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Empirisys Launch Memorial Fund to Inspire Future Data Scientists
Grant in memory of Alex White, who died at 29 from meningitis, aims to support students pursuing careers in process safety and data science
Type: Feature
Woodside agrees US$2.35bn deal for OCI clean ammonia plant
WOODSIDE is buying a low-carbon ammonia plant in the US for US$2.35bn as it looks to expand into a growing market for cleaner energy and chemical feedstocks.
Type: News
Chevron to buy Hess in US$53bn all-stock deal
AMERICAN oil giant Chevron is buying oil and gas producer Hess in an all-stock deal worth US$53bn. This is the second major oil buy-up this month, following ExxonMobil’s agreement to acquire US shale firm Pioneer Natural Resources in a deal worth US$59.5bn.
Type: News
The Internet of Things disruption and you
Prepare for the green transformation IoT will bring
Type: News
Alvin Nienow wins Peter Dunnill Award
ICHEME Fellow Alvin Nienow has received the Peter Dunnill Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of bioprocessing.
Type: News
AI discovers routes for recycling chemical waste
RESEARCHERS have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover routes for recycling waste into useful products.
Type: News
Green investor partners with spinout for novel fluid flow characterisation technology
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham spinout Rheality and investment company Clean Engineering have partnered to commercialise a smart, AI-based system expected to optimise fluid production in chemical, fast-moving consumer goods, food, and oil and gas sectors.
Type: News
UK fusion research centre granted contract extension
JOINT European Torus (JET), a fusion energy research centre in the UK, has had its contract extended until 2020, and an additional €100m (US$113m) of funding guaranteed from the EU.
Type: News
Shell to sell stake in German Schwedt refinery to UK's Prax Group
SHELL has agreed to sell its 37.5% stake in the PCK Schwedt oil refinery, one of the largest crude oil processing locations in Germany, to Prax Group, an independent energy firm headquartered in London.
Type: News
ABB warns chemical firms must invest in digitalisation
ABB has warned that unless the leaders of chemical companies embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), they risk delivering disappointing shareholder return and could put their companies in “serious jeopardy”.
Type: News
Nominations open for new IChemE member advisory body
ICHEME is calling on its members to put themselves forward for its new member advisory board, Congress.
Type: News
Sleipner partnership to release CO2 storage datasets
EQUINOR and its partners are to release datasets from the Sleipner field, the world’s first offshore CCS plant. The move is aimed at advancing innovation and development in the area of CO2 storage.
Type: News
Shell invests in upgrader as it pivots towards circular chemicals at Singapore site
SHELL will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit at its Pulau Bukom site in Singapore as part of plans to refocus its refinery sites to produce circular chemicals.
Type: News
Industrial fellowship for ‘living medicine’ cancer treatment
AN ICHEME Associate Member has won a prestigious funding award for her work on a cancer treatment, which turns a patient’s immune system against the disease.
Type: News
GSK buys Novartis out of consumer healthcare venture
GSK will pay US$13bn to take full control of its consumer healthcare venture with Novartis.
Type: News
Pioneering professor awarded IChemE medal
ICHEME has awarded the Andrew Medal to Freek Kapteijn, Professor and Section Head of Catalysis Engineering at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
Type: News
£3.8bn UK gigafactory receives funding
THE UK Government has committed funding towards a huge £3.8bn (US$4.5bn) battery manufacturing plant that BritishVolt is building in Northumberland.
Type: News
IChemE Safety Centre Director appointed chair of Major Hazards Advisory Committee
TRISH KERIN, director of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been appointed chair of the Major Hazards Advisory Committee (MHAC) in Victoria, Australia, starting 1 June 2023.
Type: News
