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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…
Innovation spend hits 25-year high
Added: 23 Jul 2014
The number of manufacturers planning to invest in product and process innovation is at its highest …
Pharma firms to offer up compounds
Added: 23 Jul 2014
Seven pharmaceuticals companies are offering up their deprioritised compounds to UK researchers.
Traffic fears block shale bid
Added: 22 Jul 2014
Concerns over potentially high levels of traffic have led planners to block a proposed exploratory …
Foreign investment up in process sectors
Added: 21 Jul 2014
Nearly a fifth of all foreign investment in the UK is going to projects in the process sectors, acc…
Grangemouth LNG wins guarantee
Added: 17 Jul 2014
Ineos has received a £230 million loan guarantee from the government to support the financing of it…
Process champions moved in reshuffle
Added: 15 Jul 2014
Two key allies of the process industries were today removed from their posts by Prime Minister Davi…
Submersible pumps to hit £11bn
Added: 14 Jul 2014
The value of the global submersible pump market is likely to reach $18.9 billion (£11 billion) by 2…
