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Pioneering professor awarded IChemE medal
ICHEME has awarded the Andrew Medal to Freek Kapteijn, Professor and Section Head of Catalysis Engineering at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
Type: News
INEOS picks Antwerp for €3bn cracker and PDH unit
INEOS has selected Antwerp in Belgium as the site for its €3bn (US$3.4bn) investment in the first cracker built in Europe for 20 years.
Type: News
IChemE names safety prize in Sam Mannan’s honour
SAM Mannan, a safety expert who died last year, will have a prize named in his honour at IChemE’s Hazards conference.
Type: News
BP invests in AI to accelerate upstream projects
BP has invested US$5m in artificial intelligence technology in a bid to speed up projects.
Type: News
DowDuPont cleaves off safety consultancy
DOWDUPONT is spinning off its safety and sustainability consultancy DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS).
Type: News
New process speeds up the production of biofuel from microorganisms
A PROCESS for converting algae to biofuel has been developed that is significantly less energy-intensive than conventional methods, and has the potential to make algae biofuel economically viable.
Type: News
Third phase of Australian CCS project given go-ahead
CO2CRC, an Australian carbon capture and storage (CCS) research organisation, has announced a A$45m (US$30.8m) final investment decision for the third phase in its CCS project in south-western Victoria.
Type: News
Perstorp investigates sustainable methanol production
LEADING specialty chemicals company Perstorp is investigating the potential production of recycled methanol using carbon dioxide (CO2) and residual streams at its facility in Stenungsund, Sweden. The project aims to help reduce process-related CO2 emissions.
Type: News
NuScale finalises agreements to support deployment of its small modular reactor
NUSCALE has finalised agreements with Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction (DHIC) and power engineering company Sargent & Lundy to deploy its small modular reactor (SMR).
Type: News
Clariant’s new HTE lab in the US energy capital to support oil and gas
SPECIALTY chemicals company Clariant has opened a new High-Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Laboratory in Houston, Texas – the US’ energy capital. According to Clariant, the new facility is the first of its kind supporting the oil and gas industry.
Type: News
Potential closure of INEOS Seal Sands acrylonitrile plant
INEOS has announced that it is consulting with employees over the potential closure of its Seal Sands acrylonitrile plant in Cleveland, UK.
Type: News
Evonik and LIKAT achieve carbonylation breakthrough
SPECIALTY chemicals company Evonik and catalysis research institute Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), have successfully achieved the first direct carbonylation of 1,3-butadiene. The carbonylation breakthrough paves the way for more cost-effective and environmentally friendly synthesis of industrially important adipic acid derivatives.
Type: News
More than a quarter of Europe’s ethylene capacity under threat
AROUND 6.6m t/y – or 26% – of Europe’s ethylene production capacity is threatened by reduced activity at refineries due to the spread of coronavirus, analysts report.
Type: News
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.
Type: News
Jane Cutler wins election to become IChemE Deputy President
JANE Cutler has been elected to take up the position of IChemE Deputy President from June.
Type: News
Partners join forces to develop micro nuclear reactor
THREE partners have joined forces in Canada to demonstrate a 15 MW small modular reactor that would provide power and heat to industry and remote communities.
Type: News
Worley awarded FEED for bio-based plastic intermediate plant
TECHNOLGY developer Avantium has awarded Worley the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to develop Avantium’s flagship 100% plant-based furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) facility to support the transition to a bio-based plastics economy.
Type: News
Ineos launches new healthcare business
INEOS has launched Ineos Hygienics as part of its pandemic response to produce hand gel and sanitiser sprays at scale.
Type: News
Cefic calls for Covid-19 recovery plans to drive chemicals sustainability
EUROPE’S chemicals industry trade body, Cefic, has called for the EU to use its rescue funding to help the sector become more sustainable.
Type: News
Solvay launches products to help prevent Covid spread
SOLVAY has recently launched two new products that could help prevent the spread of coronavirus – a long-lasting disinfection technology and an antiviral and antibacterial polyamide textile.
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