yesterday that it was acquiring the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of US-based …
North Sea polymer injection deal awarded
Added: 15 Dec 2014
Amec Foster Wheeler has won a contract from Chevron to deliver enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for one …
Grid encourages more plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Dec 2014
National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…
Revised biogas tariffs confirmed
Added: 9 Dec 2014
The government today confirmed the restructuring of feed-in tariffs paid for biomethane fed into th…
North Sea tax deal spelt out
Added: 5 Dec 2014
The government yesterday revealed further details of the tax relief for North Sea oil & gas announc…
Maths model could ‘improve nuclear safety’
Added: 5 Dec 2014
Researchers at the University of Leeds have created a mathematical model that predicts how stalagmi…
Autumn statement: formulation funding
Added: 3 Dec 2014
A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…
Autumn statement: North Sea and shale win
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Chancellor George Osborne today used his Autumn Statement to increase tax relief for North Sea oil …
Plasma tackles chemical waste
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Simdean Envirotec has launched a plasma-based chemical waste elimination system in the UK which it …
