Exxon Mobil plans to spend upwards of £500m on UK’s largest oil refinery Fawley Refinery, this is Exxons’ biggest investment in the UK sector for 30 years. The Fawley refinery on the south coast plans to add major new oil processing units, allowing the plant to produce higher volumes of high-quality diesel, in a move…
A new report from industry body Oil & Gas UK, Workforce stabilisation sets platform for Vision 2035, predicts that the overall number of people employed in the North Sea Oil & Gas industry will increase this year with direct, indirect and induced employment set to increase to 282,700, up from 280,000 in 2017. Total employment…
Major player in digital innovation in the energy sector, Total is increasing its investments in research and development by launching a program dedicated to its refining activities. Developed in partnership with Tata Consultancy Sevices (TCS), the digital innovation center located in Pune, in the western part of India, will aim to develop breakthrough solutions and…
Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced that it will begin full-scale development of the giant Kharasaveyskoye gas-and-condensate field on the Yamal Peninsula in arctic Russia from 2019. The Yamal Peninsula is of strategic important to the Russian Oil & Gas industry in securing long-term supplies to their consumer market. The region is already home to…
A new Engineering and Technology Group is set to create up to 1000 new jobs across multiple UK based locations and generate annual revenues in excess of £100m Texo Group is set to meet the demand for integrated engineering services within critical infrastructure. Representing an unprecedented offering in turnkey services to both UK and global…
Shell has announced a final investment decision (FID) for the Fram gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea. The move follows Shell’s decision back in January to proceed with the redevelopment of the Penguins field in the North Sea. A decision that is slated to create hundreds of jobs for North Sea industry…
Britain’s biggest nuclear project, Hinkley Point C (HPC), has taken another step forward with GE Power announcing that it has begun work on the first rotor of the power plant’s steam turbine. GE Power is supplying an ARABELLE steam turbine, which is currently being assembled at GE’s Belfort manufacturing facility in France. The steam turbine…
A study by tidal power company Atlantis has concluded that 2GW of tidal energy could be harnessed if a barrier were built between the tip of Normandy’s Cotentin peninsula and the British Channel Island of Alderney. The site, estimated to have the strongest tides in Europe, could begin generating 1GW of energy by 2025, with…
The Munich start up Kewazo claims that more than 80% of scaffolders’ time is spent moving elements from one part of a site to another. The robot aims to make assembly more efficient by delivering the parts to the workers where and when they need them. According to Kewazo this ability to deliver poles by…
The UK engineering jobs market received good news this week with global rail manufacturer Siemens announcing its intention to build a major new factory in Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire. This development, which could mean an investment of up to £200m, is a major step forward for Siemens’ journey in the UK. The…