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| Boeing checks 787 Dreamliners for wing cracks |
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The move came after Japanese supplier Mitsubishi Heavy Industries warned Boeing that a change in its manufacturing process may cause cracks. |
| BBC News Sat 8 Mar |
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| Bombardier wins £1bn Crossrail deal |
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The company will provide 65 trains for the Crossrail service, which is set to open in 2018. The trains will be manufactured and assembled at Bombardier's plant in Derby. |
| BBC News Fri 7 Feb |
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| Amec offers £1.9bn to buy Swiss rival Foster Wheeler |
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UK engineer Amec has provisionally agreed a £1.9bn takeover of Swiss rival Foster Wheeler |
| BBC News Mon 13 Jan |
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| SSE to close two coal-fired power stations |
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Units at Ferrybridge and Uskmouth to close as power supplier invests in new wind farms and other forms of generation |
| Guardian Sat 21 Dec |
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| Grangemouth to import US shale gas |
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Grangemouth is set to become the first chemical plant in the UK to receive shale gas from the United States, the site's operator has said. |
| BBC News Wed 4 Dec |
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| Harland and Wolff refits oil rig from Brazil in Belfast |
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The 360ft-high rig - the Blackford Dolphin - is undergoing a multi-million-pound refurbishment in advance of a drilling project in the North Sea. |
| BBC News Tue 3 Dec |
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| China oil pipe blast: Qingdao pipeline blast 'kills 44' |
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At least 44 people in China have been killed in an explosion after a leaking oil pipeline caught fire in the city of Qingdao, state media has reported. |
| BBC News Sat 23 Nov |
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| Latvia mourns victims of Riga supermarket collapse |
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Latvians have begun three days of national mourning for 52 people who died when a supermarket in the capital Riga collapsed on Thursday. |
| BBC News Sat 23 Nov |
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| EnQuest cleared to develop £4bn Kraken oil field off Shetland |
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A £4bn investment in a major oil field off Shetland has been given the go-ahead. |
| BBC News Sat 16 Nov |
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| BAE Systems cuts 1,775 jobs at English and Scottish shipyards |
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BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at its yards in Scotland and England and end shipbuilding altogether at Portsmouth. |
| BBC News Thu 7 Nov |
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| Grangemouth dispute: Ineos says plant will stay open |
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Political leaders and unions have welcomed news that the Grangemouth petrochemical plant is to stay open after a deal was struck with workers. |
| BBC News Sat 26 Oct |
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| UK nuclear power plant gets go-ahead |
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France's EDF Energy will lead a consortium, which includes Chinese investors, to build the Hinkley Point C plant in Somerset. |
| BBC News Mon 21 Oct |
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| Osborne agrees to China investing in UK nuclear plants |
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The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that the UK will allow Chinese companies to take a stake in British nuclear power plants. |
| BBC News Fri 18 Oct |
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| Japan halts last nuclear reactor |
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Japan is shutting down its last functioning nuclear reactor, with no timetable for a restart. |
| BBC News Mon 16 Sep |
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| Boom and bust in Australia's coal country |
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Falling resource prices have seen thousands of workers laid off in Australia, and towns like Mackay, at the heart of the coal mining region on the east coast of Queensland, have suffered more than most. |
| BBC News Mon 16 Sep |
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| Pentland Firth tidal turbine project given consent |
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Work is to begin on the largest tidal energy project in Europe after the Scottish government granted permission. |
| BBC News Mon 16 Sep |
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| Renewed safety concerns over North Sea gas leak |
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Renewed safety concerns have been raised about an oil and gas field which was shut down last year due to a leak. |
| BBC News Fri 6 Sep |
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| Inspection services firm CAN Group wins £90m deal |
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Aberdeen-based CAN Group has won a £90m contract to provide inspection services in the North Sea for oil explorer and producer Talisman Sinopec Energy UK. |
| BBC News Thu 5 Sep |
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| Nigeria's Dangote signs deal to build oil refinery |
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Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with banks to finance the building of an oil refinery in Nigeria. |
| BBC News Thu 5 Sep |
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| Super Puma crash not due to technical problems, says CAA |
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The fatal Super Puma helicopter crash off Shetland was not caused by airworthiness or technical problems, based on current information, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. |
| BBC News Sat 31 Aug |
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