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Faltering fightback
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Much was made by George Osborne in last week’s budget about an apparent renaissance in UK manufactu…
Safety: a ticking timebomb
Added: 11 Mar 2015
Later this year the process industry will mark an anniversary it would prefer to forget: 10 years s…
Shale ambiguity helps nobody
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Delaying vital decisions on shale gas development until after the general election doesn’t help sup…
Sellafield: too big to be private
Added: 14 Jan 2015
Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey made a startling admission yesterday as he informed pa…
The next Milford Haven?
Added: 17 Dec 2014
Oil prices may be tumbling, Russia may be brought to its knees, but for Europe’s refineries little …
Northern hope
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Over the past few months there has been positive growth in the UK economy, but future prospects are…
It’s the economics, stupid
Added: 5 Nov 2014
Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on fracking. But what exactly are those opinions based on?
Food glorious food
Added: 7 Oct 2014
At my daughter’s birthday party recently I found myself in conversation with a number of her friend…
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.
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…
The death of biomass conversions
Added: 27 Aug 2014
The government’s legal victory over Drax has rendered future conversions of coal plants to biomass …
Does gender matter?
Added: 1 Aug 2014
Does it really matter what proportion of the engineering profession is male and what proportion is …
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…
Engineering, Engineering, Engineering
Added: 11 Jun 2014
Education, Education, Education. Tony Blair’s famous 1997 speech on the importance of education cou…
Engineering sporting brilliance
Added: 28 May 2014
Here at Process Engineering we aim to please. As the Brazil World Cup approaches, followed by Wimbl…
Climate change – why bother?
Added: 16 Apr 2014
Does a renewed focus on adapting to climate change mean we should give up on trying to prevent it?
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…
A dose of growth
Added: 2 Apr 2014
After decades of focussing on research & development in pursuit of the next blockbuster drug, big p…
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…
