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NCC advances UK-based composite cryogenic hydrogen programme with testing facility
THE National Composites Centre (NCC) has announced a UK-based test programme to assist the aerospace, transport and energy industries accelerate design, manufacture, and test composite cryogenic storage tanks. The initial testing will involve a linerless carbon fibre tank designed to store liquid hydrogen (LH2).
Type: News
Australian minerals and hydrogen research gets A$59m funding boost
A FLOATING device that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen from wastewater and a leaching process aimed at boosting the value of low-grade iron ores are among a series of engineering projects that Australia is funding to boost its key industries.
Type: News
UK RNA sector risks major skills gap, report says
UK INNOVATION in RNA therapeutics, crucial in the development of Covid vaccines, could be stalled due to significant skills and workforce gaps.
Type: News
European Young Engineers – Networking, Knowledge and now, IChemE
Laura Grindey explains how European Young Engineers (EYE) is shaping engineering and fostering connections, and why IChemE finds itself at the heart of it
Type: Feature
BP and partners to invest US$6bn for oilfield development
BP AND its partners are to invest US$6bn in the Azeri Central East (ACE) project to further develop their Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashi (ACG) oilfield complex in the Caspian Sea. To date the partners have invested US$36bn in the ACG field.
Type: News
ExxonMobil to slash low-carbon spending by US$10bn
EXXONMOBIL will cut its low-carbon spending by US$10bn as it shifts investment back towards upstream oil and gas, joining a growing trend of energy majors pulling back from renewables.
Type: News
PMI invests US$320m in smoke-free factory
CIGARETTES giant Philip Morris (PMI) has unveiled plans to build a US$320m facility to produce smoke-free products in Dresden, Germany.
Type: News
Chevron acquires Noble Energy in US$13bn deal
CHEVRON has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire independent energy company Noble Energy for an overall price of US$13bn, in the biggest oil and gas deal since the coronavirus pandemic.
Type: News
UK and US leaders announce new energy partnership
THE UK Government has announced that the US will increase gas exports to the UK as part of a new partnership aimed at cutting bills for British consumers, and to help end dependence on Russian energy.
Type: News
PFAS Uncovered: What You Need to Know About These Lingering (Not Forever) Chemicals
Paul Nathanail argues that rather than referring to PFAS as ‘forever chemicals’, the term ‘lingering chemicals’ better captures the challenge of managing their environmental risks once they escape into soil and water
Type: Feature
A discussion about the promise of 3D-printed membranes, and the research efforts underway that aim to bring imagination to reality
Type: Feature
NMiTE reveals engineering degree curriculum
“World’s most radical” institute opens consultation
Type: News
US$4.2bn Bahrain refinery expansion contract awarded
BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY (Bapco) has awarded a US$2.4bn expansion contract for its Sitra oil refinery to a consortium of TechnipFMC, Samsung Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas.
Type: News
Hydrogen is recognised as a high purity premium product. Andy Brown describes some of its many roles
Type: Feature
ExxonMobil announces 1,900 US job cuts
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will cut 1,900 US jobs as part of ongoing global efforts to achieve efficiency, which have been made more urgent by the impacts of Covid-19.
Type: News
EXXONMOBIL has agreed to acquire Denbury, a developer of carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR), for US$4.9bn. Through this acquisition, the energy major will gain the largest owned and operated CO2 pipeline network in the US, along with proved oil and gas reserves totalling 200m boe.
Type: News
A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation
FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.
Type: News
Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities
Type: Feature
