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Petronas to cut US$11.4bn in expenses
Capital, operating expenses cut due to low oil price
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Azzam Younes
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
CSB releases final report on explosions at Midland Resource Recovery facility
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has found that a lack of hazard identification processes contributed to the tank explosions that killed three people at the Midland Resource Recovery (MRR) facility in West Virginia in 2017.
Type: News
John McGagh talks about his new role as Chair of the IChemE100 Steering Committee
Type: Feature
BP partners with Abu Dhabi energy firms to develop Teesside hydrogen plants
BP has joined forces with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the country’s renewable energy company, Masdar, to engineer its hydrogen projects in Teesside, UK.
Type: News
Worley to help build UK’s first lithium refinery in Teesside
WORLEY has won a contract to help engineer the UK’s first lithium refinery as developers seek to plug a gap in supplies and take advantage of the ongoing push for decarbonisation.
Type: News
IChemE launches updated technical strategy
Chemical Engineering Matters now in third edition
Type: News
Wine-making and pharmaceuticals will be topics at Chemeca 2018 conference
PLENARY speeches on topics of wine-making and pharmaceuticals have been announced for Australasia’s 47th Chemeca conference.
Type: News
Finalists announced for IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019
IChemE has announced the 40 finalists for its Malaysia Awards 2019.
Type: News
Question Time: Social Experience
Chemical engineers gather to discuss how the profession can help shape a better future
Type: Feature
Chevron Phillips and Qatar Petroleum to build world’s largest ethane cracker
Qatar Petrochemical and Chevron Phillips Chemical have signed agreements to jointly develop petrochemicals projects in the US and in the Middle East, which will include building the world’s largest ethane cracker in the US.
Type: News
Wood secures contract for Chinese refinery expansion
WOOD has secured a contract with Sinopec Hainan Refining and Chemical to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to expand its refinery in Hainan, South China. The contract is worth more than US$120m.
Type: News
Farewell to 2021, and what to read while we’re away
WHETHER it’s serious engineering lessons and insights on career opportunities, or irreverent queries like 'what lessons can engineers learn from the Christmas classics Die Hard and Home Alone', we’ve got you covered.
Type: News
Sofia Georgaki describes her role as Process Lead at engineering major Jacobs.
Type: Feature
Decarbonisation Versus Profits
Mercedes Maroto-Valer discusses how the chemical industry can contribute to post-pandemic net zero
Type: Feature
IChemE calls on community to nominate peers for prizes
ICHEME is calling on the chemical engineering community to make nominations for its annual medals and prizes.
Type: News
GSK made Gold Corporate Partner
ICHEME has announced that healthcare company GSK is its newest Gold Corporate Partner.
Type: News
BASF to close US catalyst manufacturing facility
BASF has announced that in 2021 it will close its manufacturing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, which produces high-quality and proprietary catalysts used in chemical production – primarily petrochemicals.
Type: News
Notts Uni to reprogramme chemicals production
GREEN chemicals are a focus of a new £200m (US$253m) investment announced by the UK’s University of Nottingham today, as it pledged to tackle global challenges through six new multi-disciplinary research groups.
Type: News
Process simulation software has become almost universal in the chemical engineering sector, and many students have access to at least one commercial process modelling software package at university. Industry professionals are increasingly using software to model their processes. However, dynamic modelling (that accounts for time-dependent changes in the state of a system) is still, for many, an unknown quantity within the chemical engineering sector, and is more expensive than steady-state modelling.
Type: Feature
