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| Rise in number of 'major' offshore gas and oil leaks, says HSE |
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The number of major gas and oil leaks from the UK's offshore installations rose last year from three to nine, the highest in 14 years. |
| BBC News Tue 18 Jun |
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| Second death in Louisiana chemical plant explosion |
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A second person has died from an explosion that tore through a chemical plant in the US state of Louisiana. |
| BBC News Mon 17 Jun |
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| Over 600 Bay Bridge rods too hard |
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More than 600 high-strength rods and bolts used to secure seismic equipment on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge are harder than the level at which a Caltrans expert says they are vulnerable to cracking |
| SFGate.com Mon 10 Jun |
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| Severn Barrage: Environment and economy benefits 'unproven' |
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Plans for a £25bn barrage in the Severn Estuary should not go ahead in their current form, a committee of MPs says. |
| BBC News Mon 10 Jun |
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| Airbus creates 3,000 jobs in Filton, Broughton
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About 300 new jobs are being created by plane maker Airbus at its plants in Flintshire and Bristol. |
| BBC News Sat 8 Jun |
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| New welding centre in Clydebank opened by Alex Salmond |
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The Global Pipeline Welding Development Centre was built with £10 million investment from offshore energy contractor Subsea 7. |
| Evening Times 30 May |
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| Energy firm says UK's shale gas resources could be huge |
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IGas says there may be up to 170 trillion cubic feet of gas in the areas it is licensed to explore in northern England |
| BBC News Mon 3 Jun |
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| Total to spend €1 billion at Antwerp Refinery. |
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Total has approved two major projects as part of a €1 billion modernisation of its Antwerp refinery. |
| NDTCabin Thu 23 May |
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| Palisades Nuclear Power Plant to replace bottom of leaking tank, remains shut down |
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After finding a small crack along a nozzle weld at the bottom of the tank, Palisades officials have decided to completely replace the tank bottom. |
| MLive 20 May 13 |
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| Wylfa: Anglesey nuclear reactor 'could run until 2015' |
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The planned shut down of Britain's oldest nuclear reactor on Anglesey could be extended by 15 months if safety inspectors approve the work. |
| BBC News Tue 21 May |
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| Shearon Harris nuclear plant shut down because of cracking |
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Duke Energy Progress shut down the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County after the company discovered that the reactor vessel showed early indications of corrosion and cracking. |
| newsobserver 16 May |
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| Bay Bridge rod troubles extend to base |
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The base of the new Bay Bridge eastern span's signature tower is secured by more than 400 high-strength steel rods that were galvanized under conditions Caltrans barred as putting them at risk of cracking. |
| SFGate.com Mon 13 May |
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| Pembroke firm Mustang Marine to create 100 boat building jobs |
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More than 100 new jobs are set to be created with the £1.5m expansion of a boat building company in Pembrokeshire. Mustang Marine, which also repairs boats, is constructing a new boat building hall in Pembroke Port. |
| BBC News Tue 14 May |
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| Port of Ardersier seeks to switch from oil to wind |
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Developers are seeking the go ahead to turn a former oil fabrication yard in the Highlands into a manufacturing 'super-hub' for renewables |
| scotsman.com Sat 11 May |
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| Criminal probe opened into Texas fertiliser plant explosion |
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Paramedic who was among the first responders to blast that killed 14 people and wounded 200 is arrested for allegedly possessing a pipe bomb |
| NDTCabin Sat 11 May |
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| Severn Barrage: Five firms join Hafren Power project |
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Five major companies, including engineering giant Arup, have signed up to work on the £25bn project. |
| BBC News Thu 9 May |
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| Japan signs Turkey nuclear deal |
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The Turkish government has signed a deal with a Japanese-French consortium to build a new nuclear power station. |
| BBC News Sat 4 May |
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| Royal Dutch Shell wins huge UAE gas deal |
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Anglo-Dutch company Shell has beaten France's Total to a multi-billion-pound deal to develop a gas field with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). |
| BBC News Wed 1 May |
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| BP rebuked over North Sea oil leak |
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Norway's oil and gas safety authority blames poor maintenance and serious breaches of regulations for Ula incident |
| Guardian Tue 30 April |
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| Scottish Coal cuts 590 jobs at mines in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife |
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Almost 600 people have been made redundant, following the collapse of one of Scotland's biggest coal-mining companies. |
| BBC News Sat 20 Apr |
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