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Bhopal – my United Nations experience
This article originally appeared in Loss Prevention Bulletin 299, a special issue marking the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal tragedy, the world’s worst industrial accident on record
Type: Feature
Eni and subsidiary Vår Energi to buy Neptune Energy for US$4.9bn
ITALIAN oil major Eni, and its Norwegian listed subsidiary, Vår Energi, have agreed to buy London-headquartered Neptune Energy for US$4.9bn. This is the largest cash deal in the European oil and gas sector for almost a decade, say finance experts.
Type: News
Chem Plants Dream of Electric Bleeps
Simon Jagers and Gerben Gooijers show how you can raise plant reliability using current and voltage data
Type: Feature
Engineers’ report says proper building ventilation crucial to control Covid
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), along with partners including IChemE, have released a report saying that improved ventilation in buildings and public spaces is crucial in controlling Covid-19.
Type: News
A Greener Way to Treat Industrial Wastewater
With restrictions on fossil fuel-based filters expected in Europe, Aniqah Majid visits the University of Bath to learn about a plant-based alternative for wastewater treatment
Type: Feature
Air Products invests US$2bn in world-scale coal-to-methanol facility
AIR Products is to invest US$2bn as part of a long-term agreement for a world-scale coal-to-methanol facility in Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The facility will produce nearly 2m t/y of methanol from almost 6m t/y of coal.
Type: News
Andy Brazier asks are you satisfied that everything ‘reasonably practicable’ has been done to reduce risk?
Type: Feature
A PLASTIC has been developed that can dissipate heat instead of trapping it, which could be used to stop electronic devices overheating.
Type: News
Reducing the environmental impact of palm oil production
NEW technology has been developed that will convert palm oil waste into building materials and biofuels.
Type: News
Circular hydraulic jump not caused by gravity
A FLUID mechanics phenomenon commonly seen when tap water hits a sink, and first observed by Leonardo da Vinci, has finally been explained as being caused by surface tension and viscosity, and not gravity as previously thought.
Type: News
Green amino acid production incorporates carbon dioxide
L-METHIONINE is an amino acid that is typically produced using toxic hydrogen cyanide. Researchers have now devised an environmentally friendly way to produce the amino acid, while also providing a new industrial use for CO2.
Type: News
Covestro partners with 3D printing pioneer to scale up production
COVESTRO is working to scale up the production of a resin developed by Silicon Valley firm Carbon that has developed a 3D printing technique that rapidly draws fully-formed objects from a vat of liquid like the T1000 robot in the Terminator 2 film.
Type: News
A periodic exhibition: RSC celebrates 150 years of Mendeleev’s periodic table
ON Tuesday the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) opened a special exhibition, curated by the University of Cambridge’s Peter Wothers, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev’s first periodic table of the elements.
Type: News
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 300 others, Jordan state media reports.
Type: News
Year 11 students’ sustainable flavonoid soap wins the Davidson Inventors Challenge 2023
FABNOIDS, a team of year 11 students from the Benenden School in Cranbrook, UK has won this year’s Davidson Inventors Challenge for developing soaps that reduce the risk of infections using sustainable flavonoids and other ingredients that do not contain harmful chemicals.
Type: News
Norwegian researchers pioneer CCS process for post-combustion CO2
RESEARCHERS from SINTEF have developed a “simpler” low-cost carbon capture and storage (CCS) system for sequestering post-combustion CO2.
Type: News
GSK efforts against coronavirus include US$10m to response fund
BRITISH multinational pharma company GSK is helping to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, including via a US$10m donation to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The fund was created by the UN Foundation, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to support WHO and its partners in preventing, detecting, and managing the coronavirus pandemic.
Type: News
BP starts 140,000 bbl/d platform in the US Gulf of Mexico
BP has started oil production at its new Argos platform in the US Gulf of Mexico. The 140,000 bbl/d platform is the first that BP has started in the region since 2008 and will increase the company’s production capacity in the region by 20%.
Type: News
Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions than CCS.
Type: Feature
