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Petrobras inks $61m automation deal with ABB
Added: 17 Jul 2008
Brazil group contract among the largest installations of ABB automation systems within the petroche…
GE executive to lead ABB
Added: 17 Jul 2008
Hogan to fill the CEO position left vacant by Fred Kindle's surprise departure in February. Will jo…
PE Business Briefing July
Added: 17 Jul 2008
Strong demand for contractors as engineering orders grow ... Plimsoll forecasts consolidation ... P…
Fieldbus Foundation demos SIF technology for process safety
Added: 16 Jul 2008
Major end users evaluate fieldbus technology for safety instrumented functions at Shell centre in A…
CB&I warns of massive losses on LNG projects in UK
Added: 16 Jul 2008
Texas group posts $317m charges for cost overruns on the South Hook and Isle of Grain LNG projects …
UK power plant turns to simulation
Added: 15 Jul 2008
Emerson technology installed in January for faster start-up and more efficient grid synchronisation…
Nynas pumps out the black stuff
Added: 15 Jul 2008
Ellesmere Port facility using sliding vane pumps to handle bitumen emulsion and ensure products are…
Tyco to supply world's longest heat-tracing system for oil pipeline
Added: 15 Jul 2008
Cairn Energy of India orders skin effect heat-tracing system (STS) for underground pipeline. Once c…

Yokogawa deal with Gazprom
Added: 15 Jul 2008
Yokogawa Electric Corp. to supply four Gazprom refineries, under a strategic deal covering control…
3M Espe retrofits membrane degassing module
Added: 15 Jul 2008
Christ solution to excessive concentration of gases dissolved in the water, which can interfere wit…
Dealing with the ATEX Directive
Added: 14 Jul 2008
One of the new minefields for a product manager is the mandatory EU Harmonied Safety Compliance Di…
Invensys uses Extronics wireless at Milford Haven
Added: 14 Jul 2008
Wireless network offers cost-effective and scalable solution to improve plant visibility at Total r…
US company claims hydrogen sensor advance
Added: 14 Jul 2008
Pd-Ni sensors that detect H2 in concentrations from a few ppm to 100%
Sellafield contract for AMEC consortium
Added: 14 Jul 2008
Deal potentially worth over £20bn for the reprocessing and waste storage facilities at Sellafield, …
Calor tackles forklift hazards
Added: 14 Jul 2008
For LPG supplier works with Pyroban to prevent its forklift trucks being a potential source of igni…
Long arm of REACH regulation
Added: 14 Jul 2008
REACH will also impact companies using chemicals to keep machinery operating and their premises cle…
Skills: Oil & gas sector over a barrel
Added: 14 Jul 2008
As oil prices threaten to top $150 a barrel the demand for resources increases and so, too, does de…
Dow to acquire Rohm and Haas for $19bn
Added: 10 Jul 2008
Deal to create world's leading speciality chemicals and advanced materials company with sales of ar…
SOE chief slams UK institutes and employers over skills and pay
Added: 10 Jul 2008
Society of Operations Engineers president Ling says membership bodies for shying away from threats …