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Piper Alpha conference: oil industry urged to maintain a chronic sense of unease
THE oil and gas community has been urged to “maintain a chronic sense of unease” at a conference marking the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster.
Type: News
Piper Alpha conference: Chrysaor CEO issues list of challenges to oil industry
PHIL KIRK, CEO of Chrysaor, has issued challenges to the oil industry community at a UK conference seeking to secure a safer future for offshore oil and gas as the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy approaches.
Type: News
House of Lords calls on government to take urgent action to clarify chemical regulations
THE House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published a report expressing concern over the government’s current plans for regulating chemicals after Brexit.
Type: News
Understanding why fracking wastewater contains radioactive waste
RESEARCHERS at Dartmouth College, US, have released a study explaining the transfer of radium to wastewater during hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction. An understanding of the mechanisms involved could lead to the development of strategies to mitigate wastewater production.
Type: News
Whitehaven Coal says it will survive lower-carbon future
WHITEHAVEN Coal, Australia’s largest independent coal producer, expects to survive a range of lower-carbon policy scenarios, according to findings in its inaugural holistic sustainability report.
Type: News
End of the Road for Wythenshawe Test Rig
How the UK’s least known nuclear facility has played a key part in keeping the lights on
Type: Feature
Rules of Thumb: Time to Drain a Tank
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
Climate-related incidents need to be accounted for in process safety
ENVIRONMENTAL and scientific advisory groups have called on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take stronger action to protect workers and the public from chemical disasters exacerbated by climate change.
Type: News
Grant Campbell and Jamie Cleaver report on a workshop that addressed the challenges of leading chemical engineering university departments and highlighted a style of leadership that can be helpful for academic and industrial leaders alike
Type: Feature
Digitalisation: Integrating it in Education
Jarka Glassey talks to Amanda Doyle about the vital work of CHARMING
Type: Feature
IChemE’s Presidential team urges you to inspire the next generation of chemical engineers
Type: Feature
Researchers develop mussel-inspired coating that can extract rare earth elements
RESEARCHERS at Penn State University, US, have developed a mussel-inspired nanocellulose coating (MINC) that can extract neodymium – a critical element used in clean energy technologies – from secondary sources such as industrial wastewater without using a high amount of energy.
Type: News
Making the Grade: Assessing the Assessment Capabilities of ChatGPT-3
Peter Neal and Sarah Grundy put ChatGPT to the test to understand how it can reshape education
Type: Feature
Lightning strike destroys biogas tanks at Severn Trent food waste recycling facility
“STANDARDS need to be followed for this very well-known risk,” stressed IChemE Safety Centre director Trish Kerin after lightning struck a biogas tank, causing an explosion and fire at a UK anaerobic digestion facility.
Type: News
Wind turbine pioneers Stiesdal and Garrad win 2024 QEPrize
HENRIK STIESDAL and Andrew Garrad have been awarded the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for their pioneering work designing and optimising wind turbines.
Type: News
Type One Energy to build stellarator prototype with plans to commercialise fusion energy
A STELLARATOR fusion pilot plant has been earmarked for construction at a former coal-fired power station in Tennessee, US, potentially pushing fusion energy closer to commercialisation.
Type: News
Blyth Decision Means UK’s Industrial Reboot Loses Another Site of National Importance
Northumberland County Council today approved plans to put a data centre on a site previously earmarked for a £2.6bn gigafactory. Chris McDonald, the former CEO of the Materials Processing Institute, outlines why the decision has the potential to create long-lasting economic damage for the region – and the country
Type: Feature
Update: Anglo American rejects £31bn BHP offer, saying it significantly undervalues the firm
ANGLO AMERICAN has rejected a £31bn (US$38.7bn) takeover offer from its mining rival BHP, saying it “significantly undervalues” the firm.
Type: News
Who Will Win Your Vote in the Trustee Elections?
With voting set to close at 09:30 BST on 16 May, you are running out of time to help decide IChemE’s contested trustee elections. We asked the seven candidates to introduce themselves and their ambitions for IChemE.
Type: Feature
Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat: world’s first plant opens in Germany
THE WORLD’S first industrial plant using solar heat to make fuels has been opened in Germany. Using a vast array of mirrors that focus the sun’s heat onto a tower, the technology’s developer Synhelion plans to use its process to produce greener fuel for planes, ships and cars, and even low-carbon cement.
Type: News
