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Honeywell agrees US$1.8bn acquisition of Air Products’ LNG technology and equipment business
HONEYWELL has agreed to acquire Air Products’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business in an all-cash deal worth US$1.8bn. The acquisition will allow Honeywell to provide its customers with end-to-end LNG solutions.
Type: News
Last Energy plans four small nuclear reactors in Wales to directly decarbonise local industry
LAST ENERGY is spending £300m (US$391m) installing four small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in Bridgend County, South Wales, to directly supply power to local industry.
Type: News
Manchester Prize winner uses AI to improve battery materials
THE FIRST Manchester Prize has been awarded to Polaron, a startup which uses generative AI to “speed-up” the development of designs for renewable materials, including for electric vehicles and batteries.
Type: News
IT’S no secret that each year, eye-watering amounts of food go to waste. With that as a starting point, in 2014 we formed TerraServ, a South African company based in the town of Secunda. The aim was fairly simple, to develop processing of waste sugary foodstuffs – discarded mostly for ‘cosmetic’ reasons – into bio-ethanol based products such as hand sanitisers and cleaning products, under the EcoEth brand.
Type: Feature
Low temperature embrittlement is a common, but poorly understood hazard. Paul Denham looks at prevention and mitigation of its risks
Type: Feature
Steve Schofield offers strategies to optimise pump systems and identify energy savings
Type: Feature
THE UK government has announced that the newly launched Great British Nuclear (GBN) will drive a rapid expansion of new nuclear power plants across the country at an “unprecedented scale and pace”, as it strives to reduce dependence on volatile fossil fuel imports and grow the economy.
Type: News
Bringing Biomass to the Masses
A flagbearer for biotech companies looking to replace petroleum-based chemicals with plant-based alternatives, Geno is researching alternatives to traditional methods of producing nylon, personal care products, and palm oil – it even wants to get its hands on flags, too, as Adam Duckett finds out
Type: Feature
Volunteer Spotlight: Amanda Talhat
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Volunteer Spotlight: Tan Geok Chai
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Should maintenance KPIs be standardised?
PETROFAC is conducting a safety study that could recommend that the upstream oil and gas industry should standardise maintenance measures and KPIs.
Type: News
New way to clean water in developing world
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY team at the University of Bath, UK, is developing a new portable, cheap and efficient device to treat contaminated drinking water for poor communities in the developing world.
Type: News
Shell signs MoU for exploration in Iran
SHELL has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to look at cooperation and investment in three of Iran’s largest oil and gas fields.
Type: News
Engineers dispel 100-year fluid flow law
A 100-YEAR law used to describe how fluid flows through rocks has been overturned by engineers at Imperial College London, UK.
Type: News
Chris Barrie to host IChemE Awards again
UK ACTOR and comedian Chris Barrie is set to host the 2017 IChemE Global Awards on 2 November, the second time he will do so.
Type: News
WorleyParsons buys Amec Foster Wheeler North Sea oil
WORLEYPARSONS has bought Amec Foster Wheeler’s North Sea upstream oil and gas business for a total of £228m (US$300m).
Type: News
Air Products buys Shell’s coal gasification business
AIR PRODUCTS has agreed a deal to buy Shell’s coal gasification technology business and its patent portfolio for liquids (residue) gasification.
Type: News
Fluor to test carbon capture technology at Norwegian facility
FLUOR has signed an agreement to test its carbon capture processes at the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) in Norway.
Type: News
