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Eni launches Europe’s ‘most powerful’ supercomputer to aid decarbonisation efforts
ITALIAN oil giant Eni has switched on its next generation supercomputer, ranked the most powerful in Europe, marking a “pivotal” step forward in the company’s decarbonisation strategy.
Type: News
MORE oil could be recovered from wells by injecting a mixture of ‘nano-sand’ and a surfactant, according to researchers in Wales and Iran.
Type: News
Welsh Water admits illegally spilling sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years
WELSH WATER has admitted to spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years. Data shows that one of their worst performing plants is in Cardigan in West Wales, where the company has been spilling untreated sewage for at least a decade into an environmentally protected area near a rare dolphin habitat.
Type: News
South Australia agrees A$1bn for hydrogen, CCS and more gas
SOUTH Australia has agreed a A$1bn (US$770m) investment with the Federal Government that includes funds for hydrogen, CCS, and exporting gas to the east coast.
Type: News
Royal Society of Chemistry calls for a chemicals agency to overhaul ‘broken’ UK regulatory system
AHEAD of the UK’s 4 July general election, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is urging the next government to immediately establish a dedicated national chemicals agency to oversee and overhaul the country’s “broken chemicals regulation and management system”. The RCS warns of crisis, saying that the existing system could have a detrimental impact on industry, and the UK’s global standing.
Type: News
ISC report sets out safety roadmap
PROCESS safety incidents are not decreasing over time, and steps must be taken to reduce the repetition of previous failures – according to the IChemE Safety Centre (ISC).
Type: News
Mark Yates charts the development of Apollo’s portable life support system
Type: Feature
New Zealand refinery goes solar
REFINING NZ is building New Zealand’s largest solar farm to power its refinery at Marsden Point.
Type: News
LyondellBasell and SUEZ joint venture expands plastic recycling capacity
LYONDELLBASELL and SUEZ have jointly acquired plastics recycling company TIVACO, which will become part of the companies’ plastics recycling joint venture.
Type: News
IChemE pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
ICheme has issued a statement paying tribute to Her Majesty the Queen, who sadly passed away on 8 September, 2022
Type: News
UK pledges £410m for fusion R&D and shortlists firms that will design and build prototype plant
THE UK has pledged to invest £410m (US$501m) in fusion power development and has shortlisted the engineering and construction companies that will help build the country’s prototype fusion power plant.
Type: News
UKAEA awards £6.8m to develop fusion technologies
THE United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded £6.8m (US$8.6m) in contracts to seven organisations to develop fusion technologies to the ‘proof of concept’ stage.
Type: News
TWO of the biggest challenges to the chemical engineering profession over the next decade will be the search for truly sustainable feedstocks, and disposing of the ever-increasing quantities of domestic wastewater produced by urban societies.
Type: Feature
Chevron invests in carbon capture startup
CHEVRON is investing in Blue Planet, a startup that captures CO2 and uses it to develop carbonate aggregates that can be used for building materials.
Type: News
World Bank to stop lending to oil and gas
WORLD BANK GROUP president Jim Yong Kim has announced that the organisation will no longer finance upstream oil and gas projects after 2019.
Type: News
Martin Pitt looks at the accidental discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a versatile non-stick coating known as Teflon or Fluon, and one of the first per- or polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in widespread use today
Type: Feature
Book Review: Petroleum Refining, Design and Applications Handbook
A Kayode Coker; ISBN: 9781118233696; Wiley-Scrivener; 2018; eBook £200.99; Hardcover, £223.00
Type: Feature
Chemical Engineering Education in the Age of Disruption
Esther Ventura-Medina wonders what will the future look like after Covid-19?
Type: Feature
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
