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OGTC funds effort to create digital twins of pressure vessels

THE UK’s Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) is funding a project for software firm Akselos to develop digital twins of pressure vessels in a bid to reduce maintenance costs.

Type: News

US storage depot ablaze

EIGHT chemicals storage tanks are ablaze at a major petrochemicals depot on the US Gulf Coast.

Type: News

BP says it could keep some oil and gas resources in the ground

BP has reduced its oil and gas exploration activities and could keep some of its resources in the ground.

Type: News

Call for evidence on CCS ahead of UK spending review

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for carbon capture and storage has issued a call for evidence on carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) ahead of the UK Government’s spending review.

Type: News

BASF to sell pigments business for US$1.3bn

BASF is to sell its global pigments business to fine chemicals company DIC for €1.15bn (US$1.3bn). The business achieved about €1bn in sales last year.

Type: News

BP ensures energy supplies are uninterrupted

IN its response to the coronavirus crisis, BP has said that it will ensure supplies of energy, fuel, and petrochemicals are uninterrupted, while supporting the call to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Type: News

LG Chem invests US$53m to triple nanotube production

LG CHEM is more than tripling its production of carbon nanotubes for the burgeoning electric vehicle market with a US$53m expansion of its Yeosu plant in South Korea.

Type: News

Chemical engineers urge industry action to break cycle of accidents

INDUSTRY has to do more to ensure that it is learning lessons to help prevent it from repeating the same mistakes over and over again, said Jane Cutler.

Type: News

BASF starts up new MDI unit in push to double Geismar production

BASF has completed the first phase of its push to double production of MDI at its integrated chemicals complex in Geismar, Louisiana, US.

Type: News

BioNTech secures deals for lipids needed in vaccine

BIONTECH has partnered with Merck and Evonik to expand lipid production for its Covid-19 vaccine.

Type: News

Two workers killed in acetic acid leak

TWO workers have been killed by an acetic acid leak at a LyondellBasell plant in Texas, US.

Type: News

Ineos FPS uses AI to reduce emissions

INEOS Forties Pipeline System (FPS) has deployed AI technology to enable it to further reduce emissions from its operations.

Type: News

Plans for Cambo oilfield development put on hold

FOLLOWING Shell’s decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield last week, developer Siccar Point Energy has said it is pausing the project.

Type: News

One killed and one critically injured after explosion at facility in Illinois, US

AN explosion occurred at a facility that manufactures building materials on 21 January, killing one worker and leaving another critically injured.

Type: News

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.

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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