New RAEng Fellows includes three IChemE members
THE ROYAL Academy of Engineering has elected 72 leading UK and international figures in the field...
News
Latest News
Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy
ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydr...
France and Sweden both launch ‘first of a kind’ hydrogen facilities
FRANCE has launched an offshore green hydrogen production platform at the country’s Port of Saint...
Shell’s Prelude FLNG resumes operations following strikes
SHELL has resumed shipping LNG cargos from its massive Prelude floating LNG project following a s...
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels is launched
CARBON Tracker and Global Energy Monitor have launched The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, a pub...
Explosion at BP refinery in the US kills two
TWO workers have died after sustaining injuries in a fire at a BP-operated refinery in Toledo, Oh...
Industry
Shell’s Prelude FLNG resumes operations following strikes
SHELL has resumed shipping LNG cargos from its massive Prelude floating LNG project following a s...
Shell and Petronas agree to invest in Sarawak sour gas development
SHELL and Petronas have taken a final investment decision to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram gas pro...
Prelude to restart following worker strike action
AFTER 76 days of strike action, oil major Shell and workers’ unions have come to an agreement tha...
Process
Electrification of steam cracking: BASF demo set to operate in 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde have begun electrifying a steam cracker at the huge Ludwigshafen chemicals ...
Short on sulfur: Is a potential resource crisis about to threaten food security and stifle green technology?
A NEW study by researchers at UCL suggests that supplies of sulfuric acid, a vital ingredient use...
Back in style: using enzymes to recycle PET from big brand clothing
FRENCH biotech firm Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma, and Salomon, to spe...
IChemE
IChemE 2022 Global Awards finalists announced
IChemE has announced more than 100 finalist projects from 15 different countries that are in the ...
IChemE 2023 medals nominations open
IChemE has opened nominations for its 2023 medals and prizes programme, which aims to recognise t...
Policy progress – Australia’s Skills Supply
Alexandra Meldrum reports back from a national engineering skills meeting where calls were made f...
Research & Development
Composites centre wants UK to lead on recycled carbon fibres
THE UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) has set its sights on scaling up new industrial process...
UoQ’s A$13m research centre wants to lead the way on greener plastics
THE University of Queensland, in Australia is leading a new training centre that aims to become a...
New ‘forever chemical’ elimination method ‘might be the start of something practically interesting’
A TEAM of multinational researchers has developed a novel method for breaking down environmentall...
Policy
Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy
ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydr...
US climate deal signed into law
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a b...
Chemical campaigners warn against lagging UK restrictions
CONCERNS of a widening gap between the EU and UK on hazardous chemical regulation have emerged fo...
Risk & Safety
Explosion at BP refinery in the US kills two
TWO workers have died after sustaining injuries in a fire at a BP-operated refinery in Toledo, Oh...
Carlsberg fined £3m for fatal ammonia leak
CARLSBERG has been fined £3m (US$3.6m) after one contractor died and another was seriously injure...
Toxic gas leak kills 13 in Jordan
A LEAK of toxic chlorine gas at Aqaba’s Red Sea port has killed 13 people and injured more than 3...
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