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Ultra-potent greenhouse gases still ‘major problem’ – despite global agreement to phase out
EMISSIONS of ultra-potent greenhouse gases are much higher than official reported figures suggest, according to a recent study.
Type: News
Malaysian students awarded new IChemE SIESO Medal
ICHEME has awarded the new SIESO Medal, a student process safety award, to four chemical engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia for their compelling project on the issues that led to the Bhopal, India gas leak disaster.
Type: News
IChemE adds 25 new free-to-access books for members
TWENTY-FIVE new technical books have been added to Knovel for members of IChemE including books on sustainability, major hazard management and chemical engineering design.
Type: News
Biotech secures £9m to expand collagen-based biomaterial for the fashion industry
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE spinout PACT has secured £9m (US$12m) to scale the production of its “versatile” biomaterial made from natural collagen.
Type: News
Rolls-Royce and Johnson Matthey among IChemE Global Awards finalists
THE finalists for IChemE’s 2024 Global Awards have been announced, with more than 75 organisations from 16 countries shortlisted.
Type: News
Recycling carbon dioxide in steel production
A EUROPEAN project is researching how to use the carbon dioxide produced during steelmaking to make methane and methanol.
Type: News
WOOD has secured a US$42m contract from Equinor to provide engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services at the Kollsnes gas processing plant in Øygarden, Norway.
Type: News
Worley awarded contract for Drax BECCS power station
WORLEY has been awarded an early front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) contract for Drax’s first two carbon capture units at its power station in North Yorkshire, UK.
Type: News
Closure of New Zealand smelter delayed to 2024
RIO TINTO has reversed its plans to close its New Zealand aluminium smelter this August, agreeing a new power contract that will see the plant operate until December 2024.
Type: News
CO2 capture to reduce Netherlands refinery emissions by 90%
AIR Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract with Zeeland Refinery for a carbon capture and liquefaction facility at the refinery’s Vlissingen site in the Netherlands. It is expected to reduce emissions by more than 90%, capturing more than 800,000 t/y of CO2.
Type: News
Four proposed UK plastic recycling facilities receive funding
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has invested £20m (US$26m) in four proposed plastic recycling plants.
Type: News
How turning a blind eye can have serious cumulative effects on process safety
Type: Feature
Petrofac awarded contract for Acorn project
PETROFAC has been awarded a contract for engineering and project support for Pale Blue Dot Energy’s Acorn project, which aims to develop full-chain carbon capture and storage (CCS) in North East Scotland, UK.
Type: News
Transformational technologies in oil and gas. Could we learn future direction from past innovations?
Type: Feature
If history is anything to go by, the oil price drop will ultimately boost innovation
Type: Feature
Partners sign MoU for CCUS and hydrogen production in the Humber
DRAX, Equinor, and National Grid Ventures have signed an MoU to investigate construction of a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility in the Humber, UK in the mid-2020s. The partners aim to create a “net-zero” carbon cluster in the North of England.
Type: News
A court decision has ordered Vale to stop activities at 13 of its mine tailings containment structures in Brazil. The decision will impact 30m t/y of the company’s iron ore production.
Type: News
TEPCO to flush Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
THE Japanese Government will allow TEPCO to discharge treated wastewater stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site, into the sea, in two years’ time.
Type: News
Engineers publish £22bn blueprint for UK to take global lead on hydrogen heating
ENGINEERS have called on the UK government to immediately spend £125m (US$159m) designing a hydrogen production, distribution and storage system that would create the world’s largest CO2 reduction project. If realised it would decarbonise 14% of UK heat by 2034, and all told cost £22.7bn.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Marc-Olivier Coppens
How UCL chemical engineering professor Marc-Olivier Coppens finds inspiration in nature
Type: Feature
