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Onshore fracking given go ahead in UK
CUADRILLA has been granted permission to begin fracking in the UK’s first onshore horizontal shale gas well.
Type: News
ROGER Sargent, the founding father of process systems engineering, passed away on 11 September following a short illness.
Type: News
Unilever joins Nouryon’s Imagine Chemistry
NOURYON has launched the 3rd edition of Imagine Chemistry, a collaborative challenge which aims to accelerate innovation in chemistry. The chemicals company has also expanded the scheme’s partnership to include Unilever and other organisations.
Type: News
A court decision has ordered Vale to stop activities at 13 of its mine tailings containment structures in Brazil. The decision will impact 30m t/y of the company’s iron ore production.
Type: News
Producing sustainable aviation fuel in the Netherlands
SUSTAINABLE aviation fuel supplier (SAF) SkyNRG will develop Europe’s first dedicated waste-to-fuel plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, capable of producing 100,000 t/y of SAF. A separate planned demonstration plant at Rotterdam The Hague Airport aims to use direct air capture to produce 1,000 L/d of fuel.
Type: News
Novel process for damage-free algae biomass harvesting
RESEARCHERS at the University of Tsukuba, Japan have developed a novel, damage-free process for removing water from algae biomass. The process could help to produce cheaper bioproducts that are more efficient and more eco-friendly.
Type: News
UK students to tackle engineering challenges
FIVE UK student teams are to compete against counterparts from the US and China as part of a special Collaboration Lab competition in London, on 12–16 September. The competition will take place ahead of the Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 (GGCS2019).
Type: News
Chemical engineers will create artificial skin bioreactor to test cosmetics
CHEMICAL engineers at the University of Surrey in the UK are developing artificial skin for Unilever to test its cosmetics products on.
Type: News
Shell makes pledge to be net zero by 2050
SHELL has announced that it aims to cut emissions from its operations to net zero by 2050 or sooner, along with stepping up action to reduce the emissions produced by customers.
Type: News
Chevron acquires Noble Energy in US$13bn deal
CHEVRON has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire independent energy company Noble Energy for an overall price of US$13bn, in the biggest oil and gas deal since the coronavirus pandemic.
Type: News
China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060
IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President of China, informed the United Nations General Assembly that China aims to be “carbon neutral” before 2060.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows Ding, Edwards and Matar elected to RAEng
THREE ICHEME Fellows – Yulong Ding, David Edwards and Omar Matar – have been elected as Fellows of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering.
Type: News
LED pioneers win Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
FIVE engineers who helped develop LED lighting have won the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, in recognition of the technology’s contribution to reducing energy use.
Type: News
Singapore and UK to address climate change in the ASEAN region
RESEARCHERS in Singapore, in a first-of-its-kind international collaboration, are partnering with the UK’s COP26 Universities Network, aiming to address climate change in the ASEAN region.
Type: News
Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks
Type: Feature
Using a sponge made of pollen to soak up oil from contaminated water
A POLLEN-BASED sponge has been developed as a more environmentally friendly way of soaking up oil and other organic solvents from contaminated water.
Type: News
Three researchers awarded IChemE Andrew Fellowship
ICHEME has awarded three chemical engineering researchers the Andrew Fellowship to advance the field of catalysis.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on the turbulent crucible in which IChemE was formed
Type: Feature
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
Clive (Alan) Millington, 1943–2022
Obituary of Clive Millington, former Deputy Head of Department at the University of Surrey
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