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Oil and Gas Workers Have Their Say on the Just Transition
Amanda Doyle analyses a survey of oil and gas workers to reveal their thoughts on how the energy transition affects them
Type: Feature
UK battery projects awarded £30m in government funding
THREE cutting-edge businesses are set to benefit from a share of £30m (US$37m) in funding from the government as part of plans to develop technologies that will store renewable energy for later use.
Type: News
Novel membrane for crude oil fractionation
AN INTERNATIONAL research team has developed new membrane technology that could reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with crude oil refining. According to the researchers, the developed membrane is believed to be the first reported synthetic membrane specifically designed to separate crude oil and crude-oil fractions.
Type: News
Carbon Capture: But Not as We Know It
Rotating packed beds can play a part in making carbon capture smaller and cheaper
Type: Feature
Siemens buys out AI software engineering firm for US$10bn
GERMAN-OWNED Siemens is set to acquire the leading American AI firm Altair for US$10bn, further expanding its portfolio in AI-enabled industrial software.
Type: News
How to Assess Functional Safety
Achieve safer, more efficient and more transparent projects whilst reducing project cost and overrun
Type: Feature
Ithaca Energy acquires Eni’s UK business in £750m deal
ITHACA Energy is acquiring the majority of Eni’s upstream assets in the UK. The deal will make Ithaca the second largest independent operator in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), producing more than 100,000 boe/d. The agreement excludes Italian energy company Eni’s East Irish Sea assets and carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) activities.
Type: News
Closing the Loop: A Circular Economy Approach to Critical Mineral Sustainability
Michael Akindeju explores key circular economy strategies to reduce reliance on virgin resource extraction, and focuses on recovering gallium from electronics
Type: Feature
UK Government props up industry to prevent CO2 shortage
THE UK Government has been forced to step in and pay for industry to keep producing CO2 after a rapid rise in energy prices forced fertiliser manufacturers to shut down operations.
Type: News
Experts gathered to discuss new safety challenges for a sustainable era. Kerry Hebden reports
Type: Feature
Southampton University: “We’re shaping the future”
Amanda Jasi reports from the official opening of the chemical engineering programme at Southampton University
Type: Feature
The Future of Chemical Engineering in the Era of Generative AI
Jin Xuan and Thorin Daniel imagine a future when HAZOP sessions take hours not months, P&IDs are drawn automatically, and presentations write themselves
Type: Feature
UKAEA’s £55m device successfully takes a step closer to fusion power
TAKING a step to achieving a fusion power plant, the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) £55m (US$72.2m) Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade device has achieved “first plasma”, after a seven-year build.
Type: News
Study confirms feasibility of green hydrogen in Australia
A STUDY by BP Australia has proved the technical feasibility of producing green hydrogen and ammonia, at scale, in Western Australia.
Type: News
Industry doubts new planning measures for England effectively lift de facto ban on onshore wind
THE UK government has announced changes to planning policy in England that it says will allow onshore wind projects supported by locals to be approved more quickly. While some have welcomed the changes for lifting a de facto ban on onshore projects introduced in 2015, industry and experts don’t believe the tweaks will have much effect.
Type: News
The Engineering Mindset Part 5: Complex or Complicated? Practical principles or prescriptive targets
Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how an approach focused on direction and principles, rather than numerical targets and specific policies, fosters new opportunities and solutions, providing a framework everyone can use to guide their actions
Type: Feature
Drax to trial innovative carbon capture technology
RENEWABLE energy firm Drax is working with the University of Nottingham, UK and Promethean Particles to trial new carbon capture technology installed at its North Yorkshire power station, to help the UK meet its net zero climate targets by 2050.
Type: News
Australian Government backs renewable energy hub
THE Australian Government has backed a green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Western Australia.
Type: News
What can be learned from inspections of loss of containment audit and assurance systems in the UK offshore oil and gas industry? Ashley Hynds discusses
Type: Feature
Rules of Thumb: Flammable Liquids: Open or Closed?
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
