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New evacuation a week after Texas chemical plant explosion
A WEEK after the explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, a voluntary evacuation order has been issued due to elevated levels of 1,3-Butadiene.
Type: News
UPDATE: Explosion at Texas chemicals facility
A SECOND major explosion at a chemicals facility in Port Neches, Texas, has resulted in the evacuation of 50,000 people.
Type: News
Obtaining wider support for CCS by emphasising its importance in decarbonising numerous industries – not just oil and gas – was a key conclusion at CCUS 2019: Capturing the clean growth opportunities, held in London earlier this month.
Type: Feature
China’s Jingye to buy British Steel
CHINESE steel firm Jingye is buying British Steel’s business and assets, including its steelworks in Scunthorpe, UK. Though reactions are mixed, the sale could be an important step in securing the British company’s UK operations.
Type: News
Saudi Aramco gives go ahead for largest ever stock listing
SAUDI Aramco has announced its intention to proceed with its long-awaited public stock listing, which is expected to be the world’s largest.
Type: News
Plastics: Towards a Circular Economy
Using chemical recycling to tackle the problem of plastics waste
Type: Feature
Raymond Tan and Dominic Foo explain how pinch analysis techniques can be used to optimise decarbonisation techniques
Type: Feature
Future of clean energy discussed at London workshop
THE Fuel and Energy Research Forum held its Workshop on Combustion-related Research and the Inaugural Clean Energy Science Lecture on 7 October in London, UK, in collaboration with IChemE’s Clean Energy SIG and other partners.
Type: News
Whitehaven Coal says it will survive lower-carbon future
WHITEHAVEN Coal, Australia’s largest independent coal producer, expects to survive a range of lower-carbon policy scenarios, according to findings in its inaugural holistic sustainability report.
Type: News
Ruby Ray and Fabio Ruggeri describe an innovative process to produce substitute natural gas – a solution for low carbon energy
Type: Feature
Sean Loughney asks how safety in the offshore industry might be improved via automation
Type: Feature
Future Advances in Process Automation
Andrew Ogden-Swift reviews the pressing challenges
Type: Feature
New edition of IChemE’s Pink Book
ICHEME has published a new edition of its arbitration rules Pink Book, which offers the latest in arbitration practice and standards for anyone managing an engineering project contract.
Type: News
New Zealand’s Mercury boss appointed as chair of business council
FRASER Whineray, CEO of state-owned energy company Mercury, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the New Zealand Government’s Business Advisory Council.
Type: News
PROCESS Systems Enterprise (PSE), supplier of process modelling software and services, has announced it is to be bought by Siemens.
Type: News
Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges
What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?
Type: Feature
UK Government pledges £390m to develop hydrogen technology
THE UK Government has announced a £390m (US$468m) hydrogen technology fund focussed on supporting low carbon production and clean steel.
Type: News
Where Next for AI in Drug Discovery?
Adrian Tombling explains why drug developers need AI
Type: Feature
Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage industry
Type: Feature
Blast at Indian pharmaceutical plant injures 16
A REACTOR exploded at a pharmaceutical plant in India injuring 16 workers, according to reports.
Type: News
