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Valero fined £5m following fatal Pembroke refinery explosion in 2011

VALERO Energy has been fined £5m (US$6.4m) following an explosion at its Pembroke refinery in Wales in 2011, which killed four people and seriously injured another.

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Malaysian students awarded new IChemE SIESO Medal

ICHEME has awarded the new SIESO Medal, a student process safety award, to four chemical engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia for their compelling project on the issues that led to the Bhopal, India gas leak disaster.

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Engineers awarded QEPrize for advancing solar PV technology

IN ITS 10th year, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to four engineers whose research and development of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology underpins the growth of high-performance, low-cost solar power.

Type: News

Answering the Call of Nature

Dyllon Randall explains how bio-bricks can be grown from human urine

Type: Feature

Two become one

ON 25–26 June the University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) held its annual research conference. Different from prior conferences, this event followed a new format as it merged the department’s research conference with its postgraduate presentations.

Type: Feature

The Internet of Things disruption and you

Prepare for the green transformation IoT will bring

Type: News

COP26 Latest

Follow our latest news coverage during the crucial UN climate conference in Glasgow

Type: News

Demystifying and Debunking ML Part 1: Foundations of Machine Learning in ChemEng

Hugh Stitt, Joe Emerson, Carl Jackson and Robert Gallen introduce the first in a four-part series exploring how chemical engineers can critically assess, apply and benefit from machine learning

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Teaching Risk: a New Approach

ENGINEERS make decisions in uncertain circumstances on a daily basis, but we believe that current education of chemical engineering students does not prepare graduates for this role.

Type: Feature

A Beacon for Biotech

Neil Clark ventures inside University of Nottingham’s new green chemicals hub

Type: Feature

It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas

H21: why we need bold thinking for a greener, cleaner, low-cost future

Type: Feature

Stripping Ammonia in Anaerobic Digesters

Robert Eden discusses thermal stripping in Hong Kong

Type: Feature

Demystifying Engineering Projects Part 3: FEED and Detailed Design

In part three of his four-part series, Steven King concentrates on front-end engineering design (FEED) and detailed design, bridging the gap between concept and construction

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How to Troubleshoot Tower Floods

Non-radioactive methods to diagnose, locate, and identify the root cause of flooding in distillation towers

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Ten die in Shandong petrochemical explosion

Blast thought to have been caused by gas tanker

Type: News

‘No nuclear risk’ from Flamanville explosion

Five people suffered smoke inhalation

Type: News

Petrofac wins US$1.3bn Kuwait EPC contract

Will build sour gathering centre for Burgan field

Type: News

Ten die in Shandong petrochemical explosion

Blast thought to have been caused by gas tanker

Type: News

Nestlé may sell US confectionery arm

Confectionery makes up only 3% of US sales

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Fire affects world's largest solar plant

Misaligned mirrors to blame for incident

Type: News