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BP, ABB in UK risk-based inspections

Added: 26 Sep 2008

RBI reviews avoided need for inspectors to enter equipment, saving BP at least £500,000 on its 2008…

Skills Academy launches trainer acceditation scheme

Added: 25 Sep 2008

The National Skills Academy Process Industries is calling for training providers to come forward fo…

John Crane advances wireless monitoring for sealed systems

Added: 25 Sep 2008

Remotely measures the pressure, temperature and level of the barrier fluid in a system. The 3in1 Ve…

Right-first-time pharma process breakthrough

Added: 23 Sep 2008

Process analytical technology tool characterises particle shapes using a probe which collects image…

Emerson unveils four-wire intelligence

Added: 23 Sep 2008

Analytical device range now available with HART and Profibus DP to offer operations and maintenanc…

Shell moves to hit biofuel barriers for six

Added: 23 Sep 2008

Royal Dutch Shell plc has signed six biofuels research agreements with academic institutions (full …

Green collar skills gap emerges

Added: 23 Sep 2008

ICM survey finds that pressure from government and consumers is creating a shortage of environmenta…

REACH: Cefic rubbishes SIN list

Added: 23 Sep 2008

European chemicals industry group dismisses ChemSec calls for an immediate ban on around 200 chemic…

Business Briefing - September

Added: 23 Sep 2008

DavyMarkham expands engineering apprenticeship scheme ... Re-enter the dragon ... DCS market strong…

Contracts & Projects Tracker - September

Added: 23 Sep 2008

Siemens ... CB&I ... Yokogawa ... Corus ... LyonellBasell ... Vega ... Emerson ... Invensys ... She…

Stick to basics not gestures, warns Envirowise

Added: 22 Sep 2008

Too many companies base their environmental policies on ‘greenspin' that makes them look good publi…

REACH concern amid 350,000 pre-registrations

Added: 19 Sep 2008

European Chemicals Agency finds applications in breach of the regulatatory requirements for registr…

Grant Instruments launches Wi-Fi portable data logger

Added: 17 Sep 2008

Squirrel handheld data loggers for uses where the user is on moving equipment or machinery, or from…

NI launch targets environmental monitoring

Added: 17 Sep 2008

National Instruments' LabVIEW now equipped to communicate with environmental monitoring sensors thr…

Things go better at Coke

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Wakefield plant cuts downtime with change management and version control software for all industria…

Yorkshire Water turns to reed beds at colliery site

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Wastewater treatment plant was built to cope with the now closed colliery, but massively oversized …

WirelessHART signals a change at plants

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Why has it taken so long for the industry to take advantage of the benefits a wireless connection c…

Green light for INEOS waste-to-energy plant

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Government approves plans to construct combined heat and power (CHP) station with a capacity of 100…

Food & drink makers deflate drying costs

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Drying machine that releases compressed or blown air only when a product is ready to be treated

Biofuels: MEPs see 40% shade of green

Added: 15 Sep 2008

European Parliament group wants at least 40% of that renewable energy to come from more sustainable…