Regulator rebukes South East Water bosses over ‘sub-optimal’ treatment works
BOSSES at South East Water (SEW) have been recalled to parliament after giving evidence to MPs th...
News
Latest News
Nominations open for 2026 Danckwerts lecture
A LEADING chemical engineer is sought to deliver the next Danckwerts lecture, held this year in c...
China fusion reactor breaks theoretical density limit
NUCLEAR physicists have exceeded a long-standing theoretical density limit at an experimental fus...
Phillips 66 to buy idle UK refinery site but will not restart operations
US REFINER Phillips 66 has agreed to buy the site of the Lindsey refinery in Lincolnshire, UK fol...
Ithaca Energy submits plans for two new North Sea wells
SCOTTISH oil and gas company Ithaca Energy has submitted proposals for two new production wells i...
SABIC to sell European and Americas petrochemicals assets, shifting focus to exports
SAUDI state-controlled petrochemical company SABIC has agreed to sell its manufacturing assets in...
Industry
Regulator rebukes South East Water bosses over ‘sub-optimal’ treatment works
BOSSES at South East Water (SEW) have been recalled to parliament after giving evidence to MPs th...
Phillips 66 to buy idle UK refinery site but will not restart operations
US REFINER Phillips 66 has agreed to buy the site of the Lindsey refinery in Lincolnshire, UK fol...
Ithaca Energy submits plans for two new North Sea wells
SCOTTISH oil and gas company Ithaca Energy has submitted proposals for two new production wells i...
Process
NSTA launches second round of carbon storage licences
THE NORTH SEA TRANSITION AUTHORITY (NSTA) has opened a second licensing round for carbon storage,...
UK processes first can of highly reactive plutonium for permanent disposal
PLUTONIUM has safely been stabilised and prepared for permanent disposal by the UK’s Nuclear Deco...
Grangemouth to welcome industrial-scale biorefinery
CHEMICALS producer Celtic Renewables has taken a further step towards building an industrial-scal...
IChemE
Nominations open for 2026 Danckwerts lecture
A LEADING chemical engineer is sought to deliver the next Danckwerts lecture, held this year in c...
IChemE members recognised in 2026 New Year Honours
THREE IChemE members have been honoured for their contributions to the chemical engineering profe...
Long-term solutions and strategic thinking promoted at Shell’s NXplorers Pro event at IChemE HQ
SHELL hosted its two-day NXplorers Pro programme for chemical engineering students at IChemE’s he...
Research & Development
China fusion reactor breaks theoretical density limit
NUCLEAR physicists have exceeded a long-standing theoretical density limit at an experimental fus...
Climeworks opens ‘world’s largest’ DAC research centre
CLIMEWORKS has opened its Direct Air Capture (DAC) Innovation Center in Zurich, Switzerland, whic...
Breakthrough bone marrow model could reduce need for animal testing
RESEARCHERS have replicated the body’s blood-producing system by creating a bone marrow model mad...
Policy
Net zero shipping deal tanks following Trump attacks
A LANDMARK plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in global shipping has been delayed by a year aft...
“Abject failure” as plastic treaty collapses
EFFORTS to agree a global treaty to end plastic pollution have once again collapsed – this time i...
UK sets out 300-year nuclear waste strategy
THE UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has relaunched its clean-up strategy for the count...
Risk & Safety
HSE highlights ‘inadequate’ offshore isolation practices
OFFSHORE oil and gas operators must improve their process isolation practices or risk serious acc...
UK Nanosafety Group publishes updated guidance on working with nanomaterials
THE UK Nanosafety Group (UKNSG) has launched the third edition of its Working Safely with Nanomat...
South Korea power station collapse kills three
THREE workers have died following the collapse of a boiler tower at an end-of-life power station ...
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