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Ineos Jim Ratcliffe

Lost in translation

Added: 1 Oct 2014

The UK and US are two nations divided by the same language…even when it comes to money.

Saltire Union Jack Scottish independence

For oil’s sake?

Added: 16 Sep 2014

If Scottish independence is about oil, then the truth is that Scotland has missed the boat. Thursda…

Cuadrilla shale site

Reshuffle: What now for shale?

Added: 16 Jul 2014

Yesterday the shale oil & gas industry lost one of its most effective political champions to the Mi…

Cyber security

Happily ever after?

Added: 8 Apr 2014

Today marks the end of support for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system - but what effect will i…

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

A dose of growth

Added: 2 Apr 2014

After decades of focussing on research & development in pursuit of the next blockbuster drug, big p…

Dominion Cove Point LNG

LNG & a new cold war?

Added: 25 Mar 2014

It looks increasingly likely that gas will not only replace nuclear as the topic of choice in the N…

Drax Power Plant 2

Does industrial growth really matter?

Added: 5 Mar 2014

Over the past month or so we have heard a great deal from our political leaders about how passionat…

Cuadrilla shale site

The year ahead

Added: 15 Jan 2014

Happy New Year. It looks as though 2014 is, like last year, going to be a year where energy dominat…

Chemical Plant

Energy & the global game

Added: 18 Dec 2013

At this time of Christmas Carols, there is a growing chorus of chemicals company bosses crying out …

Centralised control room

Control rooms play catch-up

Added: 5 Nov 2013

They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …

Shale gas

Trust me, I'm a fracker

Added: 28 Aug 2013

Trust is not enough when it comes to easing fracking pollution fears.

Cuadrilla shale site

Let technology rule shale safety debate

Added: 19 Jul 2013

My first week as editor of Process Engineering has been dominated by events surrounding the UK’s pr…

BP Texas refinery

Lessons from Algeria

Added: 24 Jan 2013

London – With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that much greater security should have been aff…

Petroplus Coryton unit

A tale of two refineries

Added: 20 Jun 2012

About three years ago the collapse in petroleum product demand in France, Europe and the US, prompt…