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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.

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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.

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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.

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Wood awarded Evonik contract

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ørsted to cut a quarter of workforce amid global setbacks and offshore wind refocus

Danish energy firm Ørsted has announced plans to cut around 2,000 jobs as it refocuses on offshore wind and its European operations, following a series of international setbacks – particularly in the US.

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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

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Making a Dent in the Water Crisis

Developing a centuries-old idea to provide clean drinking water

Type: Feature

Living Off the Land on Mars

Shrihari Sankarasubramanian, Pralay Gayen and Vijay K Ramani discuss work on methods to make fuel and oxygen on the red planet

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CO2 Capture: Putting the Sea into CCS

Amanda Jasi and Kerry Hebden talk to companies developing technologies to capture CO2 from the ocean

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Book Review: Process Integration Approaches to Planning Carbon Management Networks

Dominic Foo and Raymond Tan ISBN: 9781032242811; CRC Press; 2021; £59.99

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Why You Shouldn’t be Afraid of Sales

Nigel Hirst argues that despite their wariness of sales roles, chemical engineers actually make the best technical salespeople

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A wake-up call for change

Adam Duckett says Australia's bushfires should be a wake-up call for change

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Carbon nanotubes could make carbon-zero fuels cheaper than fossil fuels

A BREAKTHROUGH has been made in the manufacturing of carbon nanotube membranes which will lead to large-scale production. These “molecular factories” have the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuel.

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Improved process for making plastics from sulfur

SCIENTISTS led by the University of Liverpool, UK have discovered a novel catalytic process for the production of plastics from sulfur. This approach could provide a way of producing more environmentally friendly plastics, potentially with new applications.

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Novel CO2 scrubber

RESEARCHERS at Michigan Technological University (MTU), US have designed a carbon dioxide (CO2) scrubber which could provide industry with a cheaper alternative. Captured CO2 could potentially be used to make useful products.

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