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Dermot Manning and colleagues at ICI – Plastic Fantastic
The commercial success of PE starts with Reginald Gibson, Eric Fawcett, Michael Perrin and Dermot Manning at ICI. Claudia Flavell-While tells their story
Type: Feature
ExxonMobil arbitration could stop US$53bn Chevron/Hess merger
EXXONMOBIL has filed for arbitration in a bid to stop Chevron from getting Hess’s 30% stake in the prolific Stabroek block, as part of its US$53bn acquisition of the company.
Type: News
Australia invests US$42m in CCS projects tackling hard-to-abate industries
THE AUSTRALIAN government has awarded A$65m (US$42m) worth of grants to carbon capture projects using emerging technologies to reduce emissions from hard-to-abate industries.
Type: News
Covestro announces nine-figure investment into Ohio polycarbonate plant
GERMAN chemicals manufacturer Covestro has announced a nine-figure investment to expand its polycarbonate production facility in Hebron, Ohio.
Type: News
Australian hydrogen energy storage project receives US$2.4m investment
RESEARCHERS in Australia have received a A$3.5m (US$2.4m) investment to develop a system that stores renewable energy as hydrogen. The technology could allow for cheaper and safer storage for renewable energy.
Type: News
BP invests US$30m in alternative protein production startup
BP has invested US$30m in startup Calysta’s “breakthrough” technology, which uses bacteria to produce single-cell protein from natural gas and could help to improve food security.
Type: News
Chevron agrees US$6.5bn sale of Athabasca Oil Sands Project and Duvernay shale assets
Chevron agrees US$6.5bn sale of Athabasca Oil Sands Project and Duvernay shale assets
Type: News
Johnson Matthey and bp license process to make jet fuel from farm waste at US$4bn plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) and bp have licensed their Fischer-Tropsch process to a huge new US$4bn US plant that will turn agricultural waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Type: News
Research is underway to enhance cloud seeding - in a bid to boost freshwater supplies
Type: Feature
Parties reach US$7.02bn settlement for fatal Brazil dam collapse
MINING giant Vale and Brazilian authorities have agreed on a global settlement of about R$37.69bn (US$7.02bn) to repair the environmental and social damage that resulted from the fatal collapse of a Vale dam in 2019.
Type: News
Chesapeake set to become largest player in upstream US gas supply after acquiring Southwestern
AMERICAN exploration and production company Chesapeake has agreed to buy Southwestern Energy in a US$7.4bn all-share deal. The combined firm will overtake EQT as the largest independent natural gas producer in the US by output and market value, said Reuters.
Type: News
Partnership assesses viability of commercial-scale CCS facility in US
A JOINT study will assess the viability of a commercial-scale carbon capture facility at LafargeHolcim’s cement plant in Colorado, US. The study will be performed by carbon capture company Svante, cement company LafargeHolcim, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), and Total.
Type: News
Process Patents: Are They Worth It?
What protection does a process patent provide? And how easy are they to enforce?
Type: Feature
Book Review: Trevor Kletz Compendium: His Process Safety Wisdom Updated for a New Generation
Andy Brazier, David Edwards, Fiona Macleod, Craig Skinner, Ivan Vince; ISBN: 9780128194478; Elsevier; 2021; £78.15
Type: Feature
Students, educators, and generative AI in peaceful coexistence
Stuart Prescott addresses the strengths and weaknesses of generative AI in an education setting
Type: Feature
Organisations call for halt to US mining and drilling decisions, due to coronavirus
ONE hundred and one environmental and public health organisations have sent a letter to the US Government, calling for federal agencies to suspend active or pending mining and drilling decisions, for at least 60 days, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They ask for it to cover all permitting, leasing, and rulemaking for oil, gas, and mining, and associated infrastructure.
Type: News
The Right Approach to Digitalisation
Iwona Kandpal reports on support for SMEs as they increase their use of digital tech
Type: Feature
Making a Dent in the Water Crisis
Developing a centuries-old idea to provide clean drinking water
Type: Feature
FRENCH energy firm TotalEnergies and Tree Energy Solutions (TES), a Belgian energy start-up, are joining forces to build a US$2bn plant in the US to produce e-natural gas (e-NG), a synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2.
Type: News
