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OGUK calls for urgent action to prevent up to 30,000 job losses
UPTO 30,000 jobs in the UK's oil and gas industry are at risk due to the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, industry trade group Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) has warned. It has called for urgent action to protect jobs and energy security, whilst placing net zero at the core of recovery plans.
Type: News
Publishers come together to take action on diversity in research publishing
A GROUP of 11 publishers, led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has made a commitment to take action to reduce bias across all stages of the publishing process. The commitment follows the publication of the RSC’s Framework for Action.
Type: News
Ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut kills at least 135 people
AN explosion at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate in Beirut, Lebanon, has killed at least 135 people and injured at least 5,000.
Type: News
Fire at Louisiana chemical plant following damage from Hurricane Laura
A CHEMICAL plant in Louisiana, US, caught fire after damage from Hurricane Laura caused a chlorine leak.
Type: News
Novel membrane for crude oil fractionation
AN INTERNATIONAL research team has developed new membrane technology that could reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with crude oil refining. According to the researchers, the developed membrane is believed to be the first reported synthetic membrane specifically designed to separate crude oil and crude-oil fractions.
Type: News
Controversial Narrabri gas project gets ‘green light’ from NSW development authority
SANTOS has received “phased” and strictly conditioned approval from the independent planning commission of New South Wales (NSW) for its controversial A$3.6bn (US$2.58bn) Narrabri coal seam gas project, which could supply up to half of the state’s gas demand.
Type: News
EU introduces new chemicals strategy
THE European Commission has unveiled its new chemicals strategy which aims to make chemicals production more sustainable while phasing out potentially harmful substances such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and endocrine disrupters.
Type: News
Stories to read while we are away
WITH the editorial team having shut down their laptops until 4 January, we wanted to close with a thank you and links to stories that you may have missed and can catch up on while we are away for the holiday break.
Type: News
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order for the country to rejoin the Paris Agreement, along with other orders intended to confront the climate crisis and attempt to “undo the damage” of the last four years.
Type: News
US court blocks rollback of power plant emissions rule
A US court has vacated a rule brought in by the Trump administration that relaxed regulations on coal-fired power plant emissions.
Type: News
Court finds Shell liable for Nigerian oil spills
A DUTCH appeals court has ruled that Shell is responsible for the consequences of oil spills in two Nigerian villages from its subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). A decision regarding oil spills in a third village is yet to be made.
Type: News
Report says UK falling behind EU in clean steel development
A REPORT by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that UK clean steel development is lagging significantly behind the EU.
Type: News
Report makes recommendations on how to utilise nuclear in UK net zero strategy
A SENIOR leadership team at The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute has released a position paper outlining key actions needed if nuclear power is to play a part in the UK’s ambition of being net zero by 2050.
Type: News
Claimants to appeal fatal Samarco disaster ruling in UK court
THE Court of Appeals, the most senior court in England and Wales, has ruled to allow proceedings against BHP related to the fatal 2015 Samarco dam disaster to be reopened in the UK and allow appeal of the decision to strike out claims in the £5bn (US$6.9bn) case.
Type: News
Australia releases ‘technology-driven’ plan for net zero
THE Australian Government has announced a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 via “technology not taxes”. However, the long-awaited plan does not include any legislation or targets for reducing fossil fuel use, and partially relies on future technologies.
Type: News
An Introduction to the Biopharmaceutical Industry
David Gemmell looks at key unit operations, and why chemical engineers are heavily involved in their design, troubleshooting or optimisation
Type: Feature
Amanda Doyle speaks to Adrian La Porta about replacing coal-fired boilers with nuclear reactors
Type: Feature
Transforming Innovation for Startups
JMP discusses how Design of Experiments (DOE) can help startups bring new and better products to customers faster than their competitors.
Type: Feature
Partners scale up technology for achieving hydrogen production and capture carbon in one step
COORSTEK Membrane Sciences is working with independent European research organisation SINTEF to scale up its novel electrochemical cell technology for efficient hydrogen production and simultaneous carbon capture. The technology has progressed to pilot scale, and industrial installations are expected in 2–3 years.
Type: News
