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Gorgon CCS plant starts up after two-year delay
CHEVRON’S US$54bn Gorgon LNG project has started operation of one of the world’s largest carbon capture facilities, though it comes more than two years later than planned.
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Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to repair the planet
PRINCE WILLIAM has launched a new initiative, billed as the world’s most prestigious environmental prize, that seeks to inspire a decade of action to repair our planet.
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AS part of a project to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) by turning it into pure carbon black, the project partners are to build the world’s first container-scale facility for the process. Carbon black, mainly produced using fossil petroleum thus far, is highly pure carbon in powder form and can be used by industry as a raw material for high tech applications.
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AT around noon local time, on 15 April, an explosion occurred at a paper mill in Jay, Maine, US. According to reports there were no fatalities and no serious injuries, however a small number of employees were treated for respiratory irritation.
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Shell and PetroChina give green light to Australian coal-seam gas project
SHELL and PetroChina have approved the first stage of their A$10bn (US$6.3bn) Surat Basin coal-seam gas project in Queensland despite the current downturn in the energy sector.
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Japanese consortium to study CCU
A CONSORTIUM of three Japanese companies is to jointly research effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) for methanol production, at a refinery in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, Japan where CO2 is already being captured and stored by an existing demonstration plant.
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RAEng reviews engineering controls to fight Covid-19
THE UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has published a rapid review of engineering controls that could be used to prevent the spread of Covid-19 within hospitals.
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Plans underway for fossil-free steel demonstration plant
THE Hybrit initiative has taken another step towards the production of fossil-free steel in Sweden by announcing that preparations are now underway for a demonstration plant.
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Partnership to develop environmental decision-making platform for the fashion industry
GOOGLE and WWF Sweden are partnering to create a data-driven platform to enable the fashion industry to make more environmentally-responsible sourcing decisions and move towards more sustainable manufacturing processes.
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Jacobs selected to build nuclear testing facility
MOLTEX Energy, a nuclear energy company, has selected Jacobs to build a bespoke experimental facility for thermal transfer testing at its Birchwood Park research and development site in the UK. The facility will support development of stable salt reactors (SSRs), a type of nuclear plant offering safer, cheaper, and cleaner power.
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Suez agrees to explore CCS for energy-to-waste plants
SUEZ will explore developing a modular system to capture carbon dioxide from energy-to-waste plants, with a demonstration project being considered for Teesside, UK.
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Shell buys into waste-to-fuels plant in Québec
SHELL is taking a 40% stake in a Canadian plant that will use Enerkem’s processing technology to convert domestic waste and wood waste into chemicals and fuels.
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Hydrogen for steel completes feasibility study
Project partners Equinor, OGE, and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe have completed their joint feasibility study for ‘blue’ hydrogen production and aim to form the basis for investment decisions in the coming months.
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Researchers look to recover waste anaesthetics
A TEAM of chemical engineers and doctors are developing a new membrane to capture and reuse anaesthetic gas that is currently vented from hospitals.
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Innovation challenge launched to decarbonise cement and concrete industry
THE Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched a programme to help accelerate low-carbon technologies in cement and concrete production by partnering startups with industry.
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US refinery shutdown serves as a lesson for process safety
“PROCESS safety is more than just life preservation, it’s about making sure that we look after the communities that surround us as well,” says process safety expert Paul Kenny.
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IChemE announces 2021 Global Awards finalists
ICHEME has announced more than 120 finalists for its 2021 Global Awards.
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Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2
BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joined forces to produce polypropylene from captured CO2.
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Carbon Clean captures CO2 from Tata Steel blast furnace
CARBON Clean has installed a carbon capture plant at a blast furnace owned by Tata Steel in India.
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