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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
McGagh, Sorensen and McBride-Wright honoured by the King
CHEMICAL engineers John McGagh, Eva Sorensen and Mark McBride-Wright have been recognised and celebrated for their contributions and service in the Order of Australia awards, and the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours list.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Safely Delivering Industrial Gases
With INWED focused on 'Make Safety Seen', Caroline Smither tells Yasmin Ali about her work helping industry make a safe shift to net zero
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
The importance of engineers and not strangling AI
SIR PATRICK VALLANCE reflects on five years as the UK’s chief scientific advisor.
Type: News
A Tool for Learning: Classroom Use-cases for Generative AI
Christopher Honig, Shannon Rios and Eduardo Oliveira offer three exercises that teachers can use to help their students get to grips with ChatGPT
Type: Feature
Engineering options that can prevent sewer overflows
WITH industry forced to apologise for dumping untreated sewage into rivers, changes upstream including smarter sewers would help
Type: News
Peak Cluster: UK lime and cement producers join forces to capture 3m t/y of emissions
CEMENT and lime producers in the UK have formed a carbon capture and storage cluster – the Peak Cluster – to reduce the sector’s emissions by 40%.
Type: News
Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences for US$10.8bn
MULTINATIONAL pharmaceutical company Merck will buy Prometheus Biosciences for about US$10.8bn, a move the firm said would help accelerate its growing presence in immunology.
Type: News
Ahead of the coming Trustee elections, we asked the six candidates to introduce themselves and share their views on IChemE and its future roles
Type: Feature
Calling All Students: Help us Revive Frank Morton Sports Day!
Martyna Cepaite and Paul Jenkinson call on students to help ensure a great sporting tradition thrives
Type: Feature
Communicating to Non-engineers
Jamie Cleaver discusses how effective communication beyond our specialism can help us be better at our jobs and offers his top tips for improvement
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 4: Tuning a PID Controller
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 2
In this two-part contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt focuses on the interesting developments in biotechnology
Type: Feature
Wastewater Treatment: When Renting Might be the Better Option
Plant operators are increasingly looking at ways to improve the efficiency and reliability of the treatment of the wastewater produced by their industrial sites. Here, NSI Mobile Water Solutions (Nijhuis Saur Industries) looks at how mobile wastewater treatment suppliers can help companies protect their license to operate and reduce their environmental impact when a rapid response is needed.
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
A century of chemical engineering at UCL
ICHEME president David Bogle has given a speech to UCL students in which he traced the history of the chemical engineering department as it celebrates its one hundredth birthday, and outlined why the role of chemical engineers is more important today than it has ever been. He was speaking at the annual dinner arranged by the chemical engineering department’s student-run Ramsay Society.
Type: News
