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Shell pulls out of Cambo oilfield

SHELL has pulled out of the Cambo oilfield project, saying that the economic case for investment isn’t strong enough.

Type: News

Poised Precariously

Adam Duckett on the frustrations and relative successes of COP26

Type: Feature

OGUK rebrands to Offshore Energies UK

OIL & Gas UK (OGUK) is changing its name to Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) and expanding to include low carbon offshore energy technologies that its members are developing.

Type: News

Ingenza awarded funding to develop carbon capture technology

BIOTECHNOLOGY company Ingenza is partnering with Johnson Matthey to produce formic acid from captured industrial CO2 emissions for use across a wide range of industries such as pharmaceuticals and agriculture, and as a potential feedstock for other bioprocesses.

Type: News

UK government extends Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme to end of September

THE support provided to UK Horizon Europe applicants while the UK is in the process of associating to the programme, has been extended for a further three months until the end of September 2023, the UK government has announced.

Type: News

UKAEA appoints AtkinsRéalis to design ‘key element’ of fusion research facility

THE UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has announced the development of a new industrial-sized facility that will support research into tritium processing, an essential fuel for nuclear fusion technology.

Type: News

Closing the Loop: A Circular Economy Approach to Critical Mineral Sustainability

Michael Akindeju explores key circular economy strategies to reduce reliance on virgin resource extraction, and focuses on recovering gallium from electronics

Type: Feature

Climate Change Committee sets ‘ambitious’ UK carbon target for 2040

ELECTRIC vehicles (EVs), carbon capture, and hydrogen take centre stage in the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) seventh carbon budget, which aims to reduce UK emissions by 87% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2040.

Type: News

Microplastic pellets from North Sea cargo ship collision found washed up on shore

THE CARGO ship that crashed into an anchored jet fuel carrier near Hull, England last week was transporting containers of microplastic pellets which have washed up on shore following the collision.

Type: News

Solvay starts rare earths production but future expansion relies on manufacturers buying local

SOLVAY has expanded production of European rare earths and said customers must now buy local before it invests any further to help the EU reduce its reliance on China

Type: News

Global coal use at an all-time high in 2024

GLOBAL coal consumption reached a record high in 2024, driven by surging electricity demand – despite coal being a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

Type: News

Deep-sea mining found to significantly reduce life on the seabed

MORE than a third of seafloor animals were found to have been wiped out by deep-sea mining activity, according to a damning study conducted in one of the most sought-after areas of the Pacific Ocean.

Type: News

Bright ideas: Rakesh Agrawal on developing a solar economy

RAKESH AGRAWAL, chemical engineering professor at Purdue University, speaks on camera to The Chemical Engineer magazine after delivering the 2017 Danckwerts Memorial Lecture at the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE10).

Type: News

Man killed in explosion at UK military plant

ONE man has been killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a military hardware plant near Salisbury, UK.

Type: News

Nouryon plans to double organic peroxides capacity in Mexico

NOURYON has announced that it intends to double it production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its Los Reyes site in Mexico.

Type: News

Solvay increases hydroquinone production

SOLVAY will raise its hydroquinone production capacity by 20% at its plant in Saint-Fons, France.

Type: News

Linde enters hydrogen agreement with BASF

LINDE has entered into an agreement with BASF for the supply of hydrogen to a BASF manufacturing facility.

Type: News

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Then and Now

Geoff Gill reviews how the accident played out, and the huge engineering challenges involved in making the site safe

Type: Feature

From Junk to Fuel: Addressing the Space Debris Challenge

Amanda Jasi talks to Gary Calnan about his company’s work on developing a forge for recycling waste metals in space

Type: Feature

Working for Acceptance: How I’m Thriving as an Autistic Engineer

To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, engineer Charlotte Wessels charts her journey from outer space to somewhere she finally feels at home, and highlights the much sought after skills employees on the spectrum can bring to the engineering sector

Type: Feature