AMEC has been awarded £25 million by Shell UK to deliver a new gas reception facility at the Bacton natural gas terminal in Norfolk.

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London-based engineering group Amec has made a cash offer of approximately AUS$106m to acquire Australian mining services company GRD.

Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited is offering operators ahandy free wallchart to help determine which greasescan best protect the hard working components of theirengines and machinery.

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has awarded the first accreditation for Offshore Verification Services, ‘Type A’ ISO/IEC 17020,to Bureau Veritas.

Thames Water claims to have saved £15m in electricity bills last year by generating its own renewable power from its 13.6 million customers’ excrement.

A new 600MW wind farm off the Dutch coast has come online, and will eventually provide power to 1.5 million people.

Rolls-Royce announced today that it proposes to cut 140 staff at its Derby Assembly and Test facility, which forms part of the international company’s Civil Aerospace business.

Siemens has been awarded €20 million to build all low-voltage main distribution systems and associated sub-distribution systems for the Dubai International Airport expansion project.

Vishay has released of a new surface-mount, wirewound, shielded inductor that enables easy surface mounting in close proximity to other components on the assembly board.