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US government approves huge Alaska oil and gas development
A CONTROVERSIAL Alaskan oil and gas project has been given final approval by the Biden Administration, on what is described as the largest tract of undisturbed public land in the US, despite promises of ‘no more drilling on federal land” by the US president during his election campaign.
Type: News
Sempra greenlights Port Arthur LNG project
SEMPRA Infrastructure has given the financial greenlight for the development, construction, and operation of what could become one of the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) export facilities in the US, the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas.
Type: News
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
Johnson Matthey and bp license process to make jet fuel from farm waste at US$4bn plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) and bp have licensed their Fischer-Tropsch process to a huge new US$4bn US plant that will turn agricultural waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Type: News
UK government must do more to avert worrying outlook for UK chemicals sector, think tank warns
TENS of thousands of jobs in the UK chemical sector are at risk due to lagging decarbonisation policies, including a lack of support for industrial electrification, a think tank has warned.
Type: News
Site Inductions: Giving Visitors What They Need
Fed up with being bombarded with irrelevant information, Harvey Dearden says site inductions should be approached from the perspective of the visitor rather than as a company disclaimer “get out of jail free” card
Type: Feature
ChemEng Culture: Sparks and Science
Can Fire and Fun Ignite a Love of STEM? A visit to the Magna Science Adventure Centre shows that interactive exhibits may grab kids – but it’s passionate people (and a few flames) that truly light the spark, writes Paul Okey
Type: Feature
Australian coal giant to cut 750 Queensland jobs amid row over mining charges
MINING giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has announced plans to cut 750 jobs across Queensland and suspend operations at one of its coal mines.
Type: News
Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions than CCS.
Type: Feature
Hydrogen as a Fuel for Gas Turbines
The journey towards developing a 100% hydrogen-fuelled Gas Turbine
Type: Feature
John Bewsey describes a new ion exchange process for cleaning up acid mines and brackish water
Type: Feature
Next-generation Predictive Tools for Multiphase Systems
Omar Matar explains how researchers are combining machine learning and physics-driven approaches in multiphase systems to develop open-source toolkits for the wider community
Type: Feature
Entering the Metaverse to Make Giant Leaps in Engineering
Industry needs to take risks on supercomputing, Rob Akers tells Adam Duckett
Type: Feature
Mammoth undertaking: Climeworks starts up world’s largest direct air capture plant
THE world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) plant – Mammoth – has started operations in Iceland where it is working to draw 36,000 t/y of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Type: News
As Climeworks starts up the world’s largest direct air capture plant, Adam Duckett looks at the engineering challenges involved
Type: Feature
How to Size and Rate Horizontal Three-Phase Separators
Separation is used in almost every oil and gas process. But how do you size or rate a separator and what fundamental principles should be applied?
Type: Feature
Consequence analysis is extremely useful for informing designers and operators of hazardous facilities – if understood and used appropriately
Type: Feature
Process modelling has come (and will continue to go) a long way
Type: Feature
The challenge for chemical engineers of producing graphene at scale
Type: Feature
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Then and Now
Geoff Gill reviews how the accident played out, and the huge engineering challenges involved in making the site safe
Type: Feature
