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Ineos awards Técnicas Reunidas contract for massive European chemicals investment
INEOS has awarded Técnicas Reunidas a contract to engineer a world-scale ethylene plant in Belgium, marking the largest investment in European chemicals in the last 20 years.
Type: News
BASF to build two plastics plants at proposed site in China
BASF is to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) plant at a proposed integrated chemical production site in Zhanjiang, China. The plants will be the first to begin production at the site, which is to become BASF’s third-largest site worldwide.
Type: News
CO2 as a commodity, not waste: turning emissions into cost-competitive chemicals
Etosha Cave, Co-founder of clean technology company Opus 12, speaks about the company's process for turning CO2 emissions into cost-competitive products.
Type: Feature
Scotland’s “renewables powerhouse” ambitions: strategy seeks rush from oil and gas
THE Scottish government has set out its vision of becoming a renewables powerhouse in its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan – a set of priorities directed at transitioning away from oil and gas production as “fast as possible”, while significantly scaling up renewable energy production to provide cheap, green electricity to power the country’s economy.
Type: News
Why we Should Stop Talking About Work-life Balance
Kate O’Brien and Liz Erskine argue that instead of focusing on balancing our work and private lives, we should target a sustainable energy budget
Type: Feature
Trish Kerin explains the power of using Delta HAZOP, a new method for revalidating previous HAZOPs
Type: Feature
IChemE Medals nominations open with launch of new Clean Energy Medal
ICHEME has announced a new Clean Energy Medal will be given as part of its annual medals and prizes programme, which is now open for nominations.
Type: News
Hurricane Energy produces first oil at fractured basement field
HURRICANE Energy has produced first oil from the UK’s first fractured basement field in the North Sea.
Type: News
Australia should overturn nuclear ban and could still build SMRs, expert says
THE time has passed for Australia to build large nuclear plants, but it could still make use of small modular reactors to power industry. This is the view of nuclear expert Ziggy Switkowski, who told lawmakers the country’s ban on nuclear energy should be repealed.
Type: News
Korean energy firm hunts for gas off Australia’s East Coast
SOUTH KOREA’S state-owned energy company has partnered with ConocoPhillips in a new offshore gas drilling campaign off Australia’s East Coast.
Type: News
Better Safe Than Sorry (Whatever Safe Is)
Trevor J Hughes on why reducing risk will only come from engineers challenging cringeworthy ‘management speak’ and improving public understanding of consequence
Type: Feature
The Engineering Mindset Part 8: Complex or Complicated? The Right Approach at the Right Time
Chris and Penny Hamlin move beyond the C-THRU research project to focus on how we as individuals can effectively lead and influence in complex environments, contrasting it with the approach to complicated systems
Type: Feature
Oil and gas industry agrees transition deal with UK Government
THE UK oil and gas industry has come to an agreement with the UK government over how the industry will manage the green energy transition while still supporting workers.
Type: News
Novel method for green ammonia production
RESEARCHERS at Monash University, Australia have discovered a method for producing green ammonia that could benefit agriculture, as well as transport.
Type: News
University of Melbourne wins US$100,000 grant
RESEARCHERS at the University of Melbourne, Australia have won a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant. The grant will be used to fund a research project aimed at relieving malnutrition among mothers and infants in developing countries.
Type: News
ENERGY giants have invested £600,000 (US$786,000) in the University of Aberdeen’s energy initiative focused on decarbonising the oil and gas industry.
Type: News
Creating useful products from desalination waste
ENGINEERS at MIT, US have proposed a method that could use desalination waste to produce useful chemicals, including chemicals that can make desalination more efficient. This could potentially provide an economically and ecologically beneficial method for the disposal of desalination waste.
Type: News
