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Petronas to cut US$11.4bn in expenses
Capital, operating expenses cut due to low oil price
Type: News
HENRICUS ‘Hans’ Michels passed away peacefully on 8 March at the age of 85.
Type: News
UK gives international students two years to stay following graduation
INTERNATIONAL students at UK universities will now be able to extend their stay up to two years after graduating, under new visa rules.
Type: News
New chemical engineering department at Brunel University London
BRUNEL University London’s new Department of Chemical Engineering was officially launched on 29 January 2020.
Type: News
Singapore and UK to address climate change in the ASEAN region
RESEARCHERS in Singapore, in a first-of-its-kind international collaboration, are partnering with the UK’s COP26 Universities Network, aiming to address climate change in the ASEAN region.
Type: News
David Bogle elected as IChemE’s 81st President
DAVID Bogle has been elected as IChemE’s President for 2022/3. The news comes as IChemE announced the names of the candidates who have been elected to roles on the Board of Trustees, Congress, and the Learned Society Committee.
Type: News
Shell's CEO to step down next year
SHELL’S CEO, Ben van Beurden, is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade as head of the giant energy firm, Reuters reports.
Type: News
ONNU, which transforms biomass into valuable biochar that acts as a carbon sink, has announced plans to build the first of 16 pyrolysis hubs in the UK’s Wye Valley as it continues its mission to realise the potential of biochar to facilitate the net zero transition.
Type: News
Book Review: Chemical Engineering Process Simulation, 2nd Edition
Dominic Foo; ISBN: 9780323901680; Elsevier; €122.08; 2022
Type: Feature
Drax plans carbon removal business as auditor airs biomass sustainability concerns
DRAX is launching a new business focused on building power plants that burn biomass, capture the emissions (BECCS), and then sell the resulting carbon removal credits. The launch follows hot on the heels of the UK government approving the use of CCS at two biomass-burning units at Drax’s massive Selby plant in Yorkshire but comes alongside doubts from the national auditor whether burning biomass is sustainable.
Type: News
Inquiry launched into apprenticeship decline
WITH the UK battling an acute skills shortage, Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts supported by EngineeringUK, have launched an inquiry to understand the decline in engineering-related apprenticeships.
Type: News
X-energy and Cavendish given £3m to assess Hartlepool ‘gumball’ nuclear reactor
X-ENERGY and Cavendish Nuclear have been awarded £3.34m (US$4.24m) by the UK government to assess how domestic manufacturing could support the construction of a novel small pebble-bed nuclear reactor. The pair want to build 12 reactors in Hartlepool by the early 2030s to help decarbonise local industry.
Type: News
Stanford scientists recreate pain outside the human brain
STANFORD researchers have grown one of the most important neural pain pathways outside the human body – a medical breakthrough which could advance treatments for chronic pain conditions.
Type: News
Style Guide: Tune Your Communication for Better Results
Professional skills for chemical engineers. This month, we look at communication.
Type: Feature
First global plastics analysis
A WORLD-first study of the production, use and fate of all plastics ever made has shown that 8.3 Gt has been produced, and is now mostly in landfills or the environment.
Type: News
