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Magnox rebrands to Nuclear Restoration Services as its decommissioning portfolio expands
Magnox has become Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) ahead of taking ownership of closing EDF nuclear sites.
Type: News
Australia selects six projects to kickstart green hydrogen industry
AUSTRALIA has shortlisted six large-scale electrolysis projects under a A$2bn (US$1.34bn) scheme to decarbonise heavy industry and become a leader in green hydrogen production and exports.
Type: News
Shell sells Nigerian onshore oil business in deal worth US$2.4bn
SHELL has agreed to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), ending nearly a century of operations in Nigerian onshore oil and gas.
Type: News
Australia funds A$14m cleantech support centre
AUSTRALIA is funding a A$14m (US$9.2m) centre that will help companies manufacture and adopt renewable energy technologies. Following a slump in nickel prices that is rocking the country’s mining companies, the centre is seeking industry partners interested in sharing the risk of demonstrating cleantech.
Type: News
ExxonMobil arbitration could stop US$53bn Chevron/Hess merger
EXXONMOBIL has filed for arbitration in a bid to stop Chevron from getting Hess’s 30% stake in the prolific Stabroek block, as part of its US$53bn acquisition of the company.
Type: News
Bath Triumphs at Virtual Frank Morton 2021
Amanda Jasi speaks to event organiser Benjamin Fadele
Type: Feature
Heriot-Watt students launch Global Sustainability Week ahead of COP28
TO CELEBRATE and promote sustainability, students at Heriot-Watt University are leading a series of events as part of a Global Sustainability Week initiative.
Type: News
Student team’s potato mask wins inaugural John Davidson competition
A TEAM of school students who developed a biodegradable face mask made from potato starch have won an inaugural sustainability competition launched in memory of chemical engineer John Davidson.
Type: News
UK CCUS strategy ‘outdated’ for current industry use
THE UK’s current carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS) strategy is overpromising and failing to consider industry alternatives that are cheaper and cleaner, according to a report published by climate change think tank Climate Tracker.
Type: News
Ithaca Energy acquires Eni’s UK business in £750m deal
ITHACA Energy is acquiring the majority of Eni’s upstream assets in the UK. The deal will make Ithaca the second largest independent operator in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), producing more than 100,000 boe/d. The agreement excludes Italian energy company Eni’s East Irish Sea assets and carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) activities.
Type: News
Sumitomo Chemical cutting 10% of workforce to stem bleeding from record US$2bn losses
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL will slash 4,000 jobs and restructure its business to “stop the bleeding” of its record loss of 312bn yen (US$2bn).
Type: News
Sellafield pleads guilty to cybersecurity failures
SELLAFIELD, which processes the UK’s nuclear waste, has pleaded guilty to all criminal charges related to cybersecurity failings brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).
Type: News
Australian researchers develop technology to power mobile phones with CO2
ELECTROCHEMICAL conversion could soon turn CO2 into a “valuable” power source for laptops and phones according to researchers operating a new facility at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Type: News
NTU Singapore launching hybrid chemeng-chemistry course to fill skills gap
IN AN EFFORT to produce graduates with chemical engineering and chemistry skillsets, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is launching a new course in process engineering and synthetic chemistry.
Type: News
Australia invests A$2bn to ‘supercharge’ green aluminium industry
AUSTRALIA’s energy-intensive aluminium producers are being urged to go green, with the government introducing a A$2bn (US$1.2bn) production credit to drive the shift towards cleaner practices.
Type: News
Amazon locks in additional 476 MW of clean power from Iberdrola
SPANISH energy giant Iberdrola has agreed to supply Amazon with an additional 476 MW of clean power for its global operations, boosting their contracted supply to more than 66,000 GWh.
Type: News
gigaCCS research centre opens in Norway to drive gigatonne-scale carbon capture
GIGATONNE-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) research will be the focus of a new facility in Trondheim, Norway which opened last week.
Type: News
Brainstorming: Maximise the Quantity and Quality of Your Ideas
Focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, we push further into the realms of creativity with a look at brainstorming.
Type: Feature
Donald Campbell and colleagues – Fuelling a way of life
Fluid catalytic cracking has been called ‘the most revolutionary chemical engineering achievement of the early 20th century’. Claudia Flavell-While finds out why
Type: Feature
