Exclusive: Shell advised to change ‘unsuitable’ North Sea platform design over six years before hydrocarbon release
Chocolate bar created with 100% British ingredients
Chinese TiO2 manufacturer restarts production at UK plant amid dumping investigation
July/August 2026Issue 1021/1022
SHELL was warned about a design flaw in its new Penguins oil platform in the UK North Sea several years before a hydrocarbon release last year, TCE can reveal.
THE SCOTTISH government has allocated funding that could award biobased manufacturing startups £10,000 to scale their technology at a 300 L fermenter in Edinburgh.
TWO MEDICAL transplant devices have returned to UK clinics following more than three years of suspension prompted by reports of contamination in fluids used to preserve organs.
THE level of PFAS (Polyfluorinated alkyl substances) adsorption in vegetables could be impacted by another contaminant permeating through our soil and farmland, according to a recent study from researchers in China.
Martin Pitt describes how clay transformed human history
AS IChemE continues to evolve and grow, the TCE team found ourselves reflecting on what the magazine has meant to members over the years and how it has informed, entertained and developed.
Refrigerants are essential for the modern food industry. Aniqah Majid looks at the substances keeping food cool – and their climate impact
For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.
Trevor Kletz, the father of inherent safety, explains his remarkable career
Claudia Flavell-While explores the contribution of separation scientist Csaba Horváth
