Blyth Decision Means UK’s Industrial Reboot Loses Another Site of National Importance
Northumberland County Council today approved plans to put a data centre on a site previously earm...
Features
Our Research Focus: Going with the Flow Chemistry
Christian Holtze and Klaus Hellgardt on how the newly established IConIC consortium is aiming to ...
Engineering Net Zero Part 8: Electricity plus Hydrogen, not Electricity or Hydrogen
David Simmonds concludes his online series with a call for greater systems analysis to develop a ...
Internet of Things: A New Era for Biomanufacturing?
Duygu Dikicioglu and Lidia Borgosz explore the opportunities and challenges that will determine...
Vendor Viewpoint: Unlocking Constrained Projects for a Greener Future
Decarbonisation must be the end goal for industry but getting there can sometimes be a source of ...
Process Consulting and the Problem with AI-fed ‘Experts’
Grant Wellwood provides tips on how to discern between superficial knowledge and a deep understan...
Making Wind Power More Sustainable
Designed to withstand decades of strong winds and harsh weather conditions, wind turbine blades a...
Tackling the Project Management Crisis
Loss of manufacturing has led to a lack of practical hands-on experience for young engineers. Joh...
Life After End of Life
The limited lifespans of wind turbines and solar panels mean many of the vital materials involved...
Fuelling the World with Biomass
Our reliance on gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel shows little sign of declining despite the push to...
Engineering Net Zero Part 6: Skilling Up
David Simmonds looks at who we need to deliver our energy transition, from the local technician t...
Vendor Viewpoint: How RotoDynamic Technology enables clean olefin production
Coolbrook CEO Joonas Rauramo charts the path to fully electrified steam cracking, a game-changing...
Book Review: Engineers Making A Difference
Shini Somara; ISBN: 9781804660270; What on Earth Books; £16.99; 2023
A Valuable Experience
Adam Duckett on the value of graduate placements
How Digitalisation Drives Resource Efficiency for the Chemicals Industry
Anahita Khanlari says digitalisation can help boost efficiencies with minimal investment
Communicating to Non-engineers
Jamie Cleaver discusses how effective communication beyond our specialism can help us be better a...
Our Research Focus: Spinning out, going green
Jason Hallett on why forming spin-out companies became routine, and how he hopes to help others c...
Cutting Through the Noise of Green Hydrogen Projects
Alex Howard and Jonathan Upton offer criteria for determining which projects are likely to succeed
Health: What’s the Formula for Sustainability in Pharma?
Zeb Ahmed discusses the growing demand for sustainable built assets
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Estefania Lopez-Quiroga and colleagues look at the potential upsides of scaled-down, decentralis...
Book Review: People, Planet, Profit: Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Businesses
Kit Oung; ISBN: 9781637421819; Business Expert Press; 2022; US$17.99
A No to Windfalls and a Yes to Win-Wins
In the face of rising pressure, are there any alternatives to imposing a UK windfall tax on the o...
Fears over Future Shocks
Adam Duckett on the reverberating shocks from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Sustainable Business Decisions
Paul Hodges discusses the challenges that companies should consider on the path to a sustainabl...
The Right Approach to Digitalisation
Iwona Kandpal reports on support for SMEs as they increase their use of digital tech
Five Questions for Kwasi Kwarteng about the UK's Hydrogen Strategy
Tom Baxter asks five questions about the UK Government's new Hydrogen Strategy.
Continuing in a Crisis
Robert Walker explains the lessons he learned in successfully enabling critical gas supplies to c...
From Wastewater to Resource
Khor Bee Chin discusses plans to reclaim precious resources from the wastewater that goes down th...
Taking Aim
Malcolm Wilkinson and members of IChemE’s Sustainability Special Interest Group discuss the futur...
A Standard Response
Members have grounds for optimism, says IChemE CEO Jon Prichard
Describe, Diagnose, Predict and Prescribe – make it Data not Drugs!
Researchers and industry have developed a guide to data analytics for pharmaceutical manufacturing
Zero to Hero
Tolulope Martin gives three reasons why you should think of applying a zero-based approach to you...
Accelerating Innovation with DOE
JMP invites engineers to explore an alternative way of experimenting that can increase your effec...
A Virtual Meeting at 10 Downing Street
Tom White, IChemE Trustee and CEO of C-Capture, presses Boris Johnson for support on scaleup
Brexit: Thomas Swan urges businesses to get ready for 1 January
CHEMICALS manufacturer Thomas Swan is urging businesses to act now to be ready for new trading ru...
Digital Therapeutics
How far has the technology come, asks Parminder Bansal
Moving the Dial to Decarbonise
David Wong and colleagues discuss how the world’s aluminium smelters could enable the rapid uptak...
Brewing Up Energy
Constantine Tsounis, Bijil Subhash, and Khushal Polepalle chart their journey from undergrad desi...
Turning Points for IX
John Bewsey describes a new ion exchange process for cleaning up acid mines and brackish water
Time for Change
Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products
Accelerating Innovation
JMP discusses how to encourage organisations to take a new approach to innovation
Transforming Innovation for Startups
JMP discusses how Design of Experiments (DOE) can help startups bring new and better products to ...
On the Road to Digital
Chemicals businesses must not delay on digitalisation if they want to transform their operations,...
Strategy 2024
IChemE President Ken Rivers explains the purpose of Strategy 2024 and why it is fundamental to t...
Stressed British Steel Must Not be Allowed to Fail
Adam Duckett says Government must stand strong with British Steel
Immigration and Engineering in the UK
What does the latest Immigration White Paper mean for the UK engineering industry?
Keeping it Local
David Simmonds explains the challenges of pursuing major projects sustainably
Breaking the Mould
Michaël Kolk explains why chemical firms should unleash the power of convergence
Lean Forward
We should sell Lean Manufacturing to the food industry, says Ian Madden
IChemE Launches BioFutures Report
Daniel Firth reports on the findings and recommendations of the BioFutures programme
Quick Thinking
Why is it that the introduction of innovative process technologies appears to be so slow in the p...
Wanted: More Efficient Heat Exchange
Imagine if heat exchange of process fluids in an industrial setting was as simple as boiling a ju...
Speeding up Development with Data Analytics
Constant pressure to innovate? Boost development productivity with data analytics
Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We There Yet?
Amanda Doyle travels to Norway on a CCS safari
Deal or No Deal?
No deal is now the base case – are you ready for Brexit?
Forms of Contract: Amend at Your Peril
The risks of modifying general conditions of IChemE's model Forms of Contract.
Pet Projects
Standard routines and their place in continuous improvement
Data is Best
Preventing asset failure in the refining industry using machine learning
Energy Saviours
Ways for operations and design engineers to boost efficiencies
Brownfield and Beyond
Innovation is needed to develop systems to identify problems before they occur
Fighting the Fight
Cyber attacks on industrial control systems are increasing. What can you do?
A Battery Olympics
Getting around the limitations of battery devices with clever ways of teaming different technolo...
Jack Welch – No Engineers in the Boardroom
Claudia Flavell-While charts the rise of business giant (and chemical engineer) Jack Welch
Demolition Man
Expert observations of demolition dangers and how to avoid them
Reality Check
How augmented reality is ticking all the boxes for the process sector. Simon Clarke, Director at ...
Get Ready
Chemical engineers: start answering climate change questions now
Industry X.0 – The Next Stage
What’s coming, and why the process industries will have to be more nimble. Simon Coombs, Managing...
Coming Soon…
The promise of AI for industrial automation
Cosmetics Industry: Making More of Ancient Methodologies
Ancient methodologies, such as fermentation and cold pressing, are finding new uses in natural co...
Solar-Powered Water Purification Wins Top Prize
Helen Tunnicliffe reviews the winners of IChemE’s annual awards programme
Interreg FCE – Funding Cross-Channel Collaboration
Funding up for grabs for Anglo-French projects
Technology Sharing
Why we must harness the power of horizontal innovation in the formulation sector
Adding Value to Gold
Scotland’s first ever commercial goldmine proves that precious metals can be worth more than thei...
The chemical sector and its digital journey
THERE has been a lot of media attention regarding the term Industry 4.0, what it means, and how i...
How To Use Bow Tie Diagrams
Bow-tie diagrams can extract valuable information from HIRA reports and make good use of it in on...
News
Update: Anglo American rejects £31bn BHP offer, saying it significantly undervalues the firm
ANGLO AMERICAN has rejected a £31bn (US$38.7bn) takeover offer from its mining rival BHP, saying ...
Coal-to-nuclear could add US$275m to local communities, US report finds
CONVERTING the US’ ageing coal-powered plants to nuclear could drive economic growth and preserve...
Unilever cutting 7,500 jobs and splitting off ice cream division
BEN & JERRY’S and Marmite owner Unilever is set to split off its ice cream division and axe 7,500...
Ineos proposes closure of Grangemouth ethanol plant
INEOS is looking to close its ethanol plant at the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex in the UK a...
Regulators urged to embrace systems thinking to deliver on net zero
WELL-DESIGNED green regulation can help the UK deliver on its net zero commitments, while also dr...
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 th...
Mondi agrees £5bn deal for DS Smith in bid to create packaging heavyweight
MONDI has agreed to buy rival DS Smith for £5.1bn (US$6.5bn) in a deal which will create one of t...
Evonik to slash 2,000 jobs in cost-cutting overhaul
GERMAN chemical company Evonik plans to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide after it reported a net loss of ...
Industry and skills groups react coolly to government budget
THE UK’s spring budget has received a mixed reaction from engineering and manufacturing groups, a...
Aluminium producer Alcoa agrees US$2.2bn deal to acquire Alumina
Alcoa is set to secure its position as one of the world’s largest alumina and bauxite producers w...
Further job losses expected as BASF announces more cost cutting at its Ludwigshafen site
BASF has announced further measures to cut costs at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. It aims to ...
Industry makes urgent call for investment ‘reboot’ to support European Green Deal
EUROPEAN industry has presented the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal, an urgent...
Australia funds A$14m cleantech support centre
AUSTRALIA is funding a A$14m (US$9.2m) centre that will help companies manufacture and adopt rene...
UK quits ‘climate-wrecking’ Energy Charter Treaty after efforts to modernise it fail
The UK government is leaving the “outdated” and controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an int...
Hayward welcomed as new chair of NEPIC
Dai Hayward has been appointed chair of the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).
Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources merge to form leading Permian oil and gas producer
OIL AND GAS company Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources, an exploration and producti...
BASF to exit Chinese venture following human rights abuse reports
BASF is accelerating its exit from two joint ventures in China following allegations that its par...
Woodside and Santos merger talks collapse
AUSTRALIA’S Santos and Woodside have ended merger talks, ruling out their creation of a unified U...
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 ...
Hinkley Point C could go £28bn over budget as EDF predicts further delays
EDF SAYS its Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could be delayed to as late as 2031, with costs ...
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...
Tata Steel puts 2,800 jobs at risk with Port Talbot blast furnace closures
INDIAN-OWNED Tata Steel has confirmed plans to close two of the UK’s few remaining blast furnaces...
Xampla and 2M awarded Innovate grant to scale up production of biodegradable materials
XAMPLA, a company specialising in natural, biodegradable materials, has been awarded the Innovate...
Chesapeake set to become largest player in upstream US gas supply after acquiring Southwestern
AMERICAN exploration and production company Chesapeake has agreed to buy Southwestern Energy in a...
All-UK partnership to deliver landmark commercial scale direct lithium extraction plant
THREE companies from the north of England – Northern Lithium, Evove, and Sheers – have signed an ...
Shell to sell stake in German Schwedt refinery to UK's Prax Group
SHELL has agreed to sell its 37.5% stake in the PCK Schwedt oil refinery, one of the largest crud...
Harbour Energy agrees US$11.2bn deal for Wintershall Dea assets
UK OIL producer Harbour Energy has reached an agreement to acquire German rival Wintershall Dea f...
US Steel to be bought by Japan's Nippon in US$15bn deal
NIPPON, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, has agreed to buy US Steel for US$14.9bn. The...
Hazards conference: energies and skills impacts come into sharp focus
Safety professionals urged to consider transition, natech, and non-technical skills
Octopus Energy launches £3bn offshore wind fund with Tokyo Gas
OCTOPUS ENERGY has launched its first dedicated offshore wind fund aimed at boosting energy secur...
European Commission proposes EU-UK tariff delays on electric vehicles as it announces €3bn for battery manufacturing
MANUFACTURERS on both sides of the Channel are urging the EU to adopt a proposal from the Europea...
UK government lays out national vision for engineering biology industry
THE UK government has said it will invest £2bn (US$2.5bn) over the next ten years in engineering ...
NuScale cancels first planned SMR nuclear project due to lack of interest
NUSCALE has cancelled the first project for its pioneering small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) te...
Grangemouth set to cease refining operations as ‘major questions’ asked
GRANGEMOUTH refinery in Scotland could cease operations in 2025 and become a fuel import terminal...
UK government’s targeted approach proposal for UK REACH, ‘a step in the right direction’
THE UK government is planning to introduce an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) ...
Birmingham precious metal experts to work together in 3D printing
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham researchers are teaming up with Cooksongold Additive Manufacturing to de...
TfS white paper explores new approaches to counting carbon in chemical sector
A WHITE paper released by global chemical initiative Together for Sustainability (TfS) has i...
Petronas Chemicals Group to build Asia’s 'largest advanced chemical recycling plant'
PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP (PCG) has unveiled plans to build what it claims to be Asia’s largest ad...
Amgen buys Horizon Therapeutics for US$27.8bn
US BIOTECH company Amgen has completed its US$27.8bn acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics after a ...
Chevron to buy Hess in US$53bn all-stock deal
AMERICAN oil giant Chevron is buying oil and gas producer Hess in an all-stock deal worth US$53bn...
Lanxess to cut 870 jobs amid German chemical industry downturn
GERMAN speciality chemicals group Lanxess plans to cut 870 jobs worldwide. The firm has blamed a ...
Applications open for Australia’s A$2bn green hydrogen scale-up programme
APPLICATIONS have opened for the Australian government’s A$2bn (US$1.3bn) Hydrogen Headstart prog...
US awards US$7bn for seven hydrogen hubs to boost clean energy economy
THE BIDEN administration has announced that seven hydrogen hub proposals are to receive US$7bn in...
ExxonMobil gambles US$60bn on shale oil buyout
EXXONMOBIL has placed a US$60bn bet on US shale oil with the purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources.
UK universities to partner in Global Centers for researching net zero innovations
A COLLABORATION involving partners in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia, will see a string of UK ...
Biotech pioneer appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
STEVE BAGSHAW has been appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Bagshaw, a...
Greenpeace brands UK government ‘reckless’ as the North Sea Transition Authority greenlights Rosebank oil and gas project
GREENPEACE UK climate campaigner Phillip Evans accused the UK government of making a “reckless de...
Molycop to cease steel-making operations at Waratah, leading to 250 job losses
Almost half the 540-strong workforce at Molycop’s steel manufacturing plant in Newcastle, New Sou...
Worley awarded FEED work for huge Queensland renewable hydrogen project
WORLEY has been awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for what is said to be c...
UK government suffer angry backlash from industry over plan to delay climate pledges
RISHI SUNAK’s series of policy changes surrounding the UK government’s approach to net zero has d...
Tata Steel secures £500m in government “green” aid but job losses still feared
TATA STEEL has secured £500m (US$619m) in backing from the UK government to decarbonise its Welsh...
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to team up with Swansea University on CO2 upcycling research
COCA-COLA Europacific Partners (CCEP) is teaming up with Swansea University to work on cutting-ed...
Sika announces funding award for new concrete-recycling technology that stores carbon
SPECIALITY chemicals company, Sika, has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving t...
‘Colossal relief’ as UK rejoins EU science research scheme Horizon
AFTER years of negotiations and uncertainty, the scientific and academic community now have cause...
BP completes feasibility study for green hydrogen hub in Australia, and invests in Advanced Ionics
BP HAS completed a concept development phase study into its large-scale green hydrogen hub, H2Kwi...
Neste forms partnerships to collaborate on renewable PET production
NESTE, an oil company that also produces renewable fuels and other sustainable products, is partn...
Occidental agrees to acquire direct air capture developer Carbon Engineering
OXY LOW CARBON VENTURES, a wholly owned subsidiary of international energy company Occidental, wi...
MOF capture firm secures £3.4m funding for UK CCS pilot
NUADA, which is developing a MOF-based carbon capture process, has received £3.4m (US$4.3m) inves...
South Yorkshire named as first UK investment zone focused on advanced manufacturing
COMMUNITIES in Sheffield and Rotherham are set to benefit from £80m (US$101m) of investment as pa...
Tokamak Energy partners up to accelerate commercialisation of fusion energy
UK-BASED fusion energy company Tokamak Energy and Japanese-headquartered Sumitomo Corporation hav...
Fertiliser producer’s plan to shut UK’s largest ammonia plant triggers agriculture and food security concerns
CF FERTILISERS UK (CF) has proposed the permanent closure of the ammonia plant at its Billingham ...
Macquarie-led consortium acquires further 20% of UK gas transmission company
A CONSORTIUM led by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is acquiring a further 20% in National Gas, ...
Denham and East Kimberley earmarked for green hydrogen facilities in Western Australia
WESTERN Australia’s push to become a major exporter of renewable hydrogen is rapidly gathering pa...
Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group to partner on Matalco aluminium recycling venture
RIO TINTO and Giampaolo Group, one of North America's largest fully-integrated metal management b...
Sunak to maximise oil and gas production despite backlash, and confirms two new CCUS clusters
THE UK government has unveiled plans for two new carbon capture, usage and storage (CCS) faciliti...
ExxonMobil acquires huge US CO2 pipeline and oil and gas operations through US$4.9bn Denbury purchase
EXXONMOBIL has agreed to acquire Denbury, a developer of carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) ...
UK government announces £170m boost for Sizewell C nuclear project
THE UK government has confirmed it will provide £170m (US$219m) in additional funding to speed up...
RWE, Mitsui, and Port of Tilbury sign MoU on green hydrogen projects to decarbonise port operations
RWE, one of the UK’s largest power generators, along with global trading and investment company M...
Tata Group invests £4bn to build battery gigafactory in the UK
IN A historic moment for the UK’s growing electric vehicle (EV) industry, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)...
Imerys and British Lithium to develop UK’s largest lithium deposit while Norway’s Norge Mining makes major phosphate discovery
FRENCH multinational firm, Imerys, has teamed up with extraction company British Lithium to becom...
UK government declares a 'nuclear revival' as a public body launches to support industry and boost energy security
THE UK government has announced that the newly launched Great British Nuclear (GBN) will drive a ...
Government rejects plans for Whitby 'hydrogen village' trial due to local opposition
WHITBY in Cheshire will no longer be considered as the location for the UK's first hydrogen villa...
Compact Syngas Solutions receives £4m in funding for carbon capture project
COMPACT SYNGAS SOLUTIONS (CSS) in Deeside, Wales, a company that turns waste wood and unrecyclabl...
TotalEnergies and Petronas to collaborate on solar project to decarbonise Australia’s Gladstone LNG
FRENCH oil and gas giant, TotalEnergies and Gentari Renewables, a subsidiary of Petronas, are tea...
Eni and subsidiary Vår Energi to buy Neptune Energy for US$4.9bn
ITALIAN oil major Eni, and its Norwegian listed subsidiary, Vår Energi, have agreed to buy London...
New Scottish R&D hub set to support manufacturing industry and catalyse economic growth
THE National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has opened a new, flagship facility designed...
Shell draws criticism as it commits to oil and gas
SHELL’S new boss, Wael Sawan, has come under fire from environmental groups after revealing that ...
RWE appoints Technip and GE Gas Power to study combining CCGT with CCS
GERMAN multinational energy company RWE has selected Technip Energies and its partner GE Gas Powe...
UKAEA awards £6.8m to develop fusion technologies
THE United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded £6.8m (US$8.6m) in contracts to se...
UK government extends Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme to end of September
THE support provided to UK Horizon Europe applicants while the UK is in the process of associatin...
Fusion industry heavyweights team up to advance fusion technology
Fusion industry heavyweights are teaming up to advance fusion technology in a bid to further clea...
TotalEnergies and Tree Energy Solutions team up to develop a large-scale e-natural gas production unit in the US
FRENCH energy firm TotalEnergies and Tree Energy Solutions (TES), a Belgian energy start-up, are ...
Orsted and ESB to work together on Irish offshore wind portfolio
DANISH multinational energy company Orsted, and ESB, Ireland’s leading utility, have agreed to wo...
Neom Green Hydrogen Company’s ‘mega’ green hydrogen production facility secures US$8.4bn in investments
DUBBED the world’s largest by its founding partners, a “mega” green hydrogen production facility ...
Lummus Technologies acquires water and wastewater treatment technologies from Siemens Energy
LUMMUS Technologies has acquired water and wastewater treatment technologies from Siemens Energy ...
Jacobs set to split in two by cleaving off government services
ENGINEERING and consulting firm Jacobs is splitting into two firms by spinning off its government...
Wood and Computer Modelling Group team up to advance carbon capture storage solutions
WOOD, the global engineering and consulting company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (Mo...
New partnership seeks to get STEM professionals on a career break back into the industry
CHEMICALS giant Johnson Matthey has formed a new partnership with STEM Returners, an organisation...
APPEA backs Climate Change Authority report on carbon capture technology
THE Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) is backing carbon capture t...
Rockwell Automation teams up with Cornish Lithium to develop the firm’s demonstration plant
LITHIUM exploration within Cornwall, UK has received a boost after Rockwell Automation announced ...
Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences for US$10.8bn
MULTINATIONAL pharmaceutical company Merck will buy Prometheus Biosciences for about US$10.8bn, a...
BP joins Humberside’s Viking CCS project
BP has bought into Harbour Energy’s plans to develop the Viking CCS transportation and storage pr...
Heidelberg and Linde to build large-scale CCU facility
ONE OF the largest building materials companies in the world, Heidelberg Materials, has teamed up...
UK government unveils £14.6bn alternative to Horizon Europe funding programme
THE UK government has published its “Pioneer” programme, a long-term strategy to support research...
Ineos steps into Asia phenol with purchase of Mitsui’s Singapore plants
INEOS has bought Mitsui Chemicals’ phenol production plants in Singapore for US$330m.
Altilium Metals to accelerate development of the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant
PLANS for Teesside to host the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant are underway following the...
A green washout? Critics lambast the UK government’s Powering up Britain strategy as lacking ambition
LABELLED as a strategy that will “scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power” while building “th...
UK and Wales announce green freeports following approval of a Welsh-first offshore windfarm
THE UK and Welsh governments have jointly announced two new, green freeports backed by £52m (US$6...
Ofgem sets out proposals to transform UK energy system
THE UK’S energy regulator Ofgem has set out proposals to establish a "more decentralised, decarbo...
Aramco and Linde to develop novel ammonia cracking technology
ARAMCO and Linde Engineering have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new ammonia cracking t...
NIA urges UK to be world leader in nuclear-derived synthetic fuels
A NEW report from the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is urging the UK to take the lead in the...
EU launches net zero plan to rival US greentech incentives
THE EU has outlined its plans for scaling-up the manufacturing of crucial clean technologies as i...
UK spring budget includes launch of nuclear support body and up to £20bn for CCUS
THE UK government has pledged to invest up to £20bn (US$24.2bn) from its spring budget to support...
Ineos announces full chain CCS milestone as emissions are buried offshore
AN INEOS led consortium has for the first time, initiated a cross-border offshore CCS project whi...
US aims to create semiconductor manufacturing clusters by 2030
THE US is planning to create at least two manufacturing clusters for leading-edge semiconductors ...
Linde joins Coolbrook in push to turbocharge greener cracking
LINDE has formed a strategic partnership with Coolbrook to develop and deploy a turbomachine desi...
Government announces new £370m Science and Technology Framework to boost UK innovation
THE UK government has announced a raft of measures to ‘cement the UK’s place as a science and tec...
BASF announces 2,600 jobs losses as it cuts costs in Europe
BASF has announced that it is taking additional cost cutting measures in Europe, primarily at its...
GeoPura secures £36m investment to scale its green hydrogen business
GEOPURA has secured £36m (US$43m) of investment from big players in industry, manufacturing and f...
BrewDog partners with Budweiser China to extend reach into Asia
SCOTTISH craft beer group BrewDog has partnered with brewing giant Budweiser China to tap into a ...
Britishvolt bought by Australian startup
AUSTRALIAN-based startup Recharge Industries has been confirmed as Britishvolt’s new owners after...
Freeport LNG receives approval for partial restart
THE US’s Freeport LNG has received regulatory approval to partially restart commercial operations...
British Steel coke ovens closure threatens 260 jobs
BRITISH Steel has said it is closing the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works, threatening 260 jo...
UKWIR provides free access to hundreds of water sector research reports
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has launched MyLibrary, an online facility that provides easy ...
Ineos enters US oil and gas production with US$1.4bn purchase
INEOS Energy is acquiring oil and gas assets in south Texas for US$1.4bn and becoming, for the fi...
Hinkley Point C costs could rise to over £32bn
ENERGY group EDF has said that the cost of building Hinkley Point C, a nuclear power station on t...
New energy and net zero department created as BEIS dissolved
A SIGNIFICANT overhaul by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak will see the Department for Business, Ene...
Cleantech initiative seeks to ‘supercharge’ UK innovation
CLEANTECH for UK, a coalition representing more than £6bn (US$7.2bn) in funds has launched. The i...
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 Belgiu...
ExxonMobil and Equinor award FEED contracts for low carbon hydrogen projects
EXXONMOBIL has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Technip Energies for...
BP dilutes climate plans with renewed investment in oil and gas
BP has dialled back its climate commitment, signalling it will increase investments in oil and ga...
Roger Kilburn appointed chair of NEPIC
ROGER KILBURN, a chemical engineer and Fellow of IChemE, has been appointed the chair of the UK’s...
£27m to boost the UK’s battery industry
THE Faraday Battery Challenge has awarded £27.6m (US$33.2m) in funding to support 17 firms workin...
NSTA creates CCS development team
THE North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has set up a dedicated carbon transportation and storag...
Emerson wins automation contract for Ras Laffan petchem complex
EMERSON has won the contract to supply automation and analytics technology for the US$6bn Ras Laf...
Ineos buys former BASF concrete chemicals business
INEOS is buying MBCC’s admixture business from Sika, acquiring manufacturing sites in the US, Can...
Dow and 3M cut thousands of jobs
3M and Dow have announced they are cutting thousands of roles from their global workforces in res...
UK government formally establishes ARIA as an independent body
THE UK government has announced the formal establishment of the Advanced Research and Invention A...
UAE to expand green energy projects in Europe and Africa
WITH plans to become a clean-energy powerhouse that will place the UAE at the forefront of the en...
UK to collaborate with Saudi Arabia on minerals, and UAE on green energy
The UK and Saudi Arabia have agreed to deepen collaboration and work together in areas including ...
Australia’s biggest polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year from July
A REFORM to Australia’s climate safeguard mechanism means that more than 200 of the country’s hea...
Companies eye Britishvolt site in the wake of company collapse
UK battery firm Britishvolt has received interest from more than a dozen companies looking to buy...
Baker Hughes to supply key technology for Malaysia’s first CCS project
ENERGY technology company Baker Hughes is working with Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMH...
Scotland’s “renewables powerhouse” ambitions: strategy seeks rush from oil and gas
THE Scottish government has set out its vision of becoming a renewables powerhouse in its Draft E...
Deal to save Britishvolt could see its valuation drop by 90%
UK BATTERY firm Britishvolt has said it is in talks with “a consortium of investors” about a sale...
UK government announces £75m nuclear fuel fund
UNDER plans to encourage investment in new and robust nuclear fuel production capabilities in the...
Crown Estate awards first survey contracts for Celtic Sea floating wind farms
AMBITIOUS plans to deliver an initial 4GW of energy capacity in the Celtic Sea has taken a major ...
3M pledges to stop making and using “forever chemicals” by 2025
US manufacturing firm 3M has said it will stop making and using PFAS, a group of over 4700 indust...
Shell invests in used lubricants firm and buys Europe’s biggest biogas producer
SHELL has acquired a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental, a company specialising in the produ...
UK and US leaders announce new energy partnership
THE UK Government has announced that the US will increase gas exports to the UK as part of a new ...
UK Government commits nearly £500m for R&D to cover EU shortfall
THE UK Government has said it will provide a package of nearly £500m (US$614m) to provide immedia...
Partnership to produce hydrogen for sustainable aviation
TOTALENERGIES and Air Liquide have partnered to produce and valorise renewable, low-carbon hydrog...
Earthshot Prize Winners 2022
PACKAGING solutions made from seaweed, and rocks that lock away CO2 are just two of this year’s E...
IBioIC increases funding for biotechnology innovation
THE Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has launched a new call for funded feasib...
Zenobē begins construction on battery storage projects in Scotland
EV FLEET and battery storage firm Zenobē has started construction on three battery storage projec...
Plastic Energy opens new R&D labs at Loughborough
RECYCLING technology firm Plastic Energy has opened new research and development labs and a dedic...
Net zero transition 'world's most ambitious engineering project'
SWITCHING from fossil fuel to low-carbon energy in less than 30 years in order to achieve net zer...
IChemE member is Australia’s first Chief Circular Engineer
ICHEME member Ali Abbas, one of Australia’s leading chemical engineers, has been announced as Aus...
UK Autumn statement offers boon to research but little news for industry
AMIDST tax rises and expenditure cutting amounting to around £50bn (US$60bn), funding for researc...
New online platform helps pinpoint GHG emission sources across the globe
HALF of the world’s 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions across the world are oil and g...
Chemical engineer warns lawmakers about UK’s cyber weaknesses
THE UK is routinely targeted by cyber attackers, with China and Russia posing the greatest state-...
The RSC commits to 100% open access within five years
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it plans to make all of its fully RSC-own...
NSTA scraps Cessation of Production reports
IN A BID to cut red tape and save money, UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has a...
Britishvolt secures short-term funding in wake of closure concerns
THE TROUBLED battery startup Britishvolt and its proposed UK gigafactory has been thrown a lifeli...
BP buys US biogas firm for US$4.1bn in push to go net zero
BP is buying US biogas producer Archaea Energy for US$4.1bn as part of its plans to reduce its re...
BASF to downsize in Europe as chemicals trade group warns the sector is at breaking point
BASF has said it must “permanently” cut costs at its European sites to protect the company from w...
UK Government funds £50m for new industrial fuel switching technologies
THE UK Government has allocated £49.4m (US$55m) in funding to help British industry reduce energy...
UK Labour party to set up publicly-owned green energy company if elected
THE Labour party have in their annual meeting outlined plans for an industrial strategy, which in...
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels is launched
CARBON Tracker and Global Energy Monitor have launched The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, a pub...
Production at proposed gigafactory put on hold until 2025
BRITISHVOLT, a startup which says it intends to “create a world-class battery cell ecosystem” and...
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 o...
Partners push digitalisation for processes
IMPERIAL College London and China’s Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) are ...
Centrica given the go-ahead for North Sea gas storage project
THE North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted Centrica the right to resume gas storage op...
US climate deal signed into law
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a b...
Wood wins contract to engineer Ineos’ huge European chemicals project
WOOD has won a contract worth more than US$100m to help engineer a chemicals facility in Belgium ...
CPH2 licenses membrane-free electrolyser for use alongside solar power plants
CLEAN Power Hydrogen (CPH2) has signed a license agreement with solar power venture GHFG to build...
Ineos signs major petchem deals with Sinopec
GLOBAL chemicals firm Ineos has signed three back-to-back deals with Chinese chemical giant Sinop...
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station closes
FRENCH-owned EDF Energy has formally switched off Hinkley Point B’s second reactor, a nuclear pow...
KBR to design Carbon Clean CCS plant for Cemex
KBR has been awarded the FEED contract for a CCS project that Cemex plans to install at a cement ...
UK overturns planning advice and approves Sizewell C nuclear plant
THE UK Government has given planning consent to the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, ov...
Shell to start building Netherlands’ new green hydrogen plant
SHELL has announced it has taken the final investment decision to build a new green hydrogen fac...
UK sets up centre to advise on critical minerals, amid warnings of supply risks
THE UK has established a Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre in Nottingham to help the country ...
UK energy security bill set to become law
THE LANDMARK bill announced as part of the Queen’s Speech in May, which puts into law measures to...
New Acland coalmine gets approval for expansion
THE Queensland Government has given the green light to stage three of the New Hope Group’s open-c...
New data hub invites companies to map global supply chains
A NEW open data platform has been launched for companies to map their global supply chains to imp...
Moderna to open mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in UK
The UK government has signed a deal with biotech company Moderna to build a state-of-the-art mRNA...
Dow and Shell's ‘e-cracker’ technology now operational
A JOINT experiment by materials science company Dow and Shell to electrically heat steam cracker ...
TotalEnergies and AEL invest in green hydrogen
TotalEnergies has signed a deal to acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), to...
UK fertiliser producer proposes plant closure
CF FERTILISERS UK is proposing permanent closure of its Ince manufacturing facility, near Chester...
UK scrutinises Chinese acquisition of 'prized' semiconductor producer
THE UK Government is conducting a full national security assessment of a Chinese-owned subsidiary...
Woodside completes merger with BHP Petroleum
WOODSIDE Energy has completed its merger with BHP’s oil and gas portfolio, creating a global ener...
Johnson Matthey shakes up business in wake of battery exit
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) has sold its battery materials business and will focus more on hydrogen tech...
GSK to buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax
GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) has announced it will buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax, in a deal wo...
UK sets out measures to boost hydrogen and CCS
THE UK Government has put energy at the centre of its legislative agenda as it announced a series...
BP agrees to buy naphtha from Teesside circular plastics plant
BP has signed an agreement to purchase naphtha produced from a plant being built in Teesside, UK ...
Ineos awards Técnicas Reunidas contract for massive European chemicals investment
INEOS has awarded Técnicas Reunidas a contract to engineer a world-scale ethylene plant in Belgiu...
BASF announces deadline for Russia exit
BASF has announced that it will wind down its remaining activities in Russia and Belarus by the b...
‘Concrete Chemicals’ consortium to produce sustainable aviation fuel
CEMEX, Sasol, and ENERTRAG have set up the Concrete Chemicals consortium to produce sustainable a...
Wood gets contract for green ammonia facility
WOOD has announced that it will provide conceptual engineering for a large-scale green hydrogen p...
AkzoNobel and Microsoft work to fast-track development of new paints and coatings
AKZONOBEL has entered a collaboration with Microsoft to explore how quantum computing can fast-tr...
RWE to invest €1.5bn in Irish renewables
RWE Ireland has announced plans to invest up to €1.5bn (US$1.6bn) in onshore wind, offshore wind,...
Shell and Uniper plan blue hydrogen facility in UK
SHELL and Uniper have signed an agreement for a blue hydrogen production facility in in North Lin...
Collaboration to advance ship-based carbon capture
AN international collaboration has been granted €3.4m (US$3.7m) in EU funding to accelerate the u...
Industrial-scale green hydrogen and ammonia facility planned in Queensland
ORICA and H2U have announced a strategic partnership to explore opportunities for an industrial-s...
ExxonMobil assesses carbon storage project off Australian coast
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it is assessing the possibility of a carbon capture and storage (CC...
UK’s state-backed vaccine manufacturing centre sold
THE UK’s emergency vaccine manufacturing innovation centre (VMIC) has been sold to US manufacture...
Johnson Matthey receives £400m loan for sustainable technology development
JOHNSON Matthey has received a £400m (US$521m) loan backed by the UK Government to boost the comp...
Partners enter carbon capture and utilisation collaboration
WOODSIDE, LanzaTech, and ReCarbon have announced that they are collaborating on a carbon capture ...
Solvay plans to split into two independent companies
SOLVAY has announced that it is reviewing plans to split into two independently-traded companies,...
Evonik invests in 3D pharmaceuticals printing
EVONIK, through its corporate venture capital unit, has invested an undisclosed amount in Laxxon ...
Shell quits Russian oil in wake of controversial trade; UK will halt imports by year end
SHELL has announced it will stop buying Russian oil and gas following its contentious purchase of...
Australian and South Korean partners sign MoU for CCS development
SANTOS has signed a memorandum of understanding with SK E&S, K-CCUS Association, CO2CRC, and Kore...
Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group
CHEVRON is buying biorefinery owner Renewable Energy Group (REG) in a US$3.15bn deal.
Exxon to quit Russia; Total to cease investment
EXXONMOBIL has followed oil majors BP and Shell in committing to exit Russia following its invasi...
Shell becomes latest oil major to quit Russia
SHELL is quitting its joint ventures with Russia’s Gazprom following the invasion of Ukraine.
BP divests its stake in Rosneft
BP HAS announced that it will divest its stake in Russian state oil company Rosneft, following Ru...
Linde enters hydrogen agreement with BASF
LINDE has entered into an agreement with BASF for the supply of hydrogen to a BASF manufacturing ...
Ireland launches €90m startup fund
THE Irish Government has launched the Irish Innovation Seed Fund (IISF), which will invest potent...
Turbocharging towards CO2-free cracking
ENGINEERS at Coolbrook and ABB have set their sights on replacing steam cracking technology with ...
CO2 supply agreement reached as chemicals sector suffers climbing costs
UK industry has reached an updated agreement to ensure supplies of CO2 keep flowing as a trade gr...
UK Government supports new nuclear with £100m
THE UK Government has invested £100m (US$135m) in the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant, wi...
LG Chem to build plastic recycling facility in South Korea
LG CHEM has invested in Mura Technology’s plastic recycling process, and has also announced that ...
‘Biotech pioneer’ Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of fraud
ELIZABETH HOLMES, a former chemical engineering student who garnered praise as a Silicon Valley b...
BP and Oman partner on renewable energy and hydrogen
BP has formed a strategic partnership with Oman for a ‘multiple gigawatt’ renewable energy and hy...
Victorian Government provides funding for renewable hydrogen
THE Victorian Government in Australia has announced more than A$7m (US$5m) in funding for the sta...
Partners sign commercial agreement for green fertiliser
YARA and Lantmännen have signed a commercial agreement to produce fossil-free fertilisers.
GSK rejects bids for healthcare business
GSK has declined three “unsolicited” offers to acquire its consumer health business from Unilever...
Thyssenkrupp to install green hydrogen facility for Shell
THYSSENKRUPP has signed a contract with Shell to supply a 200 MW green hydrogen facility in the p...
McDermott awarded contract to help expand Qatar LNG production
MCDERMOTT has been awarded a contract to provide topsides and pipelines that will help significan...
Rolls-Royce SMR business now fully funded
ROLLS-ROYCE has announced that it has received £85m (US$115m) of investment for its small modular...
Wood secures contract with Saudi Aramco
WOOD has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Saudi Aramco to deliver ...
Plans for Cambo oilfield development put on hold
FOLLOWING Shell’s decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield last week, developer S...
Shell pulls out of Cambo oilfield
SHELL has pulled out of the Cambo oilfield project, saying that the economic case for investment ...
Talks under way for Covid-19 vaccine supply in Africa
JOHNSON & Johnson and multinational specialty pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare have reache...
Ineos FPS uses AI to reduce emissions
INEOS Forties Pipeline System (FPS) has deployed AI technology to enable it to further reduce emi...
Woodside approves US$12bn LNG investment and BHP oil merger
WOODSIDE has approved a US$12bn investment in the Scarborough gas field and expansion of its Plut...
Shell plans to move HQ to UK
ROYAL Dutch Shell (“Shell”) plans to move its headquarters to the UK as it seeks to simplify its ...
Woodside sells venture stake in push to expand Pluto LNG
WOODSIDE has sold a 49% stake in its venture to add a new LNG train to its Pluto plant in Western...
Petrofac wins Petronas gas plant contract
PETROFAC has been awarded a US$96m contract by Petronas to build a new gas plant onshore at Tanju...
Johnson & Johnson to focus on pharmaceuticals
JOHNSON & Johnson has announced that it plans to separate its Consumer Health business, leaving t...
Johnson Matthey will exit battery materials
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) is quitting its battery materials business after concluding the costs are to...
Solenis sold and merged with Sigura
SPECIALTY chemicals firm Solenis has merged with Sigura following its completed sale by BASF.
Plastic Energy and Axens join forces to license circular plastics processes
PLASTIC ENERGY has partnered with engineering services firm Axens to license its plastics recycli...
CRI will build second Chinese plant to produce methanol from industrial emissions
CARBON Recycling International (CRI) has agreed to design a plant to produce methanol from captur...
Fit for carbon capture
CCUS Council outlines plans to conduct supply chain capability assessment
Businesses must commit to net zero to bid for UK gov contracts
ALL companies bidding for UK Government contracts must have committed to produce net zero emissio...
UK CO2 users agree short-term price fix to keep gas flowing
INDUSTRIAL gas users in the UK have struck a short-term deal on the prices they pay for CO2 to ke...
IChemE member’s donation to support RAEng SME programme
IAN Shott, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and IChemE Fellow, has gifted the academy’s Enter...
LG Chem and TK Chemical sign MoU for biodegradable plastics
LG Chem and TK Chemical have announced a memorandum of understanding to produce biodegradable pla...
UK Government props up industry to prevent CO2 shortage
THE UK Government has been forced to step in and pay for industry to keep producing CO2 after a r...
Shell sells Permian business to ConocoPhillips
SHELL has announced the sale of its Permian assets to ConocoPhillips for US$9.5bn.
Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2
BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joi...
Glencore and Britishvolt enter long-term supply agreement
GLENCORE and Britishvolt have signed an agreement for the mining company to supply responsibly-so...
Linde signs green hydrogen deal with semiconductor company
LINDE has signed an agreement to supply green hydrogen to semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Tec...
Partnership to convert landfill waste into hydrogen for transport
RENEWABLE fuels company Raven SR has entered into an agreement with a Republic Services sanitary ...
Collaboration plans carbon capture facility in India
CARBON Clean and Green Power International (GPIPL) have been selected to design and build a carbo...
Australian aluminium smelter aims to switch to renewables
TOMAGO Aluminium, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter, is aiming to operate on 100% renewable e...
Consortium to develop solid-state battery technology
SEVEN UK-based organisations including Johnson Matthey have signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Green transition loan awarded to Wood
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has awarded the first ever green transition loan – worth £430m (US$585m)...
Miner BHP could exit oil and gas through merger with Woodside
BHP is exploring options to exit the oil and gas sector by merging its assets with Woodside.
Bayer to buy novel drug discovery company for US$2bn
BAYER is acquiring biopharmaceutical company Vividion Therapeutics, which uses novel discovery te...
Sanofi to buy Translate Bio to advance mRNA therapeutics
SANOFI will acquire its partner Translate Bio in a US$3.2bn deal to further develop mRNA vaccines...
Partnership to produce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in South Africa
PFIZER and BioNTech have signed a letter of intent with South African biopharmaceutical company B...
Equity firm acquires specialty chemicals company
PLATINUM Equity, an investment firm, is to acquire specialty chemicals company Solenis for US$5.2...
BEIS Committee calls on UK Government to improve industrial policy
A COMMITTEE for the UK’s Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) says Gover...
Deal made for decommissioning seven UK nuclear reactors
AN AGREEMENT has been made between the UK Government and EDF for the safe and efficient decommiss...
Johnson Matthey set targets to lower waste and improve safety on journey to net zero
JOHNSON MATTHEY has announced targets to heavily focus its sales and R&D spend in line with UN Su...
Dow to build new MDI facility in Texas
DOW has announced that it will build a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) facility in Texa...
ADNOC awards ‘blue’ ammonia contract to Wood
ABU Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a contract for Wood to design a 'blue' ammonia...
Total rebrands to TotalEnergies
TOTAL has changed its name to TotalEnergies, to reflect its transformation from an oil and gas ma...
Cimarex and Cabot form US$17bn company
CIMAREX Energy and Cabot Oil & Gas have announced that they will combine, in an all-stock merger ...
CarbonBuilt’s commercial project to accelerate through purchase agreement
CARBONBUILT has announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement with financial services a...
Singapore partners to assess ammonia as marine fuel
A MEMORANDUM of understanding has been signed by a group of partners for a development study on t...
Biorefining company gets funding boost for scaleup
LIXEA has received a grant of €2m (US$2.4m) from the European Innovation Council Fund to support ...
Aker Solutions wins contract to design E-fuel plant
AKER SOLUTIONS has won a contract to design a plant in Norway that will use renewable power, wate...
McDermott awarded contract for plastics recycling project
MCDERMOTT has announced that it has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract f...
Carbon Clean supplies carbon capture technology to three more industrial facilities
CARBON Clean has announced three new agreements with power-to-fuels, cement, and hydrogen product...
Shell to trial hydrogen fuel cells for Singapore ships
SHELL has entered a collaboration which will trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells on ships in Sin...
Air Products acquires full ownership of China gasification joint venture
AIR Products has announced that it has acquired the remaining 50% stake in a gasification joint v...
Wood and NEL Hydrogen to work on green hydrogen projects
WOOD and NEL Hydrogen have signed an agreement to support the delivery of large-scale green hydro...
Veolia agrees deal for Suez, merging world’s largest water firms
VEOLIA has agreed a deal to buy its rival Suez, ending a fraught takeover battle that merges the ...
Lanxess enters battery electrolyte sector
LANXESS is taking its first step into the battery chemistry market through a deal to manufacture ...
New fund seeks to boost investment and diversity of South Africa energy
A R1.5bn (US$102m) investment fund has been launched in South Africa to boost investment in the c...
Fonterra supports NZ industry switch from coal – but outlines significant challenges
FONTERRA – New Zealand’s huge dairy cooperative – has come out in support of plans to end coal us...
INEOS Energy sells its Norwegian oil and gas business
INEOS Energy has announced that it is selling its oil and gas business in Norway to PGNiG Upstrea...
DuPont buys Laird Performance Materials
DUPONT has agreed to buy Laird Performance Materials for US$2.3bn.
Petronas and CNOOC sign MoU for extended partnership
Petronas and Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have signed a memorandum of unders...
Partnership aims to permanently store CO2 captured from the air
CLIMEWORKS and Northern Lights have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing CO2 using dire...
Yallourn coal plant will shut early, replacement battery planned
AUSTRALIA’S Yallourn coal-fired power plant, which meets 20% of electricity demand in Victoria, w...
SABIC and BP join forces on circular plastics
SABIC and BP are working together to produce recycled plastics at the Gelsenkirchen chemical comp...
Johnson & Johnson to collaborate with Merck to increase vaccine production
MERCK will produce Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in a collaboration that the Biden administ...
Equinor and Engie announce hydrogen partnership
EQUINOR and Engie have announced a partnership for the development of low-carbon hydrogen.
GSK to close two UK antibiotics manufacturing sites
GSK is closing two UK antibiotics manufacturing operations, in Barnard Castle and Ulverston.
ExxonMobil creates low-carbon business
EXXONMOBIL has created a new business unit to commercialise its low-carbon portfolio, which it is...
BioNTech secures deals for lipids needed in vaccine
BIONTECH has partnered with Merck and Evonik to expand lipid production for its Covid-19 vaccine.
BP and Rosneft to collaborate on sustainability goals
BP and Rosneft have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to focus on their carbon managemen...
Closure of Altona refinery fuels concerns about Australian manufacturing
EXXONMOBIL is closing its Altona refinery in Victoria, Australia. The decision comes hot on the h...
Brexit: relief rapidly gives way to fresh concerns
Businesses and industry groups warn of costly administrative burdens and the impacts on supply ch...
Chevron invests in carbon capture startup
CHEVRON is investing in Blue Planet, a startup that captures CO2 and uses it to develop carbonate...
Closure of New Zealand smelter delayed to 2024
RIO TINTO has reversed its plans to close its New Zealand aluminium smelter this August, agreeing...
Partnership to develop UK’s first low carbon production hub
REFINERY owner Essar Oil UK and Progressive Energy, a project development and implementation comp...
Shell resumes production at massive floating LNG plant
SHELL has resumed production of LNG from its huge floating processing plant – Prelude – following...
Shell buys into waste-to-fuels plant in Québec
SHELL is taking a 40% stake in a Canadian plant that will use Enerkem’s processing technology to ...
Solvay sells amphoteric surfactant business to private equity firm
SOLVAY has sold its amphoteric surfactant manufacturing business, including production plants in ...
Neste acquires stake in plastics recycling company
NESTE has acquired a minority stake in plastics recycling company Alterra Energy. The companies w...
AstraZeneca buys Alexion for US$39bn
ASTRAZENECA has agreed to buy US biotech firm Alexion for US$39bn in a move that will expand its ...
LyondellBasell and SUEZ joint venture expands plastic recycling capacity
LYONDELLBASELL and SUEZ have jointly acquired plastics recycling company TIVACO, which will becom...
ExxonMobil to keep Bass Strait stake
EXXONMOBIL has abandoned plans to sell its 50% stake in Bass Strait gas fields off Victoria, Aust...
Partnership forms Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas project
ENERGY infrastructure company Jemena has entered a partnership with Sydney Water to inject biomet...
Chemical JV to close BDO plant in Malaysia
BASF Petronas Chemical (BPC), a Malaysian-based joint-venture (JV) between BASF and Petronas Chem...
UK to invest £12bn for a ‘green industrial revolution’
UK PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has announced £12bn (US$15.87bn) in funding for a ten-point plan ...
Micropore Technologies partners with South Korean pharmaceutical company
MICROPORE Technologies has announced a licence agreement for its membrane technology with South K...
Swansea University and Tata Steel assess use of waste heat from steel industry
A PROJECT between Swansea University, UK, and Tata Steel will assess if a thermochemical heat sto...
Ineos launches new clean hydrogen business
INEOS has launched a new clean hydrogen business to develop capacity for clean hydrogen across Eu...
BP to halt production at Kwinana Refinery
BP will stop fuel production at its Kwinana Refinery in Western Australia and convert it to an im...
UK government will host Brexit webinars to advise chemicals industry
CHEMICALS companies are being urged to get going on key actions as the UK counts down to its new ...
Shell and Linde collaborate on low-carbon ethylene
SHELL and Linde have agreed to collaborate to commercialise low-carbon technology for the product...
WSP to advise on HyNet North West
CONSULTANCY WSP has been appointed as an advisory service for HyNet North West’s CO2 pipeline.
Australia and Singapore partner on low emissions technologies
THE Australian and Singaporean governments have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance c...
Sasol forms polyethylene JV with LyondellBasell
SASOL has sold half its stake in its Lake Charles petrochemicals complex in the US to LyondellBas...
New recycling facility in Europe will recycle plastic repeatedly
TECHNOLOGY company Loop Industries and environmental services company SUEZ have announced that th...
Chrysaor and Premier merger will create UK’s largest independent oil firm
CHRYSAOR has agreed a merger with Premier Oil to create the largest independent oil and gas compa...
Dow will close chemicals plants on top of job cuts
DOW has announced it will close manufacturing sites in Europe and North America as it seeks to cu...
Worley awarded contract for Drax BECCS power station
WORLEY has been awarded an early front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) contract for Drax’s ...
Wood secures Equinor contract
WOOD has secured a US$42m contract from Equinor to provide engineering, procurement, construction...
Malaysia speciality chemicals deal
PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) and German chemicals and energy company PCC have signed a shares s...
Government publishes response to CCUS business model consultation
THE UK Government has published its response to a 2019 consultation on business models for carbon...
Carbon Engineering signs agreement for commercial-scale direct air capture facility
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and private equity firm Rusheen Capital Management have formed a developm...
EnergyX partners with ProfMOF to improve lithium extraction technology
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has announced a partnership with ProfMOF to further enh...
Air Liquide buys world’s largest oxygen operation
AIR LIQUIDE is buying the world’s largest oxygen production site – from Sasol in South Africa – a...
Rio Tinto to close New Zealand aluminium smelter
RIO Tinto has announced that it is winding down operations at its Tiwai Point aluminium smelter i...
Air Products and Thyssenkrupp sign agreement for green hydrogen production
AIR Products and Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers have signed a strategic cooperation agreeme...
Nouryon builds new hydroperoxide plant in China
NOURYON has announced that it will construct a hydroperoxide manufacturing facility at its site i...
Sustainable battery company gets £2m funding to scale up production
ACELERON has announced that it has received £2m (US$2.6m) in equity investment which will allow i...
UK announces £350m funding boost for green recovery
THE UK Government has announced £350m (US$445m) in funding for a green recovery from the Covid-19...
Chevron acquires Noble Energy in US$13bn deal
CHEVRON has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire independent energy company Noble Energ...
Norway’s full-scale CCS project backed by European regulator
THE European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Surveillance Authority has approved the Norwegian full...
Saudi Aramco reorganises downstream business
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it is reorganising its downstream business as part of plans to en...
Clariant and Ineratec announce renewable fuels partnership
CLARIANT and Ineratec have entered a partnership to use Clariant’s catalysis experience to suppor...
Collaboration looks at powering Singapore data centres with hydrogen
KEPPEL Data Centres and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific (MHI-AP) have signed a memorandu...
BP and Reliance Industries start joint venture in India
BP and Reliance Industries have announced the start of their joint venture, Reliance BP Mobility ...
Chevron sells Australian LNG stake
CHEVRON is selling its stake in Australia’s North West Shelf, the county’s biggest liquified natu...
BP exits petrochemicals, sells plants to Ineos
BP is selling its petrochemicals business, including interests in 14 production sites, to Ineos f...
Johnson Matthey awarded contract at Russian methanol plant
JOHNSON Matthey’s combined reforming methanol technology has been selected by JSC Technoleasing f...
Bayer pays US$10bn to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits
BAYER has announced a US$10bn settlement for thousands of lawsuits claiming that that its Roundup...
Air Liquide signs contract with South Korean steel producer
AIR Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract to build an air separation unit for ...
Saudi Aramco completes acquisition of stake in SABIC
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of a 70% stake in p...
Shell and CNOOC expand petrochemicals complex in China
SHELL, CNOOC, and the Huizhou Government have announced a cooperation agreement to expand their p...
Fluor awarded FEED contract for North Dakota carbon capture project
FLUOR has been awarded a FEED contract for Minnkota’s Project Tundra, a CCUS project in North Dak...
Sasol appoints Wood as engineering partner
INTEGRATED chemicals and energy company Sasol has appointed Wood as its engineering partner in a ...
Liveris joins Australia’s business response group
CHEMICAL engineer Andrew Liveris, former CEO of Dow Chemical, has joined a commission established...
Shell and PetroChina give green light to Australian coal-seam gas project
SHELL and PetroChina have approved the first stage of their A$10bn (US$6.3bn) Surat Basin coal-se...
OPEC agrees to cut global oil by 10% but there are fears it is not enough
OPEC has agreed to cut global oil output by around 10% in response to the coronavirus pandemic, e...
Exxon cuts spending in response to coronavirus
EXXONMOBIL is cutting capital spending this year by 30% and operating expenses by 15% in response...
Nouryon to acquire metal alkyl business
SPECIALTY chemicals company Nouryon is to acquire the merchant triethyl aluminium (TEAL) business...
BP protects jobs for three months
BP has announced that it will not be cutting any jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Asahi to sell beer and cider brands to appease consumer agency
ASAHI announced last year its intentions to acquire Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) and has now ...
BPE joins On Line Group
UK ENGINEERING consultancy BPE has been bought by On Line Group, an integrated engineering servic...
Fluor wins contract for Chinese adiponitrile plant
FLUOR has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction for INVIST...
Atkins wins Shell technical safety contract
ATKINS has been awarded a five-year contract to provide technical safety and human factors servic...
Partnership assesses viability of commercial-scale CCS facility in US
A JOINT study will assess the viability of a commercial-scale carbon capture facility at LafargeH...
Nouryon and Semiotic Labs partnership will improve plant reliability
NOURYON has signed a framework agreement with Semiotic Labs to implement technology that will pre...
BP sells North Sea assets to Premier Oil
BP is selling its North Sea interests in the Andrew area and its non-operating interests in the S...
BASF sells Construction Chemicals to Lone Star
GLOBAL private equity firm Lone Star has signed a purchase agreement to acquire BASF’s Constructi...
NZ PM visits milk processing plant to see novel boiler and launch tree-planting scheme
NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has visited milk processing company Synlait for a tour ...
Malaysia PM: Petronas could be sold to pay down debt
STAKES in state-energy firm Petronas could be sold to Malaysia’s oil-producing states to raise mo...
Saudi Aramco public share sale is world’s largest
SAUDI Aramco has raised US$25.6bn in its initial public offering (IPO), making it the world’s lar...
Communication troubles are holding back UK biotech
ENGINEERING biology must learn to communicate better if the breakout discipline is to achieve its...
UK oil contractors report rising green demand
UK oil and gas contractors have reported a significant increase in demand for their services from...
UK Prime Minister promises funding for CCS and R&D
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised £800m (US$1.03bn) in funding for CCS along with doub...
China’s Jingye to buy British Steel
CHINESE steel firm Jingye is buying British Steel’s business and assets, including its steelworks...
Saudi Aramco gives go ahead for largest ever stock listing
SAUDI Aramco has announced its intention to proceed with its long-awaited public stock listing, w...
Murray Energy files for bankruptcy
MURRAY Energy, the largest private coal miner in the US, has filed for bankruptcy as utilities co...
BASF expands ethylene oxide capacity in Antwerp
BASF will expand its ethylene oxide capacity at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.
Velocys signs CCUS agreement for its US biomass-to-fuel plant
RENEWABLE fuels company Velocys has signed an agreement with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) to ca...
ExxonMobil to sell 50% stake in Bass Strait assets
OIL and gas company ExxonMobil is to sell its 50% stake in its Bass Strait oil and gas assets, of...
Whitehaven Coal says it will survive lower-carbon future
WHITEHAVEN Coal, Australia’s largest independent coal producer, expects to survive a range of low...
ExxonMobil sells US$4.5bn of Norwegian upstream assets
EXXONMOBIL has signed an agreement with Vår Energi to sell its upstream assets in Norway for US$4...
Equinor signs MoU with seven companies to develop CCS value chains
EQUINOR has signed a memorandum of understanding with seven European companies to develop value c...
Climeworks merges with Antecy
CLIMEWORKS has announced that it has acquired Antecy, combining the technology of the two direct ...
LyondellBasell signs MoU with Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group for China expansion
LYONDELLBASELL has signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint venture with Liaoning Bora En...
New Zealand’s Mercury boss appointed as chair of business council
FRASER Whineray, CEO of state-owned energy company Mercury, has been appointed as the new chairpe...
Food, fuel and drug supplies at no-deal Brexit risk, Government warns
THE UK Government has warned in a document it has been forced to disclose that a no-deal Brexit c...
Pilbara Minerals raises US$62.7m in equity
AUSTRALIAN lithium mining company Pilbara Minerals has raised A$91.5m (US$62.7m) in equity. The t...
BASF and Domo Chemicals to acquire Solvay’s polyamide business
BASF, Solvay, and Domo Chemicals have reached an agreement for the acquisition of Solvay’s polyam...
Santos and Perdaman sign HoA for an ammonium plant
OIL and gas company Santos and diversified company Perdaman have signed a heads of agreement to f...
BASF to sell pigments business for US$1.3bn
BASF is to sell its global pigments business to fine chemicals company DIC for €1.15bn (US$1.3bn)...
BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp for US$5.6bn
BP is selling its entire Alaska business to energy company Hilcorp for US$5.6bn, including its sh...
Engineering profession calls for action to secure the UK’s future economy and society
THE National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has published a manifesto for a prosperous and secu...
Partnership aims to build large-scale hydrogen storage systems
FRAMES Group, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies (HLT), and MAN Energy Solutions (MES) have entered a...
Jacobs purchases Wood’s nuclear business for US$303.5m
WOOD is to sell its nuclear business to Jacobs for £250m (US$303.5m). The sale proceeds will go t...
Worsley Alumina signs contracts to receive 1.75m t of LNG
CHEVRON and Woodside Energy are to supply South32-operated joint venture (JV) Worsley Alumina wit...
Clariant and SABIC suspend JV negotiations
SPECIALTY chemical company Clariant and diversified petrochemicals company SABIC have “temporaril...
Asahi to acquire Carlton and United Breweries for US$10.8bn
BELGIAN brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has agreed to sell its Australian subsidiar...
Occidental and Ecopetrol form US$1.5bn joint venture
OCCIDENTAL Petroleum and Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol have entered into a US$1.5bn j...
NuScale finalises agreements to support deployment of its small modular reactor
NUSCALE has finalised agreements with Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction (DHIC) and power e...
Nouryon acquires Chinese triethyl aluminium business
NOURYON has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical (Friend), the largest Chinese producer of triethyl ...
BP and Bunge form joint venture to produce biofuels
BP and agricultural trader Bunge have announced a joint venture to produce biofuels and bioenergy...
Jaguar Land Rover and BASF trial recycled plastic in cars
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has partnered with BASF in a pilot research project to trial plastic recy...
BP invests US$30m in alternative protein production startup
BP has invested US$30m in startup Calysta’s “breakthrough” technology, which uses bacteria to pro...
Petronas agrees partnership to develop oil industry chemicals
PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) and Scomi Energy Services have agreed to work together to research...
ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat announce carbon capture partnership
EXXONMOBIL and Global Thermostat have signed a joint development agreement to advance carbon capt...
IChemE Member attends palace ceremony for Queens Award
ICHEME Member Irteza Piracha has attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace after the company he le...
ExxonMobil and SABIC announce construction of chemical facility in Texas
EXXONMOBIL and SABIC have announced the construction of a chemical facility and an ethane steam c...
Wood awarded contract for petrochemicals project in Oman
WOOD has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) f...
Umicore acquires Europe’s largest cobalt refinery
INTERNATIONAL mining company Freeport-McMoran has agreed to sell Europe’s largest cobalt refinery...
Saudi Aramco and Sempra Energy sign HoA for proposed LNG project
SUBSIDIARIES of energy infrastructure company Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s stat...
Petronas Chemicals buys Da Vinci
PETRONAS Chemicals (PCG) has agreed to buy Dutch specialty chemicals firm Da Vinci Group for a re...
Anadarko accepts Occidental bid
ANADARKO Petroleum has accepted Occidental’s hostile acquisition bid, after Chevron announced tha...
ExxonMobil to invest US$2bn in Texas plant expansion
EXXONMOBIL is to invest US$2bn to expand its chemical plant in Baytown, Texas, US, to maximise th...
Anadarko agrees to review Occidental’s hostile bid
CHEVRON’S agreed merger with Anadarko Petroleum looks under threat after the US independent said ...
Wood wins contract on Hinkley Point C project
WOOD has won a contract to provide a construction design management advisor service for the Hinkl...
Aramco buys Shell’s 50% stake in SASREF
SAUDI ARAMCO is buying Shell’s 50% share of the SASREF joint venture in Jubail Industrial City, S...
Chrysaor buys ConocoPhillips UK oil assets
CHRYSAOR has agreed to buy ConocoPhillips North Sea assets for US$2.67bn, making it one of the la...
Chevron set to become fourth ultramajor with US$33bn buyout of Anadarko Petroleum
CHEVRON has agreed to buy Anadarko Petroleum for US$33bn, propelling it into the position of four...
Saudi Aramco set to take 70% stake in SABIC
SAUDI Aramco has agreed to buy a 70% stake in SABIC for US$69.1bn. It is part of national plans t...
INEOS to acquire US titanium dioxide business
INEOS has signed an agreement to acquire titanium dioxide (TiO2) business Cristal from Tronox for...
Catalyst firm Haldor Topsøe sells 30% stake to Temasek
DANISH engineering firm Haldor Topsøe is selling a 30% stake in its business to Singapore state i...
DowDuPont cleaves off safety consultancy
DOWDUPONT is spinning off its safety and sustainability consultancy DuPont Sustainable Solutions ...
Offer to create world’s largest gold miner descends into spat
A WAR of words has broken out between the leaders of Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining after the la...
Evonik sells methacrylates business for €3bn
EVONIK is selling its methacrylates business to private equity firm Advent International for €3bn...
Nouryon reduces emissions by increasing its bio-steam supply
NOURYON plans to reduce its CO2 emissions at its salt production site at Hengelo in the Netherlan...
ADNOC sells refining stake to European partners
THE Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sold off a 35% stake in its refining business to I...
Perkins report finds scant progress on engineering skills
FIVE years on from the publication of his engineering skills review for the UK Government, former...
New carbon capture technology granted funding for further development
THE Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Carbon CCS-US, the US subsidiary of Carbon Clean Solutions...
Unilever joins Nouryon’s Imagine Chemistry
NOURYON has launched the 3rd edition of Imagine Chemistry, a collaborative challenge which aims t...
Wylfa suspension could lead to a UK energy crisis
HITACHI has announced the decision to suspend indefinitely its UK nuclear power station construct...
Exxon partners with IBM to advance quantum computing
EXXONMOBIL has become the first energy company to join the IBM Q Network, a worldwide community t...
Chevron and Occidental invest in capturing CO2 from the air
CHEVRON and Occidental Petroleum have invested in Canadian direct air capture (DAC) company Carbo...
BP and SOCAR sign HoA for petrochemicals JV
BP and SOCAR Turkey have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) to evaluate the creation of a joint ve...
GSK and Pfizer merge consumer healthcare businesses
GSK and Pfizer are merging their consumer healthcare businesses in a move that will create a mark...
Shell to invest in Shearwater gas infrastructure hub
SHELL and its partners ExxonMobil and BP have announced a final investment decision (FID) for a S...
Neste to invest €1.4bn in renewable products
THE oil company Neste is to invest €1.4bn (US$1.6bn) to enable the production of additional renew...
Scepticism over the UK bioeconomy strategy
INDUSTRY has expressed mixed reactions towards the recently-released UK Bioeconomy Strategy. The ...
Bayer to sell businesses and cut 12,000 jobs
BAYER, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has announced plans to ...
YPF and Petronas partner on Argentina oil and gas project
ARGENTINA’s state-owned energy company YPF has entered into a US$2.3bn joint venture with Malaysi...
World’s first commercial full-chain CCUS project announced for Teesside
THE Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced a strategic partnership with six oil and ...
Albemarle signs agreement for lithium mining JV
ALBEMARLE, the global specialty chemicals company, has signed an exclusivity agreement with Miner...
Engineers publish £22bn blueprint for UK to take global lead on hydrogen heating
ENGINEERS have called on the UK government to immediately spend £125m (US$159m) designing a hydro...
BASF announces strategy to boost growth but keep emissions flat
BASF has outlined a strategy to outpace average global chemical sales while stagnating emissions.
Saudi Aramco signs agreement with ADNOC to collaborate in natural gas sector
SAUDI Aramco has signed a framework agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to ...
INEOS in talks to buy ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets
INEOS is in talks with ConocoPhillips to acquire its North Sea oil and gas fields.
INEOS buys Ashland’s Composites business for US$1.1bn
INEOS has announced that it will buy the Composites business from Ashland Global Holdings, includ...
Air Products to buy General Electric’s gasification business
AIR Products has agreed to buy General Electric’s gasification business, which will expand Air Pr...
Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit
THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global thr...
Fluor awarded contract for Valero’s refinery in Wales
FLUOR has announced that it has been awarded a contract for Valero Energy’s combined heat and pow...
Neste and Clariant sign deal for sustainable chemicals production
RENEWABLE fuels and chemicals producer Neste has signed an agreement to provide sustainable raw m...
NuScale partners with Ontario Power Generation to bring small nuclear reactors to Canada
NUSCALE has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in a bid to ...
Toshiba withdraws from planned UK nuclear plant
TOSHIBA has announced that it will withdraw from a construction project that had planned to build...
UK and Canada sign agreement for civil nuclear cooperation
THE UK and Canada have signed a bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which will ensure t...
Eni and Total sign agreement for offshore exploration in Algeria
ENI and Total have signed an agreement with Sonatrach for offshore oil and gas exploration in Alg...
More than US$50bn worth of deals for Saudi Arabia
SAUDI Arabia has announced more than US$50bn worth of deals in oil, gas, infrastructure and other...
Consortium bails out Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux
TROUBLED Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux has been rescued by a S$530m (US$384m) investment ...
Amsterdam considers green electrolysis plant
NOURYON, Tata Steel, and the Port of Amsterdam are collaborating on a feasibility study for a gre...
Chemicals coalition calls on EU leaders to allow UK to remain within REACH
A COALTION of European chemicals NGOs has called on politicians negotiating the terms of Brexit t...
Covestro to build world-scale MDI plant
COVESTRO, a leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, is to invest €1.5bn (US$1.73bn) to b...
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals renamed Nouryon
AKZONOBEL Specialty Chemicals has been renamed Nouryon following its sale to the Carlyle Croup an...
Fluor to test carbon capture technology at Norwegian facility
FLUOR has signed an agreement to test its carbon capture processes at the Technology Centre Mongs...
BASF and LetterOne agree to merge oil interests
GERMANY’S BASF and LetterOne have agreed to merge their oil and gas subsidiaries Wintershall and ...
Pioneering SMR technology enters manufacturing phase
NUSCALE Power has selected BWX Technologies (BWXT) to manufacture NuScale’s small modular reactor...
Canada's LNG project gets green light
A large-scale LNG project in Canada has been given the final go-ahead by project partners.
ThyssenKrupp splits in two
THYSSENKRUPP has announced that it will separate its industrials and materials divisions into two...
Novartis plans job cuts
NOVARTIS, the pharmaceuticals group, has announced plans to cut more than 2,000 jobs in the UK an...
New US plant will convert household waste into fuel
FULCRUM BioEnergy has announced that it will convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel using...
Drax in talks to acquire Scottish Power assets
DRAX, the UK power company, has entered talks to discuss acquiring Scottish Power energy assets f...
Evonik to build a new silicones plant
EVONIK, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is to build a new silicones plant at its Geesthach...
UK government releases document on chemical regulation in case of no-deal Brexit
THE UK government has outlined a framework for regulating chemicals if a no-deal Brexit occurs, s...
New coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia will use novel ethylene glycol technology
DOWNSTREAM producer Jiutai is planning a coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia that will prod...
Second Cuadrilla approval for onshore fracking
CUADRILLA, the natural resource company, has been granted government approval for fracking at a s...
Major new refinery proposed for Canada
INDIGENOUS communities and Chinese companies are planning to build a 167,000 bbl/d refinery in Al...
ExxonMobil plans US$650m upgrade to Fawley refinery
EXXONMOBIL is planning on upgrading its Fawley refinery, in the company’s biggest investment in t...
Wood awarded new contracts at Norwegian refinery
WOOD has been awarded two strategic modifications contracts for Equinor’s Mongstad refinery in No...
Climeworks raises funds to expand direct air capture business
CLIMEWORKS has raised CHF30.5m (US$30.8m) to further industrialise its technology which directly ...
No deal Brexit will hit chemicals sector hard, government warns
THE UK Chancellor has warned that the chemicals sector will be one of the hardest hit by a ‘no de...
Air Products to build a coal-to-syngas facility for Jiutai New Material
AIR Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, headquartered in Pennsylvania, US, has be...
Drax: Stepping closer to coal-free
DRAX, which operates the largest power station in the UK, and supplies 6% of the country’s energy...
Cabot Microelectronics to acquire KMG Chemicals
CABOT Microelectronics, the world’s leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarisation (CMP) p...
Invista brings latest ADN technology to China
INVISTA Intermediates is to build a 300,000 t/y, world-scale adiponitrile (ADN) plant in China, a...
Novel smart drying technology
RESEARCHERS at Monash University in Australia, along with academic collaborators in China, France...
EPSRC funds Inclusion Matters initiative
THE EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) has announced that it is giving a ...
Lanxess to sell JV stake to Saudi Aramco
SPECIALTY chemicals group, Lanxess plans to sell its 50% share of Arlanxeo to its joint venture p...
Wood and National Nuclear Laboratory partner for nuclear fuel research
THE UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has awarded a three-y...
Linde-Praxair merger in doubt following regulator demands
A MERGER to create the world’s largest industrial gases firm is in doubt after anti-trust authori...
AkzoNobel signs deal with Renmatix to develop bio-based paint additives
AKZONOBEL and Renmatix, a specialist in plant-based technology, have formed a partnership to make...
Kuwait refinery to use DuPont technology for sulphur reduction
DuPont Clean Technologies has signed a contract with Honeywell UOP to provide sulphur-reducing te...
ExxonMobil starts up new ethane cracker
EXXONMOBIL has announced that its new 1.5m t/y ethane cracker has commenced operations at its int...
BP buys BHP’s US oil and gas assets
BP has announced that it will be buying BHP’s US shale oil and gasfields for US$10.5bn.
Saudi Aramco confirms interest in potential stake at SABIC
SAUDI Aramco is evaluating the possibility of buying a stake in petrochemical company SABIC, whic...
Linde sells American businesses for Praxair merger
LINDE has agreed to sell its industrial gas businesses in North and South America for US$3.3bn as...
Dangote signs deal for world-scale Nigeria refinery
AFRICA’S richest man, Aliko Dangote, has agreed a US$650m loan to build the world’s largest singl...
SNC-Lavalin partners with Florexx International Investments to build UAE refinery
SNC-Lavalin has signed an agreement with Florexx International Investments to construct an advanc...
Shift at the top signals mega-merger between Chinese chemicals giants
THE head of Sinochem will also take over at ChemChina in a move expected to signal the long-rumou...
Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp sign definitive agreement for merger
TATA Steel and Thyssenkrupp have announced that the companies will merge, after being in negotiat...
Wood invests in nuclear decommissioning
WOOD has launched a new fund that will invest in technologies developed by small and medium enter...
UK outlines £200m nuclear sector deal
THE UK government has unveiled a £200m (US$262m) deal in partnership with the nuclear industry th...
ABB wins contract to decommission ENGIE power station
ABB has secured a contract with energy operator ENGIE to provide support and advice for the decom...
China-UK metrology collaboration
THE University of Huddersfield has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Jiao Tong U...
UK government considers investment in new nuclear power plant in Wales
BUSINESS secretary Greg Clark has announced that the UK government will take a £5bn ($US6.7bn) st...
Petronas invests in LNG Canada
PETRONAS is buying a 25% stake in LNG Canada, after previously scrapping plans to develop its own...
SUEZ agrees to help improve water treatment at Rosneft sites
SUEZ has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Rosneft to improve water and wastewater pr...
Repsol to use Google technology to improve refinery efficiency
SPANISH energy company Repsol has announced that it is working with Google to use big data and ar...
New oil and gas exploration licences issued for North Sea
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has granted oil and gas exploration licences to 61 companies in its ...
BASF and ExxonMobil form gas-treating alliance
BASF and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing will work together to develop new gas-treating solven...
STEM outreach group warns about UK skills shortage
A SHORTAGE of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills is costing UK businesses £...
BASF CEO says company will not undergo DowDuPont-style split
THE new CEO of BASF, Martin Brudermüller, has said that he will be keeping the company as one ent...
Finalists announced in AkzoNobel Imagine Chemistry challenge
THE 20 finalists for the 2018 Imagine Chemistry challenge have been announced, with winners due t...
BASF and Solenis combine paper and water chemicals businesses
BASF has announced that it will combine its paper wet-end and water chemicals business with Solen...
Philip Aldridge shares his plans as new NEPIC CEO
PHILIP ALDRIDGE, an IChemE member who has taken over as CEO of England’s Northeast Process Indust...
Takeda and Shire agree £46bn takeover
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL has agreed to buy Shire for £46bn (US$62bn) as it seeks to create a global ...
Marathon Andeavor tie-up will create largest US refiner
MARATHON PETROLEUM has agreed to buy Andeavor in a US$36bn deal that will create the largest US r...
BASF agrees to buy Bayer’s vegetable seeds business for €1.7bn
BAYER has agreed to sell its entire vegetable seeds business to BASF for €1.7bn (US$2bn), as it s...
Shire recommends Takeda takeover offer
SHIRE has opened the door to a £46bn (US$64bn) takeover bid from Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical.
P&G agrees to buy Merck’s consumer healthcare business
PROCTER & GAMBLE has agreed to buy German drugmaker Merck’s consumer healthcare unit for €3.4bn (...
Saudi Aramco signs deal with Indian consortium for new refinery
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Saudi Aramco has made an agreement with a consortium of Indian o...
Reopening of UK bioethanol plant could lead to decarbonisation of transport
VIVERGO, the UK’s largest bioethanol plant, has reopened after a four-month shutdown period. Howe...
UK pay gap shows scale of male senior dominance
KEY employers of chemical engineers in the UK have published their gender pay gap information but...
Santos agrees to takeover talks with Harbour Energy
HARBOUR ENERGY has made a A$13.5bn (US$10.4bn) bid for Australian oil and gas producer Santos.
Takeda mulls bid for Shire
JAPAN’S Takeda Pharmaceutical has revealed it is considering a bid for Ireland’s Shire as it seek...
Saudi Aramco and Petronas reach deal on Rapid complex
SAUDI ARAMCO has agreed a deal to take joint ownership of Petronas’ refinery currently under cons...
AkzoNobel announces buyer for specialty chemicals business
AKZONOBEL is selling its specialty chemicals business to The Carlyle Group and Singapore’s sovere...
GSK buys Novartis out of consumer healthcare venture
GSK will pay US$13bn to take full control of its consumer healthcare venture with Novartis.
Blood-testing 'disruptor' charged with fraud
THE CEO and former-president of Theranos – a company which claimed to have developed technology t...
UK must remain within REACH as it exits EU
ICHEME has backed calls for the UK to remain within the EU’s chemicals regulation (REACH) despite...
BASF in exclusive talks to buy Bayer’s vegetable seeds business
BAYER is in talks to sell its entire vegetable seeds business to BASF as it seeks to address anti...
ABB signs deal with Yitai Group
ABB has signed an agreement with Chinese coal production company Yitai to apply ABB’s technologie...
DowDuPont announces names for three companies after split
DowDuPont intends to divide into three separate companies in 2019, named Corteva Agriscience, Dow...
ExxonMobil pulls out of deal with Rosneft
EXXONMOBIL is pulling out of its joint venture with Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, follow...
LyondellBasell announce plans to acquire A. Schulman
PLASTICS company LyondellBasell has announced that it will merge with A. Schulman as part of a US...
SABIC becomes largest shareholder in Clariant
SABIC has become the largest shareholder in specialty chemicals company Clariant. The Saudi chemi...
GFG Alliance buys Europe’s largest aluminium smelter
GFG ALLIANCE, the UK-based metals, mining and energy group owned by Sanjeev Gupta, has bought Eur...
New York City sues five oil majors over climate change
NEW YORK CITY has filed a lawsuit against five of the world’s largest investor-owned fossil fuel ...
Air Products buys Shell’s coal gasification business
AIR PRODUCTS has agreed a deal to buy Shell’s coal gasification technology business and its paten...
Trump proposes opening most US waters to drilling
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration has revealed a plan to open almost all US offshore waters...
Brookfield to buy Westinghouse for US$4.6bn
PRIVATE equity firm Brookfield Business Partners has bought troubled nuclear firm Westinghouse El...
Dominion Energy and SCANA merge in US$14.6bn deal
DOMINION ENERGY and fellow energy corporation SCANA have announced that they are to combine in an...
Sinopec to upgrade Iran’s Abadan refinery
SINOPEC ENGINEERING has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to upgrad...
UK plastic recycling crisis expected
THE UK’S recycling industry says it may not be able to cope with an increase in plastic waste, as...
Roche buys Ignyta for US$1.7bn
ROCHE has agreed a deal to buy oncology drug company Ignyta for US$27/share, a total of US$1.7bn.
Eni and Shell to face Nigeria bribery charges
AN Italian judge has ruled that Shell and Eni must face charges of aggravated international corru...
ThaiBev buys US$4.8bn stake in Sabeco
THAI Beverages (ThaiBev) has won an auction to buy a US$4.84bn majority stake in Vietnam’s top br...
Campbell Soup to buy Snyder’s-Lance for US$4.87bn
CAMPBELL Soup has agreed to buy pretzel and chip manufacturer Snyder’s-Lance for US$4.87bn as it ...
Statoil buys 25% of Brazil’s Roncador field
STATOIL has bought a 25% stake in Petrobras’ Roncador oil field in the Campos Basin in Brazil.
Unilever sells spreads business to KKR for €6.8bn
UNILEVER has sold its spreads business, including margarine brands such as Flora, Becel and ProAc...
Teva to cut 14,000 jobs worldwide
TEVA PHARAMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES is to cut 14,000 jobs, more than a quarter of its workforce, as p...
World Bank to stop lending to oil and gas
WORLD BANK GROUP president Jim Yong Kim has announced that the organisation will no longer financ...
INEOS shuts Forties pipeline
INEOS has closed its Forties oil pipeline, which transports 40% of the UK’s oil production, aroun...
BASF and LetterOne to merge oil and gas units
BASF and LetterOne have signed a letter of intent to merge their oil and gas subsidiaries, Winter...
Evonik sets up first Asia research hub
EVONIK is to build its first Asian research hub in Singapore, with a specific focus on functional...
US$4.2bn Bahrain refinery expansion contract awarded
BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY (Bapco) has awarded a US$2.4bn expansion contract for its Sitra oil ref...
Maersk Oil gets approval for US$3.36bn Tyra gas investment
THE Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) has approved a DKK21bn (US$3.36bn) investment, allowing M...
Emerson quits chasing Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has abandoned its pursuit of Rockwell Automation following a forceful rejection ...
Government outlines plan to make UK world’s most innovative nation
THE UK government has published its long-awaited Industrial Strategy as it seeks to boost industr...
ExxonMobil to revamp refining and chemical operations
EXXONMOBIL will reorganise its refining and chemical operations in an attempt to boost profits am...
BASF in talks for DEA oil and gas merger
BASF has announced that its Wintershall unit is in talks to merge with Letter One’s oil and gas a...
Tees Valley £123m Budget boost
UK CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond announced in his 2017 budget on Wednesday an investment of £123m (US...
Rockwell forcefully rejects Emerson takeover bid
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION has rejected a third takeover offer from Emerson Electric, arguing that the d...
Energy majors commit to reducing methane emissions
EIGHT global energy majors have committed to reducing methane emissions from their natural gas as...
‘Grave strategic errors’ in Hinkley Point C deal
THE UK government made “grave strategic errors” in its approach to Hinkley Point C, the UK’s firs...
INEOS expands North Sea oil and gas operations
INEOS will move into deep water oil and gas exploration, after agreeing to buy a majority stake i...
Emerson returns with US$29bn bid for Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has increased its offer for Rockwell Automation to US$29bn.
Bechtel signs US$15.2bn in LNG contracts with Tellurian
TELLURIAN has awarded four contracts worth US$15.2bn to Bechtel for the engineering, procurement ...
Shell sells further stake in Woodside for US$1.7bn
Shell has sold two-thirds of its remaining stake in Woodside Petroleum to two unnamed investment ...
Patrick Vallance is named UK chief scientific adviser
THE UK government has announced that it has appointed Patrick Vallance as its chief scientific ad...
Air Products and Yankuang to build US$3.5bn syngas plant
AIR PRODUCTS has signed an investment cooperation agreement with Yankuang Group to build a US$3.5...
Alaska and China sign LNG development deal
ALASKA and China have signed an historic joint development agreement for the Alaska LNG project, ...
Total buys Engie upstream LNG for US$1.49bn
TOTAL has bought Engie’s upstream liquefied natural gas assets for US$1.49bn.
Advanced nuclear design gets Canadian approval
THE Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has given the first regulatory nod to a commercial ...
BP, Shell lead energy trading blockchain plan
A CONSORTIUM including energy companies BP, Shell and Statoil is developing a blockchain-based di...
IChemE Energy Centre responds to UK Clean Growth Strategy
THE IChemE Energy Centre has welcomed the UK’s Clean Growth Strategy and investment in carbon cap...
Acid ISR recovers uranium tenfold
A MINING company is seeking to switch from an alkaline to acidic method of uranium recovery in a ...
YPF to invest US$30bn in Argentina over five years
ARGENTINA’S state energy company YPF is to invest US$30bn to boost hydrocarbon production in the ...
Tetra4 to become first South African LNG producer
ALTERNATIVE and renewable energy firm Renergen says that its gas production subsidiary Tetra4 is ...
Wood Group wins contract for offshore LNG platform
HONGHUA GROUP has awarded Wood Group the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its...
BASF to enter seeds business with €5.9bn Bayer deal
BAYER has agreed to sell some of its crop science businesses to BASF for €5.9bn (US$7bn), as it s...
UK sets out green growth plans
THE UK government has outlined a raft of plans for low-carbon investment, setting out how £2.5bn ...
Liveris to leave Dow for battery firm Novonix
ANDREW Liveris will take a board position at an Australian battery company when he steps down fro...
Glencore to spend US$1bn on Chevron South African assets
GLENCORE has announced that it will spend US$973m acquiring Chevron’s oil assets in South Africa ...
WorleyParsons buys Amec Foster Wheeler North Sea oil
WORLEYPARSONS has bought Amec Foster Wheeler’s North Sea upstream oil and gas business for a tota...
East coast CCS could be worth £163bn to UK economy
A CCS network on the UK east coast could boost the national economy by £163bn (US$210bn) by 2060 ...
Singapore "model factory" to help SMEs
SINGAPORE’S first 'model factory' has been launched, which will allow SMEs to gain experience of ...
Fracking banned in Scotland “indefinitely”
THE SCOTTISH government has announced an effective ban on fracking activities, following “overwhe...
ISC report sets out safety roadmap
PROCESS safety incidents are not decreasing over time, and steps must be taken to reduce the repe...
Founders of £65m UK battery research institute named
SEVEN British universities have been named as founding partners of the £65m Faraday Battery Insti...
Chemical engineer Wirth to be CEO of Chevron
MICHAEL WIRTH, currently Chevron vice chairman and executive vice president of midstream and deve...
Key US coal and nuclear announcements
AMERICA’S power markets could move away from renewables and natural gas towards coal and nuclear,...
DONG Energy to rename itself Ørsted
DONG ENERGY, formerly Danish Oil and Natural Gas, will become Ørsted on 6 November 2017, as it se...
Petronas Chemicals, Saudi Aramco in polymers JV
PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP has sold a 50% stake in its PRPC Polymers subsidiary to Saudi Aramco for...
UK and US sign science agreement
A SCIENCE and technology agreement between the UK and US was signed yesterday, which is the first...
Thyssenkrupp and Tata announce merger plans
STEEL majors Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge their...
Process integration across sectors
THREE Humberside process industry giants are participating on a European industrial efficiency pr...
DowDuPont revises split plans following merger
DOWDUPONT has revised its plans to split into three divisions following its merger and will chang...
Bunge buys 70% of IOI Loders Croklaan for US$946m
AGRIBUSINESS and food giant Bunge has bought a 70% controlling stake in IOI Loders Croklaan from ...
BP and Bridas form JV for Argentinean assets
BP AND Bridas Corporation have formed a joint venture combining their interests in Pan America En...
£1m project to field-test graphene water filters
UK-BASED G2O Water Technologies is to scale up production and field-test its patented graphene ox...
Singapore launches Tech Access Initiative
SINGAPORE’S senior minister of state for trade and industry, Koh Poh Koon, has launched the count...
IChemE Fellow on UK Council for Science and Technology
CHEMICAL engineer Max Lu has been appointed to the UK Council for Science and Technology (CST), a...
Sarawak to set up own oil company
SARAWAK’S state government plans to set up its own oil exploration company, despite the national ...
Singapore pharma innovation programme launched
A MEMORANDUM of understanding between three industry giants and Singapore’s public sector was sig...
GFG Alliance to invest US$1bn in Arrium
GFG ALLIANCE has completed its acquisition of Australian metals and mining business Arrium, and w...
DNV GL: Energy demand will plateau in 2030
RISK MANAGEMENT firm DNV GL predicts that global energy demand will peak in 2025 and plateau afte...
EU probes Bayer-Monsanto deal
AN IN-DEPTH investigation has been launched by the EU Commission into German chemical giant Bayer...
Sadara JV commissions last plant
SAUDI-based Sadara Chemical Company has commissioned the last of 26 plants at its US$20bn petroch...
Fighting ageing with AI
AS FAR as humans go, doctor-turned-investor Gregory Bailey is pretty good at spotting patterns an...
Merck unsure of cyberattack impact
MERCK & Co has said that it still does not yet know the full impact of the NotPetya cyberattack, ...
BASF to set up 3D printing company
BASF is to establish a new group company to develop and expand 3D printing materials, systems, co...
Shell prepared for continued low oil price
SHELL CEO Ben van Beurden says that the company is adopting a “lower forever” mindset as it seeks...
PETRONAS cancels Pacific NorthWest LNG
PETRONAS and its project partners have decided to cancel the vast US$28bn Pacific NorthWest LNG p...
Exxonmobil sues US Treasury
EXXONMOBIL is suing the US Treasury in response to a US$2m fine, which was imposed yesterday for ...
Jacobs Douwe Egberts is new Corporate Partner
JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) in Banbury, UK, has been made an IChemE Bronze Corporate Partner.
Hack hits Chernobyl monitoring system
RADIATION monitoring systems at the Chernobyl nuclear plant have been put out of action by a rans...
Shell partners SBI for drop-in biofuels
SBI BIOENERGY has granted exclusive development and licensing rights for its drop-in biofuels tec...
France to ban oil exploration
FRANCE plans to pass a law later this year to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration ...
Rio Tinto picks Yancoal again
RIO TINTO has snubbed a second Glencore bid for its Australian coal assets, choosing Chinese mine...
Notts Uni to reprogramme chemicals production
GREEN chemicals are a focus of a new £200m (US$253m) investment announced by the UK’s University ...
Industry supports US carbon tax
EXXONMOBIL is among a number of industry giants that have backed plans for a US carbon tax design...
Rio Tinto picks Yancoal for Aussie coal mines
RIO TINTO has snubbed an offer from Glencore for its thermal coal assets in Australia, sticking i...
Celanese and Blackstone form acetate tow JV
CELANESE is forming a joint venture with Blackstone to create a global acetate tow supplier – as ...
