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Finding future chemical and process engineers in the primary school classroom

Jo Cox and Stem Education experts on engaging with children as young as four, how changes to the primary curriculum can help, and what makes a good role model

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First carbon capture laundry product on the market

A PARTNERSHIP between Unilever, LanzaTech, and India Glycols has commercialised what they claim is the first cleaning product containing a surfactant made from captured carbon.

Type: News

Shell and Equinor combine UK North Sea assets

OIL AND GAS giants Shell and Equinor will combine their offshore assets in the UK North Sea to create what they expect will be “the largest independent oil and gas company” in the region.

Type: News

Degree Apprenticeships: A Working Pathway for Students and Employers

Deborah Darnell catches up with an employer, university, and recent apprentice to discuss the benefits of degree apprenticeships and outlines what IChemE will be doing to help support the burgeoning pathway

Type: Feature

Engineering Net Zero Part 1: Communicating a Plan

David Simmonds opens a new series on net zero asking: what can engineers do to help secure public engagement and support?

Type: Feature

IChemE Matters – May 2024

Nigel Hirst on IChemE partnerships, including the latest link-up with ITN Business plus what inspired you to become a chemical engineer?

Type: News

Demystifying Engineering Projects Part 2: Feasibility and Pre-FEED

In the second of this four-part series, Steven King highlights the importance of the stages, what is involved in the delivery and how they set the bedrock for a successful project

Type: Feature

A matter of cost

The fatal Brazil dam collapse highlights failings in the mining industry. Amanda Jasi speaks to experts about what must be done to improve safety and prevent repeats

Type: News

Fast Followers: Speeding up the Global Energy Transition

As attention turns to the coming COP27 climate conference, David Simmonds looks at where some of the big emitters are at, and what they need to do to combat climate change

Type: Feature

Design Fire Fighting

What do you do when you unexpectedly lose a crucial piece of your refinery complex? Shahidan Laili and M Safwan Atan explain

Type: Feature

Top Tips for Young Engineers Entering the YEAIS Awards

With IChemE’s Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability (YEAIS) now open for nominations, Adam Duckett asked the judges what top tips they have to share with those looking to throw their hat in the ring

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How to Size and Rate Horizontal Three-Phase Separators

Separation is used in almost every oil and gas process. But how do you size or rate a separator and what fundamental principles should be applied?

Type: Feature

Become Natech Savvy

Aimee Russell highlights the issues you probably haven’t thought about when it comes to extreme weather risks and what you should do about them

Type: Feature

Flixborough 50 Years On: Reader Feedback

To finish the series of articles we’ve published this year for the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster, we asked the TCE Reader Feedback Panel for their insights on how well safety is being managed, and what fresh fears they face

Type: Feature

MPs launch STEM diversity investigation

THE UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry, Diversity in STEM, to investigate the extent of underrepresentation within STEM and to explore what policies from Government, academia, and industry could address it.

Type: News

Getting More Women and Girls into Engineering

As International Women in Engineering Day approaches and with women still significantly underrepresented in engineering, Tegan Norster spoke to engineers about what we can all do to make a positive difference

Type: Feature

Ineos secures €3.5bn for its huge European chemicals investment

INEOS has raised €3.5bn (US$3.7bn) for the construction of a world-scale ethylene plant in Belgium, in what will be the largest investment in the European chemicals sectors in around 20 years, for the continent’s greenest cracker.

Type: News

Chemical Engineers Delivering Climate Change Action

In the lead-up to COP26, Amanda Lake discusses how IChemE is delivering on its climate change commitments, what to look out for, and how you can get involved

Type: Feature

Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM ‘green’ hydrogen electrolyser

SHELL has started operations at what it claims is Europe’s largest polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser, producing “green” hydrogen at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, in Germany.

Type: News

Cement major plans world’s first carbon-neutral production plant

HEIDELBERGCEMENT plans to retrofit its plant in Sweden to capture 1.8m t/y of CO2, and become what it says will be the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant.

Type: News