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EDF awards Jacobs and Costain contracts for support across its UK nuclear fleet
JACOBS and Costain have each been awarded two-year contracts to support energy provider EDF’s activities at eight nuclear powerstations across the UK.
Type: News
Greenlight for construction of world’s first fusion power plant
FUSION energy startup Longview Fusion Energy Systems has officially contracted EPC firm Fluor to construct its world-first commercial laser fusion power plant.
Type: News
enfinium partners with Hitachi Zosen Inova for UK’s first waste-to-energy carbon capture pilot plant
WASTE-TO-ENERGY company enfinium has selected Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install a carbon capture pilot plant at one of its facilities in West Yorkshire, UK. The scaled-down, mobile, containerised plant will be housed at the Ferrybridge 1 facility.
Type: News
Ithaca Energy acquires Eni’s UK business in £750m deal
ITHACA Energy is acquiring the majority of Eni’s upstream assets in the UK. The deal will make Ithaca the second largest independent operator in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), producing more than 100,000 boe/d. The agreement excludes Italian energy company Eni’s East Irish Sea assets and carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) activities.
Type: News
BHP suspends Western Australia Nickel operations, affecting 3,000 jobs
AUSTRALIAN mining group BHP is suspending its Western Australia nickel operations, putting 3,300 jobs at risk.
Type: News
bp expands operations in the Gulf of Mexico with sixth oil field
BRITISH multinational bp is adding a sixth oil field to its operations in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing its total production capacity to 940,000 bbl/d in the region.
Type: News
bp to axe 4,700 jobs and 3,000 contractors
bp is making 4,700 staff redundant – more than 5% of its total workforce – and axing 3,000 contractors as it pushes to cut costs.
Type: News
UK green Energy Skills Passport launched to support industrial heartlands
UK OIL AND GAS workers now have a streamlined path to green jobs with the launch of the government-backed Energy Skills Passport, designed to support the transition to renewable energy careers.
Type: News
Amazon locks in additional 476 MW of clean power from Iberdrola
SPANISH energy giant Iberdrola has agreed to supply Amazon with an additional 476 MW of clean power for its global operations, boosting their contracted supply to more than 66,000 GWh.
Type: News
Microplastic pellets from North Sea cargo ship collision found washed up on shore
THE CARGO ship that crashed into an anchored jet fuel carrier near Hull, England last week was transporting containers of microplastic pellets which have washed up on shore following the collision.
Type: News
British Steel to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces after rejecting £500m government rescue package
BRITISH STEEL today announced plans to close its two blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, UK, with the loss of around 2,700 jobs.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Andrea Longley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
How Are You Feeling Today? No, How Are You REALLY Feeling?
In International Week of Happiness at Work, we look at why asking ourselves (and others) how we're REALLY feeling is business, and safety-critical.
Type: Feature
Commercialising Carbon Capture and Storage
If CCS is to be successfully rolled out, investors will need large-scale transport and storage infrastructure in place
Type: Feature
A Balancing Act: Covid-19 and the Climate
Amanda Doyle looks at how the crisis of coronavirus is impacting the pressing need to go green
Type: Feature
Vaccine Development: Mind the Gap
Timothy Clayton reviews the myriad of considerations faced by IChemE volunteers seeking to support successful vaccine production against Covid-19
Type: Feature
BP commits to net zero by 2050
NEW BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney has pledged that BP will reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050 or sooner, and has announced a new structure for the company.
Type: News
Wastewater leak causes concern for Florida marine life
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are concerned about the impacts on marine life after days of leakage of contaminated wastewater into a local creek leading to Tampa Bay, Florida’s largest open-water estuary. Researchers are currently investigating the effects.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on the need for strong government intervention
Type: Feature
