British chemicals company INEOS have announced plans to build two factories, each producing 1 million hand sanitiser bottles per month, in just 10 days. The hand sanitisers will be provided to NHS hospitals for free, in an effort to help during the coronavirus pandemic. One factory will be built at an existing Ineos site at…
Scottish energy services giant John Wood Group has completed the sale of its nuclear business to US engineering firm Jacobs for £250m. The announcement came after the deal was cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority on 4 March. Its nuclear business was focused on decommissioning work at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. The sale…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract between $300 million and $500 million by ConocoPhillips Australia to deliver the SURF scope for the Barossa project, 300 kilometers offshore Darwin, Australia. Subsea 7 is a subsea engineering, construction and services company serving the offshore energy industry. The project scope of work includes project management, engineering, procurement,…
As the threat of the coronavirus continues to grow globally, Copius Group is adjusting its Health & Safety policies as a precautionary measure to safeguard all employees, contractors, clients and the general public. If you have been in an area where the Coronavirus is prevalent in the last two weeks, or have been in contact…
Oil prices have slid by almost 25% this year on the back of lower demand and slower expected economic growth, according to Rystad Energy. The outbreak of the coronavirus disease is to cause extensive staffing and supply shortages in the oil and gas industry, as well as a fall in investment of around $30 billion (£23.4bn) in 2020.…