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Wastewater market rises as regulation bites
Added: 11 Feb 2002
The EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is driving growth in the market for water treat…
Meggitt to commercialise microreactors
Added: 11 Feb 2002
The Heatric division of Meggitt, which manufactures printed-circuit heat exchangers, has joined for…ICI to sell Synetix in bid to reduce debt mountain
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Once known as the bellwether of British industry, ICI is now preparing to sell off its cata…
£8 million goes into the North Sea
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Oil and gas companies committed a total of £8 million in 2001 towards the development of ne…
Changing places
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Stuart Nathan looks at how ABB's process researchers are combining chemistry with engineering to ma…Lubrizol to acquire Chemron
Added: 6 Feb 2002
The Lubrizol Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business and subs…
Occidental to sell Equistar interest to Lyondell
Added: 1 Feb 2002
Occidental Petroleum has agreed in principle to sell $440 million worth of interest in Equistar to …llama droppings combat water pollution
Added: 30 Jan 2002
Scientists from Newcastle University are using llama droppings to help combat environmental…
$3.2 billion buys a lot of gas and oil
Added: 30 Jan 2002
Petro-Canada has agreed to acquire the international oil and gas operations of Veba Oil & Gas from …Soybeans dissolve foam
Added: 30 Jan 2002
The amount of Styrofoam disposed of in landfills could be reduced in the future thanks to the work …That's a lot of Aerosmith
Added: 28 Jan 2002
Using polymer memory technology, it will be possible to store the equivalent of 400,000 CDs on a ch…Conoco to build 730MW heat and power plant in UK
Added: 23 Jan 2002
Conoco Global Power is to build a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant alongside its Humber refinery…Engineers develop odour eaters for pulp mills
Added: 23 Jan 2002
An academic in Canada is researching biofiltration techniques that use bacteria to 'eat' smelly, ai…A brief history of OLEDs
Added: 23 Jan 2002
In the future, displays will be far different from the current cathode ray tubes and expensive (and…PGS' Atlantis subsidiary sold for $215 million
Added: 23 Jan 2002
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA and China National Chemicals Import & Export Corporation (Sinoch…
GE Power Systems to acquire UK based PII Group
Added: 21 Jan 2002
GE Power Systems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PII Group Ltd., formerly Pipe…
Are you in control?
Added: 16 Jan 2002
A recent survey was carried out by the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme (EEBPP) to find ou…Bug may help clean up PCB deposits
Added: 16 Jan 2002
Researchers from the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute have discovered a strai…
Out on a LIMS
Added: 16 Jan 2002
IT systems to manage analytical laboratory information can help companies save money by improving t…