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May sketches out modern industrial strategy
New approach seeks to address historic weaknesses
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Amec Foster Wheeler wins gold EPC
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Australia.
Type: News
Total signs contract with NIOC for South Pars
TOTAL has signed a contract with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), to develop phase 11 of Iran’s South Pars gas field (SP11), the largest gas field in the world.
Type: News
Modularisation of nuclear new builds
A NEW R&D centre aiming to develop modular manufacturing in the UK’s nuclear energy sector has been opened by the UK’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC).
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Consider treating unused desal filters
A BIOFOULING study that has examined colonies of bacteria on membranes suggests desalination plants might benefit from treating new filters before they are installed.
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Aaron Low awarded travel fellowship
ICHEME Member Aaron Low has won the 2017 Earle Travel Fellowship. The award encourages New Zealand engineers and technologists in the early stages of their careers to travel abroad and expand their knowledge of the discipline so it can be applied to their work back home.
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Nuclear fusion in Europe delayed past 2050
NUCLEAR fusion in Europe from the DEMO demonstration plant could be pushed back beyond 2054, according to the BBC.
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New asymmetric synthesis method
A HIGHLY enantioselective method for the decarboxylative halogenation of carboxylic acids has been described by researchers in Japan, who say it could help develop new pharmaceutical compounds.
Type: News
Giving green polymers the blue light
BLUE light has been used by researchers to create an interpenetrating polymeric network (IPN) in one step, under ambient conditions.
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FRANCE plans to pass a law later this year to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration at home and in its overseas territories.
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UK government commits funding to fusion
THE UK government has committed to funding the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion energy research project, based at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK to 2020.
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Hack hits Chernobyl monitoring system
RADIATION monitoring systems at the Chernobyl nuclear plant have been put out of action by a ransomware attack that has hit companies around the world.
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Shell partners SBI for drop-in biofuels
SBI BIOENERGY has granted exclusive development and licensing rights for its drop-in biofuels technology to Shell.
Type: News
Sarawak to set up own oil company
SARAWAK’S state government plans to set up its own oil exploration company, despite the national oil company, PETRONAS, gaining a large part of its Malaysian revenue from gas fields in the state.
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BP and Bridas form JV for Argentinean assets
BP AND Bridas Corporation have formed a joint venture combining their interests in Pan America Energy (PAE) and Axion Energy, forming Argentina’s largest privately-owned energy company.
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Thyssenkrupp and Tata announce merger plans
STEEL majors Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge their European activities in a 50:50 joint venture.
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Filtering fracking water for reuse
A SUPERHYDROPHILIC filter has been shown to remove 90% of hydrocarbons, bacteria, and particulates from contaminated water produced by fracking operations.
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