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Shell draws criticism as it commits to oil and gas
SHELL’S new boss, Wael Sawan, has come under fire from environmental groups after revealing that the company intends to remain “committed” to its fossil fuel business by maintaining oil output at current levels of 1.4m bbl/d until 2030, and by growing its LNG business – a path that will allow the firm to reward its shareholders “today, and well into the future,” Sawan said.
Type: News
UK government announces a further £341m to speed up Sizewell C development
THE UK government has announced that it will provide an additional £341m (US$432m) to speed up preparations and make the Sizewell C nuclear site “shovel-ready”, as it seeks to create a new generation of nuclear power stations in the country.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Woodroofe
Yasmin Ali interviews Chris Woodroofe about his journey from manufacturing to airport operations
Type: Feature
Sweden’s green steel pilot project a success with commercialisation now underway
ENGINEERS have declared that their attempts to produce fossil-free steel have been successful and their industrial consortium will now press ahead with commercialising the technology. The team behind the Hybrit project in Sweden have produced a report outlining what has been learned during six years of pilot trials in what could prove a revolutionary phase in the decarbonisation of steel production.
Type: News
Recycling Association calls for Government to support paper and cardboard recycling
THE UK’s Recycling Association has called for Government to support investment in UK paper and cardboard recycling infrastructure following recent announcements on waste bans from China and Indonesia.
Type: News
Industry welcomes UK government’s industrial strategy with cautious optimism
INDUSTRY leaders have cautiously welcomed the UK government’s new industrial strategy, which outlines a long-term vision to boost manufacturing, reduce energy costs, and close critical skills gaps.
Type: News
The BioFutures Programme will address the opportunities and challenges faced by the chemical engineering profession and the biosector
Type: Feature
Employees arrested after Brazil dam breach
EIGHT Vale employees have been arrested as part of a criminal investigation into the collapse of one of the company’s tailings dams on 25 January in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil. BBC News reports that 17 employees have already been detained for questioning this month.
Type: News
IChemE Fellow joins international carbon emissions panel
DATUK Sazali Hamzah, IChemE Fellow and CEO of Petronas Chemical Group, has been appointed to the advisory panel of C-THRU, an international carbon emissions research project.
Type: News
Prelude to restart following worker strike action
AFTER 76 days of strike action, oil major Shell and workers’ unions have come to an agreement that will allow production to restart at the company’s huge floating liquid natural gas (FLNG) facility Prelude.
Type: News
US-designed natural gas reactor heats up alternative propylene production
US RESEARCHERS have designed a reactor that produces propylene from natural gas, potentially providing a sustainable pathway to meeting the growing global demand for the popular monomer.
Type: News
Johnson Matthey will invest £80m in hydrogen fuel cell factory
JOHNSON Matthey (JM) will invest £80m (US$96m) in expanding its site in Royston, UK to manufacture hydrogen fuel cell components. The announcement comes as the Government makes JM’s Jane Toogood the country’s first hydrogen champion.
Type: News
Heineken to pour £25m into low carbon heat system for Manchester brewery
HEINEKEN UK, the maker of Heineken, Birra Moretti, and Foster's, has said it will pour £25m (US$32m) into a new low carbon heat technology project to slash emissions from its 700m-pint-a-year Manchester brewery.
Type: News
German wind turbine manufacturer develops 500 kW green hydrogen electrolyser prototype
GERMAN manufacturer Nordex Group is advancing green hydrogen production in Spain with the development of a 500 kW pressurised alkaline electrolyser, the largest ever to be manufactured in the country.
Type: News
OPERATION of the Boyne aluminium smelter in Queensland could be protected until at least 2040 under a support package negotiated between operator Rio Tinto and the state government.
Type: News
Kraft pulping cleantech secures €1m for lignin separation technology
CHEMICAL pulping cleantech LignEasy has secured €1m (US$1.1m) to scale up its innovative separation technology which converts pulp waste into “high-value” bio-based materials, including plywood, construction materials, and plastic components.
Type: News
IChemE and ITN launch “Engineering a Sustainable World” programme
ICHEME has produced a programme with ITN showing the roles that chemical and process engineers play in addressing climate change, the importance of collaboration between industry and academia, and why it’s important to inspire the next generation of engineers.
Type: News
Obituary of IChemE Fellow David York who played a key role in the invention of the unit dose form marketed worldwide as “laundry pods” and made many notable contributions to industrial and academic research.
Type: News
