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Open to cyber attack
Added: 11 May 2010
Many process companies, even those with safety-critical operations, have switched from standalone, …

Taking lean to extremes
Added: 11 May 2010
Business improvement specialist Roy Coldwell of Picme Ltd examines the pitfalls of taking lean too …

Experts call for fresh approach to climate change
Added: 11 May 2010
London – Rapid advance in addressing climate change is now possible for the first time in 15 years …

Thermal imaging reveals hot air at Downing Street
Added: 11 May 2010
Halesowen, UK – ITV’s TONIGHT programme, ’Money to Burn’ has analysed the energy usage and energy w…

Imperial College, Rolls-Royce open nuclear centre
Added: 11 May 2010
London – Imperial College London and Rolls-Royce have opened a new centre is dedicated to research …

Would Con-LDs have kept the lights on?
Added: 11 May 2010
London – A European Parliament committee has agreed a three-year delay to the imposition of nitroge…

Invensys claims cyber security advance
Added: 11 May 2010
Plano, Texas – Invensys Operations Management has teamed up with Byres Security Inc. and MTL Instru…

Welsh Water deploys colorimetry devices at nine sites
Added: 10 May 2010
Cardiff, UK – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has upgraded its water treatment monitoring systems to ABB’s ne…

Contracts & Projects Tracker: April 2010
Added: 10 May 2010
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Sembcorp is to supply steam to SABIC’s Olefins 6 cracker at …

Recovery stays in the pipeline
Added: 10 May 2010
Pumps and valves makers are playing down market prospects for the current year. Patrick Raleigh rep…

CPS nets equipment orders in UK, Egypt
Added: 10 May 2010
London – Clyde Process Solutions, a supplier of pneumatic conveying and air filtration solutions fo…

Lion Oil adds wireless technology at US facility
Added: 7 May 2010
El Dorado, Arkansas – Lion Oil is using Emerson’s Smart Wireless technology to check product invent…

Emerson unit measures up to BP oil & gas audit demands
Added: 7 May 2010
London – BP has selected Emerson’s measurement services unit METCO Services as its single-source pr…

NOCL chooses Punj Lloyd for Cuddalore refinery
Added: 7 May 2010
London – NOCL (Nagarjuna Oil Corp. Ltd) has awarded Punj Lloyd Group an order for its Cuddalore ref…

Samsung Engineering adds massive ADNOC contracts
Added: 7 May 2010
London – ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. ) has awarded Samsung Engineering a $1.5bn gas developme…

Energy bill down £100k at Severn Trent works
Added: 6 May 2010
Wanlip, UK - Severn Trent Water (STW) is saving around £100,000 per year on energy costs following …

Engineering companies braced for slight improvement
Added: 6 May 2010
London – Engineering companies are picking up some encouraging signals from across the process sect…

Stroke test retrofit at major European refinery
Added: 6 May 2010
Sicily, Italy – Rotork Fluid Systems has completed a project to retrofit improved partial stroke te…

UK agrochems rejig nears completion
Added: 6 May 2010
Kent, UK – Agricultural chemicals company Nufarm UK Ltd is nearing completion of a project to decom…

Air Liquide to establish world's largest helium plant
Added: 6 May 2010
Paris – Air Liquide announces that it has been awarded a contract by RasGas Co. Ltd, on behalf of R…