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ExxonMobil gambles US$60bn on shale oil buyout
EXXONMOBIL has placed a US$60bn bet on US shale oil with the purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources.
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 5: Consuming the Planet's Resources
David Simmonds explores the picnic basket of our energy transition, our increasing dependency on China, and how hydrogen can help us deliver an electrified economy
Type: Feature
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
Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 5: Optimisation and Control – An Industrial View
Doug White reviews the control and optimisation issues affecting typical existing distillation columns in an industrial setting
Type: Feature
IChemE Fellows Hutchings and Sherlock elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering
GRAHAM HUTCHINGS and Jon-Paul Sherlock, both IChemE Fellows, have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for their outstanding contributions to engineering. Meanwhile, Marlene Kanga, IChemE Honorary Fellow and chair of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been elected as an International Fellow of the Academy.
Type: News
California sues ‘Big Oil’ for decades of cover-up and deception surrounding climate change
CALIFORNIA is suing “Big Oil” for more than 50 years of “deception, cover-up, and damage” that have cost its taxpayers billions of dollars in health and environmental impacts. The move was announced by the US state’s governor Gavin Newson, and Rob Bonta, the state’s attorney general.
Type: News
Sika announces funding award for new concrete-recycling technology that stores carbon
SPECIALITY chemicals company, Sika, has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving targeted support from Switzerland’s Climate Cent Foundation. The novel concrete-recycling process allows old concrete to be entirely reused while also locking in a significant amount of carbon dioxide. According to Sika, the climate protection programme is guaranteeing the purchase of CO2 certificates for an initial amount of CHF10m (US£11.2m).
Type: News
Neste forms partnerships to collaborate on renewable PET production
NESTE, an oil company that also produces renewable fuels and other sustainable products, is partnering with Suntory, ENEOS, and Mitsubishi Corporation to manufacture PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin made with renewable Neste RE on a commercial scale.
Type: News
UK government announces a further £341m to speed up Sizewell C development
THE UK government has announced that it will provide an additional £341m (US$432m) to speed up preparations and make the Sizewell C nuclear site “shovel-ready”, as it seeks to create a new generation of nuclear power stations in the country.
Type: News
A Digital-Twin Approach to Distillation Control Education
Isuru Udugama, Michael Taube, and Brent Young discuss the educational benefits of real-time industrial process simulators
Type: Feature
ONNU, which transforms biomass into valuable biochar that acts as a carbon sink, has announced plans to build the first of 16 pyrolysis hubs in the UK’s Wye Valley as it continues its mission to realise the potential of biochar to facilitate the net zero transition.
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 2: How We Can Give Consumers Choice in the Push for Green Transport
David Simmonds discusses the need to accelerate flexibility when it comes to cleaner transport options
Type: Feature
Macquarie-led consortium acquires further 20% of UK gas transmission company
A CONSORTIUM led by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is acquiring a further 20% in National Gas, which operates the UK’s 7,600 km gas transmission system, increasing the consortium’s ownership to 80% after an initial acquisition completed earlier this year.
Type: News
Rio Tinto announces manufacturing research lab in Australia as it charges ahead with batteries push
RIO TINTO is building a battery manufacturing laboratory at its research facility in Bundoora, Melbourne, the latest move in the company’s efforts to make headway in the global battery metals sector.
Type: News
DYERECYCLE, a startup of Imperial College London, UK working to recover and reuse dyes in the fashion and textile industry, has received a €200,000 (US$223,415) grant as part of a Global Change Award given by the H&M Foundation. The award recognises the potential of the dye recycling company’s technology to transform the industry.
Type: News
Practical Process Control Part 6: Derivative Action
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
New Form of Contract for EPCM Services: Blue Book
John Challenger explains why IChemE has launched this completely new and unique form of contract
Type: Feature
The push for fewer emissions and greater profitability are driving the development of more efficient distillation column internals. Izak Nieuwoudt, Neil Sandford, and Pat Quotson look at the opportunities for process engineers
Type: Feature
Eni and subsidiary Vår Energi to buy Neptune Energy for US$4.9bn
ITALIAN oil major Eni, and its Norwegian listed subsidiary, Vår Energi, have agreed to buy London-headquartered Neptune Energy for US$4.9bn. This is the largest cash deal in the European oil and gas sector for almost a decade, say finance experts.
Type: News
