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INEOS expands North Sea oil and gas operations
INEOS will move into deep water oil and gas exploration, after agreeing to buy a majority stake in two Northern Gas Fields exploration licences.
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Emerson quits chasing Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has abandoned its pursuit of Rockwell Automation following a forceful rejection of its recent offers.
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Statoil buys 25% of Brazil’s Roncador field
STATOIL has bought a 25% stake in Petrobras’ Roncador oil field in the Campos Basin in Brazil.
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Huge oil tanker ablaze off China
AN oil tanker is on fire and at risk of exploding after colliding with a freight ship off the east coast of China.
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Shell and ITM to build world’s largest electrolysis plant
SHELL and ITM Power have announced a plan to build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Shell’s Rheinland refinery in Wesseling, Germany.
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SABIC becomes largest shareholder in Clariant
SABIC has become the largest shareholder in specialty chemicals company Clariant. The Saudi chemicals giant has bought a 24.9% stake from the activist investors that thwarted Clariant’s plans to merge with Huntsman, last year.
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Exxon’s algae biofuel venture enters new phase, targeting 10,000 bbl/d
EXXONMOBIL and biotech pioneer Synthetic Genomics are starting field trails for their joint algae biofuel research project as they aim to produce 10,000 bbl/d of fuel by 2025.
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BASF in exclusive talks to buy Bayer’s vegetable seeds business
BAYER is in talks to sell its entire vegetable seeds business to BASF as it seeks to address anticompetition concerns over its planned buyout of agriculture business Monsanto.
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Saudi Aramco and Petronas reach deal on Rapid complex
SAUDI ARAMCO has agreed a deal to take joint ownership of Petronas’ refinery currently under construction in Johor, Malaysia.
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New aluminium smelting process will cut carbon emissions
ALUMINIUM producers Alcoa and Rio Tinto have announced a new joint venture, called Elysis, which produces oxygen instead of carbon dioxide during the smelting process.
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China-UK metrology collaboration
THE University of Huddersfield has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) to build a China-UK metrology centre in China.
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Canada's LNG project gets green light
A large-scale LNG project in Canada has been given the final go-ahead by project partners.
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£20m boost for UK steel and biotech
BIOMANUFACTURING and the steel sector have each been awarded £10m in funding to help commercialise early-stage UK research.
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Cattle feed and dye membranes win MIT water prize
ENTREPRENEURS who are developing process technologies to remove dyes from industrial wastewater and help reduce methane emissions from cattle have been recognised with prizes from MIT.
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RPS calls for entries into new science photography competition
THE Royal Photographic Society (RPS), an international charity organisation, is calling for entries for its new Science Photographer of the Year competition 2019.
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First shipment from Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility
The first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) has sailed from Shell’s Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) facility off the coast of Australia.
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Periodic Videos on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry win
YOUTUBE star and chemist Martyn Poliakoff has published a video looking at lithium-ion batteries, after the technology’s developers scooped a Nobel Prize last week.
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Royal Society releases figures showing how Brexit has harmed UK science
THE UK’s Royal Society says figures show that Brexit is harming UK science, with 35% fewer scientists coming to the UK through EU schemes.
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Repsol outlines net zero 2050 target
SPAIN’S oil and gas firm Repsol has outlined plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to repair the planet
PRINCE WILLIAM has launched a new initiative, billed as the world’s most prestigious environmental prize, that seeks to inspire a decade of action to repair our planet.
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