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US$4.2bn Bahrain refinery expansion contract awarded
BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY (Bapco) has awarded a US$2.4bn expansion contract for its Sitra oil refinery to a consortium of TechnipFMC, Samsung Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas.
Type: News
Industry and universities have a plan to boost process safety awareness among students
Type: Feature
Carl von Linde and William Hampson – Cool inventions
Beer has a lot to answer for, and not just beer bellies. Beer is also to blame for some key technologies that underpin modern industry, and the chemical engineering processes that made them possible.
Type: Feature
C-Capture started as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK in 2009 and is now working on the carbon capture project at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire. I spoke to Chris Rayner, founder of C-Capture, about the company’s environmentally friendly solvent technology, the project at Drax, and plans for the future.
Type: Feature
Chemical synthesis of a retina, and how it can ‘see’ the world around it
Type: Feature
THE importance of increasing the participation of women in the workforce, especially in science and engineering sectors, has been recognised around the world as being essential for economic growth, for innovation, developing new industries, and for the knowledge economy.
Type: Feature
How landfill might be the better option for disposal of low-grade plastics
Type: Feature
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Olivia Sweeney
Yasmin Ali interviews Olivia Sweeney about how chemical engineering led her to a career with cosmetics firm Lush
Type: Feature
Nick Starkey of the Royal Academy of Engineering explains why engineering input is so crucial for policymakers
Type: Feature
Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 2: Improvements Through the Use of Dividing Wall Columns
Dividing wall columns promise significant energy and cost savings compared to multiple binary distillation columns. Robert Piszczek and colleagues from ExxonMobil look at the opportunities for process engineers
Type: Feature
Obituary of Professor Michael Streat, an eminent chemical engineer and a leading expert in separation processes
Type: Feature
Chemical engineers build portable pharmacy
System could be shipped to combat disease outbreak
Type: News
Avoiding Modelling 'Magic Pressure Rises'
The importance of setup and critical validation of process simulation software
Type: Feature
Spontaneous Combustion of Tortilla Chip Waste: an Unknown Known?
A analysis of a fire caused by spontaneous combustion of food waste at a factory in Texas.
Type: Feature
2018 – The Year of Engineering
Adam Duckett speaks to engineers, schoolchildren and teachers who took part in the UK government’s outreach initiative
Type: Feature
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
How the various aspects of theory are essential in arriving at a reactor design in practice.
Type: Feature
