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Liquid membrane blocks small particles and lets big ones through
A SELF-HEALING liquid membrane has been developed that acts as a reverse filter by blocking small particles while letting larger ones through.
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BP helps to ‘future proof’ students’ skills
BP has launched the Skills Refinery, an online global portal developed to help improve student employability. In addition, a global challenge will be instituted in which the inaugural winning team will win a trip to the 2019 One Young World Summit in London.
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New catalyst reduces carbon dioxide emissions in coal-to-liquids process
A CATALYST has been developed that almost eliminates carbon dioxide emissions in the Fischer-Tropsch process in the conversion of coal-to-liquid fuels.
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European Parliament calls for tougher stance on emissions
MEMBERS of the European Parliament have called on the EU to improve its climate change commitments, ahead of the UN’s COP24 summit later this year.
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s national workplace health and safety regulator, has fed back to industry on its hydrocarbon release (HCR) challenge.
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Update: 134 confirmed dead after Brazil dam breach
FOLLOWING the collapse of a Vale dam in Brazil, 134 people have now been confirmed dead, with 120 of them identified. 199 people remain missing. The collapse occurred on 25 January in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Shell launches New Energy Challenge 2019
SHELL and its partners have launched the fourth edition of New Energy Challenge. The challenge seeks to facilitate the development of young companies with innovative proposals to shape a successful energy transition.
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Swedish consortium to build fossil-free iron pellet pilot plant
A Swedish consortium is to begin construction on a pilot plant that will use biofuel to achieve fossil-free production of iron-ore pellets. This represents the consortium’s next step in its goal to achieve fossil-free steelmaking by 2035.
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Understanding localised corrosion of steel pipes
LOCALISED corrosion can cause failures in steel pipes used in the oil and gas industry, but new research which advances understanding of nanoscale corrosion could lead to more robust steel pipes.
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Cuadrilla to start fracking second well
CUADRILLA plans to frack a second well in Lancashire, UK, before its planning permission expires in November.
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Rejigged rigs could kickstart North Sea CCS, study finds
USING North Sea oil rigs to generate power from methane and bury the resulting emissions would be significantly cheaper than decommissioning them, and could kickstart the UK’s CCS industry, a study has found.
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Steam cracking transforms waste plastic into new
A PROCESS has been developed for steam cracking of plastic waste to produce new plastic, which could be integrated into existing petrochemical facilities.
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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.
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IChemE Fellow appointed as champion to help address industrial decarbonisation challenges
UK Research and Innovation has appointed Mercedes Maroto-Valer, IChemE Fellow and Professor at Heriot-Watt University, as champion to develop plans for a new centre that will address industrial decarbonisation challenges to help achieve the UK’s net zero ambitions.
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Equinor withdraws from plans to drill for oil in Australian marine park
EQUINOR has pulled out of controversial plans to drill for oil and gas in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.
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Urgent call for members to donate unused PPE for testing
ICHEME is calling on members and their employers to donate any unused PPE they can spare to a volunteer co-ordinated project that is validating a process to decontaminate PPE and keep frontline healthcare workers safe.
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Vaccine manufacturing centre to be scaled up
THE Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) has received funding from the UK Government to help it expand the UK’s capacity to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Partnership aims to develop tyre recycling technology
MICHELIN and Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) are planning to join forces to develop Enviro’s patented pyrolysis technology for waste tyre recycling, and to build a plant for the technology.
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Lack of UK hydrogen strategy is holding back industry
CONCERNS have been raised by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that the lack of a clear hydrogen strategy for the UK will hamper efforts to decarbonise heavy industry and reach net zero.
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Prelude will not resume full production this year, says Shell
SHELL has said its huge floating LNG production plant – the Prelude FLNG facility – is not expected to resume full production this year, following a troubled start for the pioneering facility.
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