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World’s ‘smallest’ carbon capture technology launched
CARBON Clean, an industrial carbon capture company, has launched what it says is the world’s smallest industrial capture technology, overcoming a key barrier to widespread CCUS adoption and industrial decarbonisation.
Type: News
Plans to shut UK ammonia plant spark new CO2 supply concerns
CF FERTILISERS UK (CF) has announced plans to halt ammonia production at its Billingham complex due to “market conditions”, renewing industry concerns about CO2 supply.
Type: News
Centrica given the go-ahead for North Sea gas storage project
THE North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted Centrica the right to resume gas storage operations at its Rough field gas storage site off the east coast of England.
Type: News
UK Autumn statement offers boon to research but little news for industry
AMIDST tax rises and expenditure cutting amounting to around £50bn (US$60bn), funding for research and development is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise austerity-focused budget outlined by UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Autumn Statement
Type: News
Not All Plastics Are Made Equally Recyclable
Aniqah Majid looks at the multiple plastics clogging up the waste management system and whether the UK has the infrastructure to get them back into the circular economy
Type: Feature
Cleantech uses ‘reversable rusting’ to develop 100-hour battery
A MASSACHUSETTS energy firm has developed an iron-based battery that can store electricity for four days using a novel method called “reverse rusting”.
Type: News
New technique for recycling multi-layer packaging
CRISP packets, chocolate wrappers, and blister packets for pills are all extremely difficult to recycle as they are comprised of multiple layers, but a new technique can separate each layer and recycle 99% of the materials.
Type: News
Chevron set to become fourth ultramajor with US$33bn buyout of Anadarko Petroleum
CHEVRON has agreed to buy Anadarko Petroleum for US$33bn, propelling it into the position of fourth ‘ultramajor’ and the largest producer in the fast-growing US Permian Basin, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Type: News
Safety: My Five Lessons from Five Decades of Engineering
Tom Baxter shares safety lessons learned from across his career
Type: Feature
ON 22 March Vale raised the alert level of its Sul Superior Dam of the Gongo Soco mine located in Barão de Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil to level 3, the highest grade of alert, reports The Guardian. According to The Guardian, Brazil’s Mining and Energy Secretary said that a level three alert means "a rupture is imminent or already happening".
Type: News
ExxonMobil gambles US$60bn on shale oil buyout
EXXONMOBIL has placed a US$60bn bet on US shale oil with the purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources.
Type: News
BHP announces US$400m Climate Investment Program
MINING company BHP has announced a five-year, US$400m Climate Investment Program (CIP) to develop technologies to reduce emissions from BHP’s own operations, as well as from the use of its resources.
Type: News
UK announces new fast-track visa for world-leading researchers
THE UK Government has announced the details of a new fast-track visa scheme to attract overseas researchers, that is set to come into force in February.
Type: News
Marathon Oil to pay US$242m for Clean Air violations
US PETROLEUM company Marathon Oil has reached a US$241.5m settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Clean Air Act violations, representing the largest stationary source penalty in the legislation’s history.
Type: News
GRANGEMOUTH could host recycling and bio-feedstock production facilities after the site’s oil refinery closes this year, according to proposals published in a report yesterday.
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
What Safety Studies Have You Got on Your Menu?
Andy Brazier and Nick Wise introduce a series looking at ALARP
Type: Feature
Green electricity and electric vehicles: Martin Pitt FIChemE thinks we might have been here before
Type: Feature
