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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 …

Perpetuum advances battery-free wireless condition monitoring

Added: 9 Jul 2008

Engineers from Perpetuum and CAP-XX present results of trial at the Nyhamna gas plant in Norway to …