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BASF and Sinopec sign MoU for China steam cracker
BASF and Sinopec have signed a memorandum of understanding that will further strengthen their partnership in upstream and downstream chemical production in China. Dai Hou-Liang, chairman of the board and president of Sinopec, and Martin Brudermueller, chairman of the executive board of directors at BASF signed the memorandum in Beijing.
Type: News
LSBU encourages black and minority women to consider engineering
LONDON South Bank University (LSBU), UK, is today hosting an event which aims to inspire the next generation of black and minority ethnic women to consider a career in engineering.
Type: News
New novel use of glycerol helps make renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases
GLYCEROL, a naturally occurring alcohol made from the hydrolysis of fats and oils, is being used as a raw material by researchers at Aston University to make hydrogen gas and biopropane
Type: News
Snapshot – Birmingham takes the fifth
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top spot again.
Type: Feature
First global plastics analysis
A WORLD-first study of the production, use and fate of all plastics ever made has shown that 8.3 Gt has been produced, and is now mostly in landfills or the environment.
Type: News
BASF to enter seeds business with €5.9bn Bayer deal
BAYER has agreed to sell some of its crop science businesses to BASF for €5.9bn (US$7bn), as it seeks to address regulatory concerns for its US$66bn takeover of Monsanto.
Type: News
LyondellBasell announce plans to acquire A. Schulman
PLASTICS company LyondellBasell has announced that it will merge with A. Schulman as part of a US$2.25bn deal.
Type: News
Motiva joins forces with UOP and TechnipFMC to fuel push into petrochemicals
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES has signed MoUs with UOP and TechnipFMC worth as much as US$10bn to explore using their technologies to branch out into petrochemicals production, with plans for a complex in the US.
Type: News
Linde sells American businesses for Praxair merger
LINDE has agreed to sell its industrial gas businesses in North and South America for US$3.3bn as it seeks approval for its merger with US rival Praxair.
Type: News
Drax in talks to acquire Scottish Power assets
DRAX, the UK power company, has entered talks to discuss acquiring Scottish Power energy assets from Iberdrola, Scottish Power’s parent company. The potential purchase of a portfolio of UK energy assets is another step Drax has taken as it moves away from coal.
Type: News
INEOS picks Antwerp for €3bn cracker and PDH unit
INEOS has selected Antwerp in Belgium as the site for its €3bn (US$3.4bn) investment in the first cracker built in Europe for 20 years.
Type: News
SPECIALTY chemicals company Evonik has awarded Wood a contract to deliver services for a new polyamide 12 (PA12) production complex, to be built at Marl Chemical Park in Marl, Germany.
Type: News
First shipment from Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility
The first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) has sailed from Shell’s Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) facility off the coast of Australia.
Type: News
Fluor awarded FEED contract for North Dakota carbon capture project
FLUOR has been awarded a FEED contract for Minnkota’s Project Tundra, a CCUS project in North Dakota, US.
Type: News
New hydrogen hub in Australia gets funding
SWINBURNE University of Technology in Australia has received A$10m (US$7.8m) from the Victorian Government to build a new hydrogen hub.
Type: News
Rio Tinto studies using hydrogen to make greener alumina
RIO TINTO is investigating the technical implications of using hydrogen feedstock instead of natural gas to reduce emissions from refining alumina.
Type: News
Emerson wins automation contract for Ras Laffan petchem complex
EMERSON has won the contract to supply automation and analytics technology for the US$6bn Ras Laffan petrochemical complex that is under construction in Qatar.
Type: News
Challenger: Home for Christmas
Mark Yates examines the engineering behind Apollo, and highlights the continuing importance of science and R&D teams on the ground
Type: Feature
Making a Dent in the Water Crisis
Developing a centuries-old idea to provide clean drinking water
Type: Feature
Shrihari Sankarasubramanian, Pralay Gayen and Vijay K Ramani discuss work on methods to make fuel and oxygen on the red planet
Type: Feature
