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UNESCO and Nestlé have teamed up to find and fund 100 young entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas for how to boost the resilience and sustainability of food.
Type: News
Successes, regrets - and the damage being done to our children's futures
Type: Feature
Why the humble checklist was essential during the Apollo space programme.
Type: Feature
Vattenfall plans gas power station H2 switch
VATTENFALL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Statoil and Gasunie to investigate converting its 1,311 MWe Magnum gas-fired power station in the Netherlands to run on hydrogen.
Type: News
Medical adhesive inspired by slugs
AN ADHESIVE inspired by a species of slug has been described by researchers, who say it adheres flexibly to biological tissues even when wet, and has a range of medical applications.
Type: News
Industry supports US carbon tax
EXXONMOBIL is among a number of industry giants that have backed plans for a US carbon tax designed by a group of Republican elders to build support for bipartisan climate action in the US.
Type: News
One dead, 21 injured in Austrian gas hub explosion
ONE person has been killed and 21 are injured after a huge explosion and fire at the Baumgarten Natural Gas Hub in eastern Austria, one of Europe’s most important gas import and distribution plants.
Type: News
Trump proposes opening most US waters to drilling
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration has revealed a plan to open almost all US offshore waters to oil and gas drilling.
Type: News
Occidental makes hostile US$57bn bid for Chevron
OCCIDENTAL has made a hostile bid for Anadarko Petroleum, trumping a US$50bn bid from Chevron.
Type: News
Milestone for molten salt nuclear reactors
NRG, a nuclear research and consultation organisation, has reached a historic milestone in the development of molten salt reactors, having successfully concluded irradiation tests on molten nuclear fuel salts at the end of Q2.
Type: News
New President announced for COP26 climate summit
ALOK Sharma has been announced as the new President for the COP26 climate summit, which is due to take place in Glasgow, UK, in November.
Type: News
NZ’s only refinery takes a step closer to closing
NEW ZEALAND’S sole refinery is another step closer to being converted into an import terminal after a second shareholder approved the plan.
Type: News
Britishvolt secures short-term funding in wake of closure concerns
THE TROUBLED battery startup Britishvolt and its proposed UK gigafactory has been thrown a lifeline of funding for five weeks to save it from potential closure, following reports that the firm was heading into administration.
Type: News
IChemE and AIChE form hydrogen alliance
ICHEME and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) have agreed to work together to support industry’s adoption of hydrogen in the push for decarbonisation.
Type: News
C-Capture to demonstrate new carbon capture solvents
CARBON dioxide removal firm C-Capture has announced the launch of a national project that captures CO2 for hard-to-decarbonise industries using a low-cost, post-combustion collection approach.
Type: News
Shell sells Nigerian onshore oil business in deal worth US$2.4bn
SHELL has agreed to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), ending nearly a century of operations in Nigerian onshore oil and gas.
Type: News
Further job losses expected as BASF announces more cost cutting at its Ludwigshafen site
BASF has announced further measures to cut costs at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. It aims to save an additional €1bn/y (US$1.1bn) by the end of 2026, which it expects will entail more job losses.
Type: News
Adnoc enters ‘concrete negotiations’ with Covestro for €14.4bn buyout
AFTER more than a year of courting, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has entered “concrete negotiations” with German chemicals company Covestro for a takeover potentially worth €14.4bn (US$15.4bn).
Type: News
Rolls-Royce lands £9bn deal for UK nuclear submarine fleet
ROLLS-ROYCE has secured a “landmark” partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to develop a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, in a project worth £9bn (US$11.2bn).
Type: News
Wood extends Shell contract to include work on new North Sea oil vessel
ENGINEERING firm Wood has signed a two-year extension to its contract with Shell for work on the oil giant’s newest floating vessel in the North Sea.
Type: News
