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| Repair work starts on problem Oil Rig |
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Work has now started to reinforce the oil rig which was forced to evacuate all its workers earlier this year. |
| NDTCabin Fri 9 May |
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| Miners killed after chain snaps |
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Nine miners were killed yesterday after a chain broke, plunging them to their deaths. |
| NDTCabin Fri 2 May |
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| Brazil's dreams of exporting oil 'challenging' |
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Brazil's plan to become one of the world's biggest oil exporters hinges on exploiting crude six miles below the ocean surface in deposits so hot they can melt the metal used to carry uranium to nuclear plants. |
| Financial Post Tue 29 Apr |
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| Tyneside yard to convert floating accommodation vessel |
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A&P's Hebburn yard is to convert a former Russian Navy vessel into a floating accommodation vessel with ice breaker capability. |
| NDTCabin Thu 17 Apr |
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| Cheap rivets blamed for massive loss of life as 'Titanic' sank |
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The Titanic might have gone down more slowly and more of its passengers could have been rescued if the shipyard that built it, Harland & Wolff in Northern Ireland, had not skimped on the quality of the rivets. |
| Independent Wed 16 Apr |
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| Contract awarded to build Welsh Power Station |
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Severn Power has awarded the contract to build its new 850 MW Severn Power combined cycle gas turbine plant in South Wales. |
| NDTCabin Tue 15 Apr |
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| Ride's care not always by book, worker says
Deposition focuses on cable |
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Maintenance workers for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom did not follow several of a ride manufacturer's instructions for caring for a cable that snapped and severed the feet of a Louisville teenager last summer, according to a maintenance supervisor's sworn statement. |
| CourierJournal Mon 14 Apr |
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| Defects found in nuclear reactor the French want to build in Britain |
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Safety investigators uncover cracks in the concrete base and substandard welds. Lack of recent experience in building nuclear plants said to have caused problem |
| Independent Sun 13 Apr |
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| St. Cloud bridge with bent gusset plates to be replaced |
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Transportation officials said Thursday they would start construction this year on a replacement for the Highway 23 bridge that was abruptly closed last month because of bent gusset plates. |
| bemidjipioneer Thu 10 Apr |
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| BP and ConocoPhillips team up to build new Alaska Gas Pipeline |
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BP and ConocoPhillips have announced that they plan to jointly construct a new Alaska Gas Pipeline costing around $30 billion. |
| NDTCabin Wed 9 Apr |
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| Corporate manslaughter: everything you need to know |
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A guide to the new laws governing deaths caused by companies and other organisations that come into effect this week |
| Times Online Mon 7 Apr |
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| Sullom Voe to get new gas plant |
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BP is to build a new gas plant at the Sullom Voe oil terminal in the Shetland Islands. |
| NDTCabin Fri 4 Apr |
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| BAE confirms it will cut 600 jobs |
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Defence company BAE has confirmed it will cut almost 600 jobs at its Brough site, near Hull and its Woodford plant near Manchester. |
| BBC News Thu 3 Apr |
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| Centrica plans new Irish Sea gas storage facility |
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Centrica is planning to convert the Bains gas field, in the Irish Sea, into a gas storage facility to help increase Britain's gas storage capacity. |
| NDTCabin Fri 28 Mar |
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| Westinghouse claims nuclear deal would create 15,000 jobs in Britain |
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Westinghouse is planning a nuclear renaissance that will use Britain as a springboard to supply reactors to the whole of Europe, creating more than 15,000 jobs here. |
| Times Online Thu 27 Mar |
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| Pilots Blamed For Deadly Plane Crash |
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Pilot error was to blame for a plane crash in which more than 100 people were killed, an investigation has concluded. |
| SkyNews Tue Mar 25 |
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| Old photos show flaws in steel of I-35W bridge |
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Bowing of gusset plates was visible in photos taken of the 35W bridge by inspectors more than 4 years before the collapse. |
| StarTribune Sun 23 Mar |
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| NTSB Will Not Hold Public Hearing On I-35W Bridge |
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A Minnesota congressman said that the National Transportation Safety Board made a mistake when it voted this week not to hold an interim public hearing into last year's deadly collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge. |
| wcco.com Wed 19 Mar |
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| Power Station Projects - Spring 2008 |
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Siemens recently announced that it is suffering from a shortage of engineers to build power stations. A look at our latest power projects review explains why. |
| NDTCabin Wed 19 Mar |
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| New York to Send Construction Crane Remains for Forensics Tests |
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New York City workers will dismantle the remnants of a construction crane that collapsed and killed at least four people and send them to a forensics laboratory for testing |
| Bloomberg Mon Mar 17 |
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