THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: PAUSING FOR BREATH OR RUNNING OUT OF STEAM?

The oil and gas sector has been dealt a triple-whammy in the last 18 months, bringing years of unprecedented growth to a stuttering halt and forcing drastic changes to the near-term future of the industry. Once thriving on a high oil price, companies are now grappling with uncertainty, as even the most assured analysts fail to predict when the upturn will arrive.
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• PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT THROUGH PEOPLE, PROCESS AND PLANT
• ICHTHYS PROVES A BIG CATCH FOR DARWIN
• STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT IS PIVOTAL TO PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
• PIRATES FAIL TO DIM THE LIGHTS OF THE GULF’S EASTERN STARS

NEW WAVE OF NUCLEAR HAS DESIGNS ON SAFETY

The safety of nuclear installations is achieved by good design and operation, but it is assured in Great Britain by a system of regulatory control, at the heart of which is the nuclear site licensing process. Following renewed interest in nuclear power in the UK, in 2007 HSE introduced a new procedure for assessing the safety and security of new nuclear power stations
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• A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR TO LEAD THE WAY
• THE NDA SETS OUT ITS FRAMEWORK FOR GEOLOGICAL DISPOPSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE

DECARBONISING EUROPEAN POWER GENERATION: THE EVOLVING POLICY LANDSCAPE

As the EU Emissions Trading Scheme enters its third phase, the landscape for control of emissions from the power generation sector is changing for good. With a series of policy and regulatory decisions to be made over the course of the year, the future of many European thermal power plants remains uncertain.
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• EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMITS TO SECURING ENERGY SUPPLY FOR THE FUTURE

A DROP IN THE OCEAN? DELIVERING THE UK’S OFFSHORE VISION

The Round 3 bids have closed and the line-up of big industry players tripping over themselves for a portion of the 25GW of offshore wind to be developed is impressive. So the appetite is there, but how can the necessary reductions be made in risk and capital cost for the UK to lead in offshore wind?.
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• THE UK GEARS UP TO LEAD IN OFFSHORE WIND
• NORTH EAST ADDRESSES THE FOOD V. FUEL DEBATE