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| Aker Solutions to create 500 new Scottish jobs |
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Oil and gas firm Aker Solutions has announced plans to create 500 new jobs in the north east of Scotland over the next two years. |
| BBC News Wed 16 May |
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| Bond set to resume flying on Wednesday after North Sea Super Puma ditching |
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Bond is to resume helicopter flights which had been suspended after one of its aircraft ditched in the North Sea last week. |
| BBC News Wed 16 May |
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| Bond suspends more North Sea helicopter flights |
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Air accident investigators have found a cracked shaft in the main gearbox of the Bond EC 225 Super Puma helicopter. |
| BBC News Sun 13 May |
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| Airbus finds solution to cracks in Broughton-made wings |
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An Airbus boss says the company has found a long-term solution to small cracks in some of the A380 super jumbo wings, which are made in Flintshire. |
| BBC News Tue 8 May |
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| Thai industrial complex suffers deadly fire and blast |
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At least 12 people have been killed and more than 100 injured as explosions and a fire hit Thailand's largest petro-chemical complex. |
| BBC News Mon 7 May |
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| Steelmaking to resume at Teesside plant |
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Steelmaking is to resume at one of the UK's biggest steel plants after plans were finalised to restart its blast furnace |
| Independent Sat 14 Apr |
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| Total gas leak: Elgin platform 'mud kill' plan to proceed |
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Emergency engineers have said plans to pump heavy mud into the pipeline leaking gas on board a North Sea platform can go ahead. |
| BBC News Sat 7 Apr |
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| Multifuel power station to be built at Ferrybridge |
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Construction will start this summer on a new multifuel power plant at Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire. |
| NDTCabin Thu 5 Apr |
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| Plans to build a nuclear fast reactor at Sellafield come a step closer |
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A radical plan to deal with Britain’s plutonium waste – the biggest civil deposit in the world – has come a step closer. |
| Independent Wed 4 Apr |
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| Platform flare extinguishes itself |
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Operators of a North Sea platform which is leaking gas have said a burning flare on the platform has 'extinguished itself'. |
| Independent Mon 2 Apr |
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| Nuclear power plans damaged as the Germans pull out |
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Britain's nuclear plans were dealt a massive blow yesterday when two German power giants shelved their £15bn aim to build two nuclear power plants |
| Independent Fri 30 Mar |
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| Fracking could bring UK 50,000 jobs, says Browne |
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Lord Browne, the former BP chief executive, said Lancashire has the potential to be the capital of Europe's emerging shale gas industry |
| Independent Mon 26 Mar |
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| Leith chosen for wind turbine factory by Gamesa |
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The port of Leith has been chosen by Spanish company Gamesa for the site of a new wind turbine manufacturing plant. |
| BBC News Sat 24 Mar |
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| Budget gets the thumbs up from North Sea oil companies |
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Two North Sea oil firms reporting results yesterday hailed the tax breaks announced in the Budget, saying they make exploration more attractive and finds more profitable. |
| scotsman.com Fri 23 Mar |
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| Brazil to charge Chevron executives over fresh oil leak |
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Brazilian prosecutors say they will bring criminal charges against executives from the Chevron and drilling contractor Transocean after a new leak of crude. |
| BBC News Sun 18 Mar |
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| Commercially viable oil reserve found off coast of Ireland |
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A commercially viable source of oil has been found off the coast of Ireland for the first time |
| Independent Fri 16 Mar |
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| Cockenzie coal-fired power plant to close next year |
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Scottish Power is to close its coal-fired power station at Cockenzie next year |
| BBC News Fri 16 Mar |
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| Emirates presses Airbus for A380 wing compensation |
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Emirates Airlines has said it wants compensation from Airbus, saying it will lose $90m (£57m) while repairing its A380 superjumbos affected by hairline cracks in their wings. |
| BBC News Fri 9 Mar |
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| 300 workers lose jobs at Lynemouth metal plant |
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More than 300 jobs are to be lost after mining giant Rio Tinto Alcan confirmed it will shut an aluminium smelting plant later this month. |
| Independent Wed 7 Mar |
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| German energy giants set to push the button on Welsh reactor |
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An E.ON-RWE joint venture is poised to take a huge step towards building a nuclear power station in north Wales. |
| Independent Wed 29 Feb |
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