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A No to Windfalls and a Yes to Win-Wins

In the face of rising pressure, are there any alternatives to imposing a UK windfall tax on the oil and gas sector?

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BP agrees to buy naphtha from Teesside circular plastics plant

BP has signed an agreement to purchase naphtha produced from a plant being built in Teesside, UK by Clean Planet Energy that will convert hard-to-recycle plastics into chemical feedstocks and fuels.

Type: News

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: An Evolving Industry

David Gemmell discusses how chemical engineers play their part in modern-day biopharma

Type: Feature

Process Engineering for the Final Frontier

Kathryn Hadler tells Amanda Jasi about the exciting prospect of extracting and processing resources in space

Type: Feature

A Cleaner, Greener Future: ‘We are Key, and we are Responsible’

Amanda Jasi speaks to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold about how chemical engineering can help humanity survive and thrive

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Pneumatic Conveying

Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems

Type: Feature

Ethics Series: Did you sleep well?

Speaking the truth when others don’t want to hear has to be part of our DNA as engineers, says Dame Judith Hackitt

Type: Feature

Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund: Supporting members

Keith Batchelor explains the fund, and shares some personal accounts from members that have benefited

Type: Feature

Ethics Series Introduction: Ethics and the Chemical Engineer

David Bogle and Raffaella Ocone introduce a new series of articles urging chemical engineers to ‘think ethics’ before taking action

Type: Feature

Clive (Alan) Millington, 1943–2022

Obituary of Clive Millington, former Deputy Head of Department at the University of Surrey

Type: News

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Simon Harrall

Yasmin Ali speaks to Simon Harrall, Associate Attorney at Patterson + Sheridan LLP, based in Houston, Texas, US

Type: Feature

Wood gets contract for green ammonia facility

WOOD has announced that it will provide conceptual engineering for a large-scale green hydrogen production facility in Chile, where the hydrogen will be used to produce ammonia.

Type: News

BioNTech and Matinas collaborate on mRNA vaccines

BIONTECH has signed a collaboration agreement with Matinas BioPharma to advance formulations for mRNA vaccines, including a potential method for the oral administration of vaccines.

Type: News

Chemical & Process Engineering Expo, CHEMUK 2022, returns this May

The CHEMUK 2022 EXPO returns on 11 and 12 May 2022 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK.

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UK Energy Security Strategy deemed ‘a missed opportunity’

THE UK Government has released its much-delayed Energy Security Strategy, which improves long-term plans for more oil and gas, hydrogen, nuclear, and offshore wind. However, the strategy has received strong criticism for failing to deliver on solar power, onshore wind, energy efficiency, and demand reduction.

Type: News

Now or never: emissions need to peak by 2025 says IPCC

IN its latest report, the IPCC has warned that emissions must peak by 2025 and halve by 2030 if the world is to keep to the 1.5C target. It calls for major reductions in fossil fuel use alongside rapid scaling up of mitigation technologies such as carbon capture and storage.

Type: News

Croda to expand UK lipids output for vaccine production

CRODA has been awarded £15.9m (US$20.8m) by the UK Government to increase the output of its plant in Leek that manufactures lipids used in Covid-19 vaccines.

Type: News

Attacks on Saudi facilities threaten energy security

AIRBORNE attacks on Saudi Aramco energy infrastructure demonstrate a threat to Saudi Arabia’s production capacity and international energy security, officials said after the most recent assaults.

Type: News

Remote tools: Undergraduate labs, under control

Joanne Tanner speaks to Amanda Doyle about lockdown labs and their future

Type: Feature

Digitalisation for Pharma

Tony Margetts explains the industry’s challenges around connecting and collecting

Type: Feature