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| Safety checks ordered after huge bolts fall off the Cheesegrater |
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An urgent programme of ultrasound tests on more than 3,000 “mega-bolts” on the City’s Cheesegrater skyscraper has been ordered after two broke off from the building. |
| London Evening Standard |
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| Harland and Wolff wins major contract |
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Harland and Wolff has won a major contract involving work on an oil rig due to arrive in Belfast later this week. It will create work for around 1,000 contractors for a period of between eight and ten weeks. |
| BBC News Wed 14 Jan |
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| Screggagh farm wind turbine collapse investigation continues |
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An investigation is continuing into the collapse of a wind turbine near Fintona in County Tyrone. |
| BBC News Sun 4 Jan |
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| Refinery not required to have piping inspection plan despite ongoing leaks |
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CBC has learned the provincial government regulator DOES NOT require the inspection of pipes at refineries in Saskatchewan. |
| CBC Tue 16 Dec |
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| Wood Group PSN to cut contractor pay again |
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Oil services firm Wood Group PSN has announced a wage cut for contractors - for the second time this year. |
| BBC News Wed 17 Dec |
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| Swansea Bay tidal lagoon wins backing |
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Wales is on course to build the world's first power-generating tidal lagoon |
| BBC News Tue 2 Dec |
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| The coming nuclear crisis |
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All but one of Britain’s ageing fleet of nuclear reactors will have to be closed down within 15 years due to concerns over their economic viability or safety |
| Independent Tue 2 Dec |
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| DuPont Says Plant Leaked 23,000 Pounds of Toxic Gas |
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About 23,000 pounds of a flammable, foul-smelling toxic gas leaked from the DuPont chemical plant in La Porte where four workers died earlier this month |
| Texas Tribune Nov 29 |
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| Shale gas: Ineos to invest £640m in UK exploration |
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Chemicals giant Ineos is to announce plans to invest up to $1bn (£640m) in shale gas exploration and production in the UK |
| BBC News Thu 20 Nov |
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| DuPont facility chemical leak kills 4 workers |
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Four workers were killed and one was injured Saturday during a hazardous chemical leak at a DuPont industrial plant in suburban Houston |
| CBC Mon 17 Nov |
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| Corroded pipe spotted five years ago caused leak on Talisman's Saltire platform |
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A gas leak on a North Sea platform was caused by a corroded pipe which was first spotted five years previously. |
| BBC News Thu 6 Nov |
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| Milford Haven's Murco oil refinery deal collapses |
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Hundreds of jobs are under threat as a proposed deal to buy a Pembrokeshire oil refinery has collapsed. |
| BBC News Wed 5 Nov |
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| Rolls-Royce to cut 2,600 jobs |
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Engineering group Rolls-Royce has said it is planning to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months and says these will not be the last. |
| BBC News Tue 4 Nov |
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| BP and GDF Suez discover new North Sea oil field |
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Oil firms BP and GDF Suez have announced the discovery of a new field in the UK Central North Sea. |
| BBC News Fri 24 Oct |
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| Major fire at gas-fired Didcot B power station |
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Fire crews have been battling a major blaze at Didcot B Power Station, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue has said.At the height of the fire, which broke out in one of the cooling towers, 20 fire appliances were at the scene |
| BBC News Mon 20 Oct |
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| Europe backs Hinkley nuclear plant |
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A new £24.5bn nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset is to go ahead after it received final approval from European Union regulators. |
| BBC News Thu 9 Oct |
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| New cracks in Hunterston reactor |
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New cracks found in the core of the Hunterston-B nuclear reactor could threaten operator EDF's plans to extend the Scottish power station's life. |
| BBC News Mon 6 Oct |
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| Longannet plant: Scottish Power issues warning over future |
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Scotland's largest power station may be forced to close due to the huge sums its operator must pay to connect to the National Grid |
| BBC News Sat 4 Oct |
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| Ministry of Defence naval base deals secure 7,500 UK jobs |
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The Ministry of Defence has awarded £3.2bn of contracts to support the management of UK naval bases.It said the deals would secure about 7,500 jobs at Devonport, Faslane and Portsmout |
| BBC News Wed 1 Oct |
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| Financing secured to build Europe's largest ethane store in Grangemouth |
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Grangemouth plant owner Ineos is to build Europe's largest ethane storage tank after receiving a £230m loan guarantee from the UK government. |
| BBC News Fri 18 Jul |
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