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IChemE Needs You!

Mike Cloke reflects on his volunteer role, and discusses opportunities for others to get involved

Type: Feature

Going for Gold…Red, Blue, or Black!

James Colley looks at opportunities available to chemical engineers both in traditional non-fossil fuel sectors and emerging sectors

Type: Feature

Johnson Matthey awarded contract at Russian methanol plant

JOHNSON Matthey’s combined reforming methanol technology has been selected by JSC Technoleasing for its plant in the Amur Oblast region of Russia.

Type: News

Bacteria worth their weight in gold

Bacterial gold made on surprisingly short timescale

Type: News

Drax in talks with UK government after pausing BECCS investment

DRAX has paused its £2bn (US$2.48bn) investment programme in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) while it awaits clarity on the UK’s commitment to the technology.

Type: News

Accentuate the Positive

How we can learn important safety lessons from success as well as failure

Type: Feature

Go With the Flow

Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage industry

Type: Feature

US rejoins Paris Agreement

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

Chevron to end 55-year North Sea presence with Clair field sale

CHEVRON has decided to market its 19.4% stake in the Clair field, one of the UK’s largest hydrocarbon resources, along with associated assets in the North Sea. The move will mark the energy major’s exit from the oil and gas producing region after more than 55 years.

Type: News

Green Commitments

Adam Duckett on IChemE’s green commitments

Type: Feature

IAEA reviews Fukushima water release

OFFICIALS from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have visited Japan to review the plans to release treated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the sea.

Type: News

Saudi Aramco signs ‘diversification’ deals worth US$4.5bn

SAUDI ARAMCO has signed eight agreements, worth around US$4.5bn, with oil and gas service contractors as the state energy giant pushes ahead with national plans to diversify the economy.

Type: News

Landmark ruling could put UK fossil fuel projects at risk

THE impact of burning fossil fuels should be taken into account when approving energy developments, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled in a verdict that may put future oil, gas, and coal projects at risk.

Type: News

CSB identifies six key safety issues that led to 2018 Superior refinery explosion

FAILURE to learn from a similar incident investigation released less than a year prior is among six key safety issues that contributed to the 2018 explosion at the Superior refinery in Wisconsin, US, says the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).

Type: News

Question Time: Celebrate, Communicate, Inspire

As IChemE wraps up its Centenary year, Adam Duckett looks to the important contributions needed next

Type: Feature

A Change of Clothes

Tahani Kaldéus talks about her work towards a greener fashion industry

Type: Feature

Hinkley Point B nuclear power station closes

FRENCH-owned EDF Energy has formally switched off Hinkley Point B’s second reactor, a nuclear power station in the UK that has generated more electricity than any other during its 46 years of service.

Type: News

Adding CO2 improves biofuel production

Method controls ionic liquid toxicity, lowers costs

Type: News

Cranfield awarded £69m for R&D hub to demonstrate hydrogen in aviation

THE UK’s Cranfield University will spearhead a £69m (US$87m) research and development hub to demonstrate the potential of hydrogen as a net zero aviation fuel.

Type: News