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Petronas Chemicals, Saudi Aramco in polymers JV
PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP has sold a 50% stake in its PRPC Polymers subsidiary to Saudi Aramco for RM3.8bn (US$900m).
Type: News
Air Products and Yankuang to build US$3.5bn syngas plant
AIR PRODUCTS has signed an investment cooperation agreement with Yankuang Group to build a US$3.5bn coal-to-syngas facility in Yulin City, China.
Type: News
Christopher Julian Hewitt, 1969–2019
Obituary of Chris Hewitt, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University
Type: Feature
Take it Apart; Put it Back Together
How do you dismantle a chemical plant for re-erection at the other side of the world? Richard Vann explains
Type: Feature
John de Mello explains how scientific instrumentation is becoming more open, more affordable and easier to make
Type: Feature
Consequence analysis is extremely useful for informing designers and operators of hazardous facilities – if understood and used appropriately
Type: Feature
A US$30m centre for sustainable protein has been launched at Imperial College London as engineers work to develop the processes and new foods needed to reduce the harmful impacts of food production.
Type: News
RAEng report calls for waste-based biofuels
BIOFUELS should be made from waste and byproducts, not food crops, if their carbon emissions reduction potential is to be realised, according to a new report from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
Type: News
Six UK projects get share of funding for industrial decarbonisation
THE UK Government has awarded a share of £8m (US$11m) to six regional projects to develop ways to cut emissions from industry.
Type: News
A STANFORD University study suggests that ageing oilfields can demand more energy even while petroleum production drops, and this should be taken into account for climate modelling and policy.
Type: News
Climeworks opens direct air capture plant in Iceland
CLIMEWORKS has opened a new plant in collaboration with Reykjavik Energy in Iceland to capture CO2 from ambient air and store it permanently underground as minerals in basalt rock formations.
Type: News
Trump proposes opening most US waters to drilling
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration has revealed a plan to open almost all US offshore waters to oil and gas drilling.
Type: News
UK council gets £6.5m funding for mine water energy scheme
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL in Wales, UK, has been awarded £6.5m (US$9.1m) in funding by the EU for the UK’s first large-scale mine water geothermal energy project.
Type: News
Chinese insulation production thought to be source of rise in ozone-damaging chemical
A REPORT by the Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA) has discovered widespread use of the banned chemical CFC-11 in China, which corresponds to an unexpected increase of the chemical in the atmosphere.
Type: News
Mobile plant produces fuel from waste wood
TWELVE research groups from seven countries have developed a sustainable method for producing biofuel from wood waste. The process takes place in a mobile unit which has the potential to decentralise fuel production.
Type: News
BASF and JenaBatteries cooperate to develop innovative power storage technology
BASF and German startup JenaBatteries are cooperating to produce battery technology suitable for stationary storage of energy from renewable energy sources and for stabilising conventional transmission grids.
Type: News
First carbon capture laundry product on the market
A PARTNERSHIP between Unilever, LanzaTech, and India Glycols has commercialised what they claim is the first cleaning product containing a surfactant made from captured carbon.
Type: News
