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ExxonMobil doubles manufacturing capacity of UK specialty elastomers plant

FOLLOWING a plant expansion ExxonMobil has doubled the manufacturing capacity of a plant in Newport, Wales, increasing its global manufacturing capacity for Santoprene thermoplastic elastomers by 25%.

Type: News

Partners enter carbon capture and utilisation collaboration

WOODSIDE, LanzaTech, and ReCarbon have announced that they are collaborating on a carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) programme, which includes the possibility of a CCU pilot facility in Perth, Australia.

Type: News

Compressed air users urged to stop wasting energy

THE British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has launched a campaign to help companies cut their compressed air energy usage by 10%, in a bid to save £147.5m (US$192.6m) in waste electricity costs.

Type: News

Scottish trial tests hydrogen in gas pipelines

A TRIAL is underway at Ineos’s Grangemouth site to help determine how existing natural gas networks can be repurposed for hydrogen. The trial is expected to bring hydrogen networks a step closer to reality in the UK.

Type: News

Accelerating Innovation with DOE

JMP invites engineers to explore an alternative way of experimenting that can increase your effectiveness.

Type: Feature

Safety: Chemical Accident Investigation

The UK needs its own ‘Chemical Safety Board’, says Keith Plumb

Type: Feature

Hazards 33: Helping Turn Good Practice into Common Practice

Eamon Chandler, chair of the Hazards 33 conference technical committee, previews the key themes that safety experts will be discussing this year

Type: Feature

Volunteer Spotlight: Clare Sheppard

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

University of Bristol switches on fastest, greenest supercomputer

THE UK’S most powerful and greenest supercomputer – Isambard-AI – has begun to come online and researchers can soon apply to use it to make breakthroughs in the likes of drug and carbon capture developments.

Type: News

Cemex to install world-first hydrogen process at UK cement plant

CEMEX is set to trial a process developed by Hiiroc that uses plasma to produce hydrogen for greener industrial heat at its cement plant in Rugby, UK.

Type: News

My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Martin Ruhemann

Adrian Finn remembers Martin Ruhemann, a man who overcame extraordinary adversity to shape the future of chemical engineering with both brilliance and humility

Type: Feature

PFAS inquiry launched by UK MPs

UK MPs have launched an inquiry into PFAS and are inviting expert input on whether enough is being done to understand and manage the risks around thousands of persistent chemicals.

Type: News

HAZZZZOP?

Believe it or not, the role of HAZOP scribe has much to offer up-and-coming chemical engineers

Type: Feature

All the Dominoes Fall

A long-term moral perspective to process safety is needed, says Marc Reid

Type: Feature

Power of Placements

Laura Grindey, Ethan Lynch and Dom Tsang from the IChemE National Early Careers Committee discuss student placements from the perspectives of both student and employer

Type: Feature

Digital Pioneers

Evonik's chief digital officer discusses his expectations for digitalisation at the specialty chemicals company

Type: Feature

Speak English, Not Engineer

As engineers, we need to break out of our technical bubble and ensure our message is heard

Type: Feature

Bioprocessing insights on getting the most from your data

Ahead of our coming webinar on 9 October, the presenters from JMP and GSK discuss using data to improve batch processes.

Type: Feature

Go Digital for Efficient Shift Handovers

How digital systems can make shift handover processes more efficient, and safer

Type: Feature