Energy: Using Hydrogen for Glass
Andrew Keeley and Mike Haden talk about decarbonising the glass manufacturing process using hydro...
Features
Energy: Bringing Nuclear Back
Andrew Kadak reviews innovations for nuclear
Energy: Coal to Nuclear
Amanda Doyle speaks to Adrian La Porta about replacing coal-fired boilers with nuclear reactors
Energy: Hydrogen from offshore wind
Amanda Doyle speaks to Widya Wahyuni about using wind to power seawater electrolysis
Rules of Thumb: Radar Level Measurement
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers
David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-...
Centenary Themes: Energy
At-a-glance information on what's in the fourth of our centenary theme specials
Pee, Purple, Potions & Pills
Martin Pitt looks at the origins of the pharmaceutical industry
The Future of Biopharma
David Gemmell discusses the evolution of continuous and intensified bioprocessing
Transition Mettle
Adam Duckett on the varied opportunities for energy transition
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: An Evolving Industry
David Gemmell discusses how chemical engineers play their part in modern-day biopharma
Ethics Series: Ethics and the Chemical Engineer
David Bogle and Raffaella Ocone introduce a new series of articles urging chemical engineers to ‘...
Diversity: Where has it Gone?
Reflections from Uchenna Onwuamaegbu, Jamie Hoar, Heather Williams and IChemE’s National Early Ca...
Made in Space
Andrew Bacon talks to Adam Duckett about plans to launch feedstocks into space, and bring them ba...
Dreaming Big and Changing the World Through Chemical Engineering
Amanda Jasi speaks to pioneering chemical engineer Robert Langer about his successes and offers a...
Process Engineering for the Final Frontier
Kathryn Hadler tells Amanda Jasi about the exciting prospect of extracting and processing resourc...
A Cleaner, Greener Future: ‘We are Key, and we are Responsible’
Amanda Jasi speaks to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold about how chemical engineering can help h...
Rules of Thumb: Pneumatic Conveying
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Question Time: Social Experience
Chemical engineers gather to discuss how the profession can help shape a better future
From Junk to Fuel: Addressing the Space Debris Challenge
Amanda Jasi talks to Gary Calnan about his company’s work on developing a forge for recycling was...
Ethics Series: Did you sleep well?
Speaking the truth when others don’t want to hear has to be part of our DNA as engineers, says Da...
Centenary Themes: Social Experience
At-a-glance information on what's in the third of our centenary theme specials
Book Review: Natural Polymers-Based Green Adsorbents for Water Treatment
Editor: Susheel Kalia; ISBN: 9780128205419; Elsevier; 2021; €152.60
Rules of Thumb: Vapour Pressure and Viscosity Equations
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Fears over Future Shocks
Adam Duckett on the reverberating shocks from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Put on Your 3D Glasses
Jonathan McDonough explains how 3D printing will benefit the chemical engineering discipline over...
Improve the Accuracy of Your Formulations
Discover how smart balances coupled with database storage can boost process and product development
The Explosive Foundation of IChemE
With IChemE’s Centenary celebrations under way, Martin Pitt explores the chemical engineers who i...
Precision Fermentation: A green route for protein production
Jeremy Chignell speaks to Amanda Jasi about the promise of alternative proteins
Rules of Thumb: Safety Considerations for Pumps
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Safety Critical Task Analysis
Andrew Livingston, Shaista Bibi and Conor Crowley provide practical advice on this key risk manag...
Delta Force
Trish Kerin explains the power of using Delta HAZOP, a new method for revalidating previous HAZOPs
Question Time: Sustainability
Experts gather to discuss our discipline’s future in terms of sustainability and the environment
Cow-Free: A possible future for dairy
Arie Abo speaks to Amanda Jasi about using microorganisms as ‘cell factories’
Clean Steam: Greener distillation processes
Brian Williamson and Chris Jackson talk to Adam Duckett about zero emission closed-loop steam
Sustainable Business Decisions
Paul Hodges discusses the challenges that companies should consider on the path to a sustainabl...
An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in p...
Experts concerned about hydrogen plans form independent advisory group
A COALITION of volunteer engineers, concerned about the misapplication of hydrogen, have formed a...
Nitrate: An Emerging Solution
Jonathan Wright and colleagues explain how their IChemE Award-winning ion exchange and encapsul...
Rules of Thumb: Vent condenser with Non-condensables
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
The Bomb in Your Pocket?
Paul Orange explains why testing battery safety matters more than you’d imagine
The Right Approach to Digitalisation
Iwona Kandpal reports on support for SMEs as they increase their use of digital tech
Poised Precariously
Adam Duckett on the frustrations and relative successes of COP26
IChemE at COP26
IChemE participated in three events at the climate summit
Are You Ready for Digital?
The new digital age in our workplace isn’t coming, it’s already here, says Craig Smith
Cloud Computing and Chemical Engineering
Joanne Tanner and Tobias Cleaver-Ross discuss the benefits and challenges of cloud computing and ...
The Muon: A Particle that Punches above its Weight
Peter Walmsley explains the role of muon tomography in waste management at the Sellafield site
We Are the Universal Engineers
Rosey Deverall talks about her roles in nuclear safety and decommissioning
A Trusted Advisor
In the sixth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to s...
IChemE and Climate Change: Support for Chemical Engineering
Andrew Jamieson updates on how IChemE is ensuring that there are systems and resources available ...
COP26: Discussing the Future
Amanda Doyle reports from the COP26 climate change summit
COP26: The Glasgow Climate Pact
Negotiations lead to new commitments on climate action
Separation Anxiety
Darren Broom discusses the need for new developments to address the challenges around multicompon...
COMAaaaargH! COMAH Reports Gone Wrong
How to avoid some common pitfalls in the production and use of a COMAH report; from Robert McGreg...
Controlling Your Maintenance Turnaround Scope, from Kick-Off to Closeout
Gordon Lawrence discusses the need to keep scope to a manageable size and avoid excessive scope g...
Book Review: Petroleum Refining Design and Applications Handbook Volume 2
A Kayode Coker; ISBN: 978111947641; Wiley-Scrivener; 2021; US$295
Overcoming Inertia
Adam Duckett on the need for action on decarbonisation
Handle with Care
Low temperature embrittlement is a common, but poorly understood hazard. Paul Denham looks at pre...
Are You Best in Class at Process Safety Management?
Jack Wishart discusses how benchmarking can be used to measure and drive improvements in process ...
Oil and Gas Workers Have Their Say on the Just Transition
Amanda Doyle analyses a survey of oil and gas workers to reveal their thoughts on how the energy ...
Microwave Processing – Beyond Food
Sam Kingman, Chris Dodds, Adam Buttress and Daniel Groszek discuss new technology that offers a h...
The Nuclear Option
Brett Longstaffe talks about his role in engineering novel reactors
Rules of Thumb: Jet Mixing
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Fight corrosion with simulation
CORROSION is an age-old problem that is now being effectively contained and prevented due to the ...
Optimising Safety for the Renewable Energy Sector
A culture of care is the foundation, says Mark Walker
Webinar: Deliver your project on time and in budget – secure treated water
ON 6 October, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar to discuss the practical advantages of using...
Time for Change
Adam Duckett on the UK energy crisis and opportunities for change
Small but Mighty
Noor Al-Rifai and Rene Holm look at the use of nanosuspensions as long-acting injectables
Book Review: Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to Plant System Equipment Installation and Commissioning
Martin Killcross; ISBN: 9780128240496; Butterworth-Heinemann; 2021; £99
Rules of Thumb: Load Cells
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Turnaround Kick-Off
Gordon Lawrence explains how to get your maintenance turnaround off on the right foot
A Life in Lithium
The future of energy needs chemical engineers, and lots of them, say Jacob Brown, Titi Oliyide, L...
A Change of Clothes
Tahani Kaldéus talks about her work towards a greener fashion industry
Five Questions for Kwasi Kwarteng about the UK's Hydrogen Strategy
Tom Baxter asks five questions about the UK Government's new Hydrogen Strategy.
The Signpost to Sustainability
Adam Duckett on the missing elements of the UK’s hydrogen strategy
Making (Anti)sense of Oligonucleotide Manufacturing
Anna Watson discusses the chemical engineering challenges of new modality medicines
Rules of Thumb: Affinity Laws
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Achieving a Just Transition
Amanda Doyle explains why the energy transition must be fair for workers in high carbon industries
Happy Endings
Mine closure is not just an environmental issue, say Anna Littleboy, Guy Boggs and Glen Corder
The Middlewich Job (the Pump Preservation Society)
In the fourth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to so...
Improving Cost Estimating for Maintenance Turnarounds
We must do better, says Gordon Lawrence
Rules of Thumb: Time to Drain a Tank
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Giving a Client Value: Whatever That Is
John Downer explains how teams can understand and provide value to projects for clients
Time to Transfer?
James Colley offers sound advice on careers transition when you need to switch sectors
Continuing in a Crisis
Robert Walker explains the lessons he learned in successfully enabling critical gas supplies to c...
Research Bias
Raffaella Ocone and Nina Baker seek out the stories of chemical engineering’s female forerunners
Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks
Rules of Thumb: Orifices
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Men as Allies
Adam Duckett asks what are men doing to help support gender diversity and inclusion?
Digital Risk Management: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Joanne Tanner and Tristan Hunter introduce a new member-led series on digitalisation, and in this...
Making Sure Risks are ALARP
Andy Brazier and Nick Wise explain why it’s so important to consider real-world situations in ris...
Solving Problems at Scale
Jane Cutler talks to Adam Duckett about her inspirations and quest for skills
Set in Stone
Amanda Doyle speaks to Rahul Shendure about innovations for lower-emissions cement and storing CO...
Warm Up Acts
Tom Baxter examines the challenges and opportunities of electrifying process heating
Documenting Your Turnaround Estimate
Gordon Lawrence discusses the value of a basis of estimate document for a maintenance turnaround ...
Producing Hydrogen While Storing CO2 in the Oceans
Mike Kelland and Greg Rau talk to Amanda Doyle about their clean-tech goals
The Chemical Industry’s Balancing Act
Lars Krause and Michael Carus discuss crediting the value of bio- and CO2-based and recycled mate...
From Wastewater to Resource
Khor Bee Chin discusses plans to reclaim precious resources from the wastewater that goes down th...
Rules of Thumb: Solids Transfer - Bins & Silos
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Book Review: Analysis and Design of Membrane Process: A Systems Approach
Mingheng Li; ISBN: 9780735421813; AIP Publishing; 2020; US$135
Reducing the Daily Grind
Liza Forbes, Kym Runge, Mike Mankosa, Jaisen Kohmuench and Luke Vollert discuss a froth-free flot...
Action Plans
Adam Duckett on the US President’s climate push and jobs plan
Transforming Supply Chains
Industry will be forced to adapt, says Paul Hodges
Taking Aim
Malcolm Wilkinson and members of IChemE’s Sustainability Special Interest Group discuss the futur...
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most...
Turnaround Scope Optimisation
Gordon Lawrence discusses the importance of prescriptive scope criteria in a turnaround premise d...
Patents and The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ed Round discusses what the patent landscape reveals about the future of manufacturing
Rules of Thumb: Process Control Valves
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Book Review: Trevor Kletz Compendium: His Process Safety Wisdom Updated for a New Generation
Andy Brazier, David Edwards, Fiona Macleod, Craig Skinner, Ivan Vince; ISBN: 9780128194478; Elsev...
What Safety Studies Have You Got on Your Menu?
Andy Brazier and Nick Wise introduce a series looking at ALARP
Safety by Design: Making Bigger, Better
Joe Willmot shares the methodologies and data required to achieve a robust and safe scaleup from ...
New EU Safety Data Sheet Requirements
Aidan Bushell explains changes for Dust Explosions (Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/878)
Developing a Justification for a DCS Migration
Why modern distributed control systems are increasingly important
Rules of Thumb: Flow Parameters
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
LOPA Versus Covid
Ali Mokhber, Christopher Ross, and Pablo Garcia-Trinanes describe how layers of protection analys...
Book Review: Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care
Clive Lloyd; ISBN: 9780367509538; CRC Press; 2020; US$64.95 (Hardback), US$20.65 (ebook)
Describe, Diagnose, Predict and Prescribe – make it Data not Drugs!
Researchers and industry have developed a guide to data analytics for pharmaceutical manufacturing
Book Review: Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography: Principles and Practical Applications
Oliver Jones; ISBN: 978-981-15-6189-4; Springer Singapore; 2020; US$59.99 (softcover)
Handle with Care
Nikodem Siwek explains how to get the most from your pH measurement devices
Rules of Thumb: Pump and System Curves
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Solids Flow: Prevent the Problem
Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray explain how to identify and mitigate bulk solids flow risks
The Pharmaceutical Industry: Engineering Frustrations
Hedley Rees and Keith Plumb discuss how current methods of drug development are impeding engineer...
ChemEng: 100 Years at Cape Town
Jim Petrie and Jenni Case celebrate a centenary of chemical engineering
Oils & Fats: Essential Engineering
Qua Kiat Seng charts the evolution of vegetable oil production
Webinar: Robust Design Optimisation of a Multistage Compressor for Surge Avoidance
ON 13 January, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar to discuss how simulation software can be u...
Accelerating Innovation with DOE
JMP invites engineers to explore an alternative way of experimenting that can increase your effec...
Engineering Pharma
Huai Nyin (Grace) Yow and colleagues discuss the engineering challenges specific to pharmaceutica...
IChemE Sets Out Stance on Climate Change
Mark Apsey shares IChemE’s new position statement on climate change and the consultation process ...
Rules of Thumb: Chromatography Systems
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Looping the Loop
Digitalisation and automation are great for control loop optimisation - but we still need humans,...
New Nuclear
Ian Scott discusses the development of the waste-burning stable salt reactor (SSR)
A Virtual Meeting at 10 Downing Street
Tom White, IChemE Trustee and CEO of C-Capture, presses Boris Johnson for support on scaleup
Book Review: Rewiring America
Saul Griffith with Sam Calisch and Laura Fraser; ISBN: N/A; Publisher: N/A; 2020; Free
Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Design
Rob Kirkpatrick explains teaching of soft skills
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...
Webinar: Improving Vacuum Distillation Profitability
ON 26 November, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar on how mobile refrigeration can be used to...
Digital Therapeutics
How far has the technology come, asks Parminder Bansal
Accentuate the Positive
How we can learn important safety lessons from success as well as failure
Carbon Capture: But Not as We Know It
Rotating packed beds can play a part in making carbon capture smaller and cheaper
Rules of Thumb: Control Valve Lift
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Money Matters
Why process industry economics should be taught in undergrad chemical engineering
Gainful Employment, by Design
Zainuddin Manan describes routes to increasing graduates’ employability
Ensuring the Safety of Food
Tony Hasting looks at the options for quality assurance
Webinar: The Digital Transformation of Process Engineering
ON 28 October, The Chemical Engineer is hosting a webinar to discuss the digital transformation o...
Harnessing sunlight to convert CO2 to fuels
Amanda Doyle speaks to Solistra Co-founder Alexandra Tavasoli about the company's process that us...
Rules of Thumb: Tanks and Vessels
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Moving the Dial to Decarbonise
David Wong and colleagues discuss how the world’s aluminium smelters could enable the rapid uptak...
Experiences Work
John Wilson explains why undergraduate placements are so important
Book Review: A Guide to Hazard Identification Methods, Second Edition
Frank Crawley; ISBN: 9780128195437 (paperback); Elsevier; 2020; £117.30
All the Dominoes Fall
A long-term moral perspective to process safety is needed, says Marc Reid
A Clean Bill of Health
Tony Hasting discusses cleaning and disinfection of food process plant
Webinar: the importance of design of experiments within chemical engineering
ON 15 September, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar to discuss how design of experiments is a...
Design Fire Fighting
What do you do when you unexpectedly lose a crucial piece of your refinery complex? Shahidan Lail...
Energy Saviours: Part 5
Tom Baxter looks at the parasitic load challenge of CCS
A Circular Economy for Plastics
What’s standing in the way of us closing the loop on plastics? Mark Vester discusses
Chem Plants Dream of Electric Bleeps
Simon Jagers and Gerben Gooijers show how you can raise plant reliability using current and volt...
Solids Flow: Piece by Piece
Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray
Brewing Up Energy
Constantine Tsounis, Bijil Subhash, and Khushal Polepalle chart their journey from undergrad desi...
Decarbonisation Versus Profits
Mercedes Maroto-Valer discusses how the chemical industry can contribute to post-pandemic net zero
Turning Points for IX
John Bewsey describes a new ion exchange process for cleaning up acid mines and brackish water
Book Review: Transcendence
Gaia Vince; ISBN: 9780241281116; Allen Lane; 2019; £20
Malaysia Versus Waste
Malaysia has much to do, say Kok Siew Ng and Eleni Iacovidou
How Chemicals Companies Can Drive Operational Resilience with the Digital Twin
Paige Marie Morse explains how companies have been using digital technologies to adapt to the cor...
HyNet: Demonstrating an Integrated Hydrogen Economy
HyNet North West will make hydrogen for heat a reality
H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society
The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia
Helping Hands in the Health Crisis
Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spr...
Bulk Solids Flow: Know What you’re Dealing With
A look at what should go into a proper Basis of Design document for a solids handling system
All You Can Eat
What contribution do chemical engineers make in ensuring our food is safe?
Using wood waste to produce biochemicals: green chemistry for a green future
Amanda Doyle speaks to Florence Gschwend, CEO and Co-founder of Lixea, about the company's new pr...
A Project to Develop and Protect
Matthew Duchars and John Challenger describe the plans to design and build a facility that the UK...
Energy Saviours: Part 4
Tom Baxter explains why slowing down is better for the planet
Chemical Plants: Surviving the Coronavirus Storm
Joan Cordiner looks at how operations have adapted to the pandemic
The Heat is On
Keith Plumb explains the importance of design of pressure relief systems for stirred tank vessels
Time for Change
Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products
Teaming up for Vaccines
CPI discusses the importance of bringing an engineering mindset to collaborate with biologists on...
A Balancing Act: Covid-19 and the Climate
Amanda Doyle looks at how the crisis of coronavirus is impacting the pressing need to go green
After the spill: an introduction to the series
Adam Duckett, Editor of The Chemical Engineer, introduces a series looking at Deepwater Horizon o...
After the spill: research for safer offshore operations
A decade on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, James Pettigrew discusses the efforts to bring t...
H21: The Story So Far
Tim Harwood updates us on the collaborative gas industry programme to deliver the evidence on con...
Getting the Measure of Temperature
Jonathan Pearce explains how new techniques can improve process efficiency
The Lowdown on Blowdown
Chris Best addresses the role blowdown systems play in plant design and why they are essential in...
Stopping the Flow
Rory Stanley explains developments in line blinding systems for total isolation
Accelerating Innovation
JMP discusses how to encourage organisations to take a new approach to innovation
Solid States
You may not be able to control the world, but you can control the flow of your bulk solids, says ...
Waste Not Want Not
Vanda Jones discusses how you can cut your compressed air energy consumption
Book Review: Graphene – Important Results and Applications
George Wypych; ISBN: 978-1-927885-51-2; ChemTec Publishing; 2019; US$350
Novel Meat for a New Age
Protein sources are gaining increasing attention due to concerns about the sustainability of tr...
Pyrolysis Gets Personal
Adam Duckett visits the workshop of Nik Spencer to understand more about a pyrolysis unit that ...
The Carbon Collision Course
Andrew Perry looks at the challenges of tackling global carbon emissions, and asks when the worl...
Book Review: Petroleum Refining, Design and Applications Handbook
A Kayode Coker; ISBN: 9781118233696; Wiley-Scrivener; 2018; eBook £200.99; Hardcover, £223.00
On the Road to Digital
Chemicals businesses must not delay on digitalisation if they want to transform their operations,...
Packing a Punch
David Smith discusses the importance of product packing and filling for formulated dry products
Monitoring in Mining
Amanda Jasi speaks to Albert Cabrejo and Leonnardo Probst about their company’s radar-based techn...
Triumph Out of Adversity
Mohamed Azlan Hussain and Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua explain how a natural disaster led to demonst...
Just Add Water
Hugh Thomas looks at the challenge of ensuring resilient and wholesome water supplies
Net Zero and Safety
Chemengers have a huge part to play in ensuring the safety of low-carbon technologies, says Julie...
Curbing Carbon Emissions with Green Methanol
Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has pioneered a process to transform CO2 emissions into meth...
Delta HAZOP: Revalidation and Focus on Major Accident Hazards
Paul Kenny shares insights on a new HAZOP technique trialled at ExxonMobil’s Fawley site in the U...
Bulk Solids Handling: Perspective on a Professional Blind Spot
A topic often overlooked and misunderstood, Grant Wellwood looks at the prevalence of bulk solids...
Hot Water
A bright future awaits chemengers in the water industry, say Richard Hill and Chris Short
Changing Rooms
Best practice on specifying, designing, commissioning and operating control rooms
New narrative needed for CCS
Obtaining wider support for CCS by emphasising its importance in decarbonising numerous industrie...
The Grandest Challenges
In the run up to IChemE Advances in Process Automation and Control (APAC) conference, Chris Hamli...
Book Review: Organising for Safety; How Structure Creates Culture
Andrew Hopkins AFIChemE; ISBN: 9781925894158; Wolters Kluwer; 2019; £57.22
Step by Step
Stephen Drew reports on why classic pinch technology used in the NZ food industry is just as vali...
Dry Run
Smarter testing for powder development in the dairy industry
Design by Modelling
Reactor modelling reveals that pharma developers could use CSTRs to perform commercial-scale oper...
A Flawless Start
Demystifying the art of successful commissioning
Powering the future: the lithium battery that doesn’t get thrown away
Amanda Doyle speaks to Amrit Chandan, CEO of Aceleron, about the company’s battery pack design wh...
Hot Topic
Keith Plumb gives an overview of batch heat transfer
The Next Best Thing
Ruby Ray and Fabio Ruggeri describe an innovative process to produce substitute natural gas – a s...
Automatic for the People
Sean Loughney asks how safety in the offshore industry might be improved via automation
Digging Deeper
Glen Corder and Artem Golev look at the mining industry’s role in a circular economy
Book review: The Dyes – Scotland’s dyestuff pioneers and a century of chemical manufacturing in Grangemouth
John Blackie; ISBN: 978-1-9993700-0-8; Dyes Publishing; 2019; £15
Future Advances in Process Automation
Andrew Ogden-Swift reviews the pressing challenges
How engineers are key to addressing societal challenges in Australia – Chemeca 2019
Australia's Chief Scientist Alan Finkel and Orica's Belinda Grealy speak to Rachael Fraser about ...
Where Next for AI in Drug Discovery?
Adrian Tombling explains why drug developers need AI
Energy Saviours: Part 3
Tom Baxter shares more options for chemical engineers to boost energy efficiencies
Strategy 2024
IChemE President Ken Rivers explains the purpose of Strategy 2024 and why it is fundamental to t...
Separations under Control
Barry Perlmutter explains developments in containment for eliminating worker exposure during soli...
Go With the Flow
Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage in...
Waste to jet fuels project set for take off
Velocys is a company that has developed technology to convert feedstocks such as household waste ...
Capturing CO2 with C-Capture
C-Capture started as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK i...
DigiTwin: Moving closer to autonomous management
AT a webinar hosted by IChemE’s Process Management and Control Special Interest Group (PMCSIG), D...
AM: Keeping it Clean
How atmospheric gases will be key to future additive manufacturing.
Stripping Ammonia in Anaerobic Digesters
Robert Eden discusses thermal stripping in Hong Kong
Uses of Hydrogen in Industry
Hydrogen is recognised as a high purity premium product. Andy Brown describes some of its many ...
Finding your Level
A guide to selecting level measurement systems, from Alan Hunt
Back to the Future
Andrew Coe and James Paterson explain developments on part of the solution to the dual energy cha...
First Steps
Mark Yates charts the development of Apollo’s portable life support system
First shipment from Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility
The first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) has sailed from Shell’s Prelude floating LNG (F...
IChemE Members recognised with RAEng Major Project Award 2019
TWO IChemE members, as part of an engineering team, have been awarded the Royal Academy of Engine...
Stressed British Steel Must Not be Allowed to Fail
Adam Duckett says Government must stand strong with British Steel
Snapshot: Royal Mail stamp of approval for engineering excellence
The UK’s Royal Mail has revealed ten new special stamps which feature “marvels” of British engine...
Hydrogen Transport
Andy Brown looks at the options and challenges of moving hydrogen from A to B in bulk
Take it Apart; Put it Back Together
How do you dismantle a chemical plant for re-erection at the other side of the world? Richard Van...
A Clean Bill of Health
James Finn describes the development of an award-winning setup for sterile filtration of APIs
Keeping it Local
David Simmonds explains the challenges of pursuing major projects sustainably
Transforming Asset Maintenance
Digitisation is helping to improve predictive intelligence and transform asset management, says M...
Are Your Preventive Maintenance Routines Effective?
Michael Dixey and Pete Hibbs outline ways to optimise preventive maintenance routines
Turning up the Heat on Compressed Air Measurement
David Bowers explains how to keep compressed air use under control
Ditch the Bag Filters
Barry Perlmutter explains automated clarification technologies
Testing the Metal
Amanda Doyle visits SaMI to learn about the next steps for steel research
UN report calls for urgent action to tackle chemical pollution
INDUSTRY will not achieve environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste by 2020 without...
Valve Safety & the Environment
Roderick Stanley explains industry efforts towards leak-free valves
BioSNG: Fuelling the Future with Trash
Massimiliano Materazzi and Richard Taylor discuss the promise of a bio-substitute for natural gas
No More Lost Light Gases
Jason Ornstein, Ray Ozdemir & Anne Boehme on adapting failed automotive capture technology for ...
Clean Hydrogen. Part 1: Hydrogen from Natural Gas Through Cost Effective CO2 Capture
Producing hydrogen with carbon capture via the Low Carbon Hydrogen (LCH) process
Lean Forward
We should sell Lean Manufacturing to the food industry, says Ian Madden
Why Hydrogen?
THE cheap, abundant and seemingly limitless energy supply of the 20th Century driven by fossil fu...
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...
Energy Saviours: Part 2
As a follow up to the feature “Energy Saviours” (issue 927, September 2018), this article explore...
Little Wonder
Adam Duckett speaks to chemical engineer Bill Grieco, CEO of the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, a...
Worth its Weight
It is increasingly important for companies to maximise the sustainability of their manufacturing ...
Add it Up
Process simulation software has become almost universal in the chemical engineering sector, and m...
Switching off
Why operators turn advanced controls off (and how to prevent them from doing so)
Waste-to-BioSNG innovation wins big at IChemE Awards
Amanda Jasi reviews the winners of IChemE's annual awards programme
2018 – The Year of Engineering
Adam Duckett speaks to engineers, schoolchildren and teachers who took part in the UK government’...
Producing Graphene at Scale
The challenge for chemical engineers of producing graphene at scale
Enhanced Cybersecurity Improves Plant Productivity?
It is crucial that organisations do not allow cybersecurity and operational digitisation projects...
Filtration – The Forgotten Process
Filtration is often overlooked during the development of new processes, but at what cost?
Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We There Yet?
Amanda Doyle travels to Norway on a CCS safari
From Slime to Sublime
The potential of algae to recover valuable resources from waste could transform the traditional w...
Joining Forces
Starting a learned society chain reaction
Screen Test
Are today’s methods of grading and selecting our graduate chemengers lacking?
Developing Policies: What Can We Do?
Increasing chemical engineering contributions to sustainable policy development: an Australian ...
Creating a Sustainable Future – The Role of Material Selection
The one challenge that engineers of all stripes need to deal with is material selection.
Bioprocessing insights on getting the most from your data
Ahead of our coming webinar on 9 October, the presenters from JMP and GSK discuss using data to i...
Where Are They Now?
Class of ’82: a chemical engineering cohort study
Roads Less Travelled
Improving the employability of chemical engineers
The Rum Diary
Bringing multi-product distilling to Australia
Nereda: Redefining Effluent Treatment
There is a new player in the wastewater process sector, re-writing the rules of the game
Add It Up!
How 3D printing of reactors can help chemical engineers with process intensification
Practically Speaking – Flow Control
Back to basics on theory and equipment
2-in-1 Overfill Prevention
One radar level gauge can provide two separate and independent layers of protection
Pet Projects
Standard routines and their place in continuous improvement
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process ...
Diverter Valves: No Longer Just for Special Applications
Why we should give more thought to these versatile, durable valves
Pump Action
Tips for selecting a pumping system for chemical treatment and comparing different dosing systems
Data is Best
Preventing asset failure in the refining industry using machine learning
The Long View on Longford
20 years on from Australia’s infamous gas explosion, what have we learned, and what should we do ...
Sadara: Lessons Learned
How to stay on budget with large, complex projects
Energy Saviours
Ways for operations and design engineers to boost efficiencies
Industrial Aftermath: Project Ends Toxic Pesticide Legacy
Mag Sim of Pure Earth takes us inside the collaborative effort that cleaned up a polluted industr...
Thinking Outside the Block
Can novel uses of blockchain technology in the chemical and process industries justify its cost?
How to Build a Self-Healing Plant
A future where plants will monitor, diagnose potential issues, and even schedule a fix is not far...
Using Bow Ties to Classify Barriers
Not all parts of a process safety management system are of equal importance
Get more from your data, increase yields and reduce costs
Ahead of our coming webinar on 19 June, Stan Higgins says we are not getting the value from our d...
Under One Roof
The University of Cambridge’s new chemical engineering and biotechnology building is open for b...
Hands On
Adam Duckett reports from the launch of the University of Sheffield’s new continuous powder proce...
Brownfield and Beyond
Innovation is needed to develop systems to identify problems before they occur
Lessons in Safety
Effective communication a key theme as experts gather to discuss safety
Millennials Teach Baby Boomers a Lesson
How reverse mentoring is bridging the generational skills gap while encouraging fresh thinking
Fighting the Fight
Cyber attacks on industrial control systems are increasing. What can you do?
Friendly Foams
Building the UK’s first captured-carbon polymerisation plant
The Privilege of Being First
An insider’s view of the technical challenges overcome at the pioneering Boundary Dam CCS project...
Landfill vs Skyfill
How landfill might be the better option for disposal of low-grade plastics
It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
H21: why we need bold thinking for a greener, cleaner, low-cost future
Shale Gas: Friend or Foe?
An overview of the scientific and technical challenges that have surfaced because of shale gas
On the Level
How advanced level measurement technology increases plant efficiency and safety
A Battery Olympics
Getting around the limitations of battery devices with clever ways of teaming different technolo...
No Operation is an Island
Adam Duckett discusses siloed operations
Jack Welch – No Engineers in the Boardroom
Claudia Flavell-While charts the rise of business giant (and chemical engineer) Jack Welch
Beyond ALARP
Why considered, informed, respectful dialogue is needed
Rubbish Roads
A solution to the world’s plastic problem could be right under our feet. Toby McCartney, MacRebur...
Applying Chemistry
How chemical engineering developed in Nigeria
Vaccines: The End of the Cold War?
How an award-winning ensilication technology could remove the need to refrigerate life-saving vac...
Growing the digital plant
Technology transfer: how digital trends in the consumer market might benefit process plant operat...
Demolition Man
Expert observations of demolition dangers and how to avoid them
South Australia to host world-scale solar thermal plant
Energy company SolarReserve has announced that it has received developmental approval for its 150...
Get Nimble
Adam Duckett says it is time to get nimble and experiment
Reality Check
How augmented reality is ticking all the boxes for the process sector. Simon Clarke, Director at ...
A South African Challenge
Mobilising chemical engineering resources to mitigate drought
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...
Biorefining and Integrated Bioresource Engineering
FBP journal – a new avenue for the research
A Greener Future for IChemE
The BioFutures Programme will address the opportunities and challenges faced by the chemical engi...
Ditch the Deluge
An argument for using insulation rather than fixed firewater deluge to protect bulk LPG storage t...
The Big Vision
Next-generation batch technologies drive productivity and profitability
Buses Full of Beans
The route from coffee waste to biofuel: Dickon Posnett, Argent Energy Director of Corporate Affai...
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
What to do About Creeping Change
A new hazard identification methodology can identify creeping changes, potentially averting catas...
Capturing Ionic Winds
STUNNING 3D images that show the effect of electric fields on ionic winds flowing from a flame co...
Something in the water
Managing the safe discharge of active pharmaceutical ingredients during drug production
Looking to the future
What should we do to prevent the next process safety catastophe?
An urgent request: new decommissioning head must bring fresh-thinking to wrong-headed plans
THE appointment this week of a new head of decommissioning at the UK’s Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) ...
Scotland’s Fracking Ban – Politics Trumps Expert Advice
THE Scottish government’s recent announcement on fracking was no surprise. No amount of evidence-...
A Sneak Peak at Air Products’ Graduate Recruitment Process
Insights on how a major employer of engineers handles its graduate recruitment process.
Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions th...
How to Limit Amine Systems Failures
A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production
Surviving the storm
Joan Cordiner, Technical and Change Manager, Syngenta Houston speaks to Helen Tunnicliffe
The ‘Watermelon’ Effect: Does a green dashboard mean a healthy facility?
Introducing the ‘watermelon’ effect, where process safety performance metrics appear ‘green’ sugg...
Cyber Security in the Asian Process Industry
Every production process has inherent risks. Cyber criminality is now one of these risks.
Technology Sharing
Why we must harness the power of horizontal innovation in the formulation sector
The Rise and Evolution of the Connected Worker
Connected technologies offer the potential to achieve a step change for industrial markets akin t...
Equipped to Innovate
Rethinking the PhD – and your perceptions
Better by Design
Quality by design must be viewed as an opportunity, not as a regulatory burden
Adding Value to Gold
Scotland’s first ever commercial goldmine proves that precious metals can be worth more than thei...
Digital Pioneers
Evonik's chief digital officer discusses his expectations for digitalisation at the specialty che...
Usher in a New Age
Adam Duckett on ushering in a new era
Peering into the Future
A crystal ball view of the chemical process industry
The Next Big Thing
The next big breakthrough in chemical process technology will only be achieved by adopting a rigo...
News
UK HFCA calls for action on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
Following a push by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to accelerate cleaner hydrogen ...
UK not on track for net zero, says the Climate Change Committee
THE UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that the country is not on track to achieve its “amb...
Largest industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant opens in UK
An industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant has been opened by Tata Chemicals Europe in No...
BP acquires stake in major green hydrogen and renewables hub
ENERGY major BP has agreed to acquire a 40.5% stake in and operate the Asian Renewable Energy Hub...
TotalEnergies and AEL invest in green hydrogen
TotalEnergies has signed a deal to acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), to...
DAC partners announce global deployment approach
CCUS platform 1PointFive and technology company Carbon Engineering have announced a deployment ap...
Freeport LNG to remain offline until September
Freeport LNG, which shut down after a fire earlier this month, has announced that its Texas, US p...
Six people missing following blast at Chinese pesticide site
At least eight people are injured, and six others are missing after an explosion at a chemical fa...
Shell invests to accelerate UK energy transition
BY 2030, Shell aims to increase its supply of UK oil and gas demand to 15% while reducing emissio...
C-Capture to demonstrate new carbon capture solvents
CARBON dioxide removal firm C-Capture has announced the launch of a national project that capture...
MPI receives funding for green steel hydrogen pilot project
The Materials Processing Institute (MPI) has announced it is leading a national project to demons...
Australia pays €555m over scrapped nuclear-sub programme
THE Australian Government has announced a €555m (US$579.9m) settlement with France’s majority sta...
Shutdown of US LNG exporter after fire raises supply concerns
ONE of the US’s largest LNG export facilities has shutdown after a fire, raising supply concerns ...
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...
Jacobs builds robot to sample Fukushima radioactive debris
ENGINEERING group Jacobs has designed and built a remotely-operated robot to collect debris at th...
UK invests £31m to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
The UK Government has announced it is investing more than £31 m (US$38.9m) to help industry cut c...
Cemex opens new non-fossil fuelled facility in UK
CEMEX has officially opened its new Climafuel facility at its Rugby, UK cement plant. The plant, ...
Woodside completes merger with BHP Petroleum
WOODSIDE Energy has completed its merger with BHP’s oil and gas portfolio, creating a global ener...
Drax to trial innovative carbon capture technology
RENEWABLE energy firm Drax is working with the University of Nottingham, UK and Promethean Partic...
JV greenlights delayed gas project
SHELL and its joint-venture (JV) partner SGH Energy have taken a final investment decision (FID) ...
BP partners with Abu Dhabi energy firms to develop Teesside hydrogen plants
BP has joined forces with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the country’s renewable ...
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...
US CCS project to capture up to 15m t/y of CO2
BP and Linde plan to advance a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas that will ...
UK data hub to boost manufacturing
ULSTER University, UK is leading a new £50m (US$62.9m) data innovation hub and testbed expected t...
Teesside picked for first green fuels plant
TEESSIDE is set to host the first plant in the UK to produce a drop-in fuel called rDME that is p...
US will invest US$3.5bn in building hubs to suck CO2 from the air
THE US is investing US$3.5bn to create four large-scale direct air capture (DAC) hubs to remove C...
€100m needed for Chernobyl invasion repairs
€100m (US$107m) is needed for repairs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant following the Russian ...
Hinkley Point C costs rise again to £26bn
THE COST the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has risen again, this time by £3bn (US$3....
Process developers awarded £44m to advance UK hydrogen economy
MEMBRANE reactors, chemical looping processes and thermochemical splitting of water by advanced n...
Australia trade group says security fears should prompt fresh oil development
AUSTRALIA’S oil and gas trade group has said the country should develop new fields to boost energ...
Australian universities join forces to commercialise clean tech
AUSTRALIA’S University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW) and University of Newcastle have received...
WBCSD and Engie join forces to develop industrial decarbonisation principles
THE World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and sustainability consultancy Eng...
UKAEA shows X-rays could support safe, reliable fusion power
SCIENTISTS at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have successfully shown that X-ray scanning ...
Shell sells Russian retail and lubricants businesses
SHELL has signed an agreement to sell its Russian retail and lubricants businesses to Lukoil, one...
Final licensor selected for Australia’s only fully integrated urea production facility
NEURIZER has selected Stamicarbon to deliver the process design package for front-end engineering...
UK launches £120m nuclear fund
THE UK Government has launched a £120m (US$149.8m) fund to unlock and accelerate new nuclear tech...
Experts join forces to push hydrogen production from nuclear energy
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is developing a roadmap for the commercial producti...
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 ...
Aussie reactor trial seeks to coax coal miners to capture methane
A NOVEL reactor that neutralises methane emissions produced in coal mines will be trialled by Sou...
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...
Scottish trial tests hydrogen in gas pipelines
A TRIAL is underway at Ineos’s Grangemouth site to help determine how existing natural gas networ...
Mixed reaction as Government moves to shield heavy industry from spiralling energy costs
THE UK Government is extending a compensation scheme to help shield heavy industry from rising en...
BASF announces deadline for Russia exit
BASF has announced that it will wind down its remaining activities in Russia and Belarus by the b...
FLSmidth leads work to electrify calcination in bid to cut cement emissions
ENGINEERS are building a pilot plant to electrify production of a clinker replacement that would ...
BP to invest £18bn to support UK energy security
OIL major BP has plans to invest £18bn (US$22.5bn) in the UK’s energy system by the end of 2030, ...
New £15m research facility to boost UK nuclear
CONSTRUCTION of a new £15m (US$18.9m) nuclear research facility is underway at Infinity Park Derb...
UK urged to takes systems approach to help decarbonise dispersed manufacturers
WITH dispersed industrial sites producing around half of UK industry emissions, an energy systems...
Cemex invests in lower carbon cement technology
CEMEX has invested in Carbon Upcycling Technologies, which has developed technology that uses cli...
IAEA steps in to make Chernobyl safe
NUCLEAR experts have arrived at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant to help make it safe afte...
Ithaca Energy acquisition reawakens Cambo project plans
OIL and gas company Ithaca Energy is acquiring Siccar Point Energy in a deal worth up to US$1.46b...
Carbon Collect unveils first mechanical tree
CARBON Collect has unveiled its first “mechanical tree” for direct air capture at Arizona State U...
‘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...
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 first: Cornish Lithium trials direct extraction of key battery metal from geothermal waters
AT the end of March, Cornish Lithium commissioned the UK’s first direct lithium extraction pilot ...
UK’s state-backed vaccine manufacturing centre sold
THE UK’s emergency vaccine manufacturing innovation centre (VMIC) has been sold to US manufacture...
Compressed air users urged to stop wasting energy
THE British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has launched a campaign to help companies cut their com...
BASF outlines plans to continue net zero progress
ONE year after announcing its 2050 net zero target, BASF has outlined plans to continue its progr...
Neste studies plastic waste processing facility
AS IT works to commercialise chemical recycling of plastic waste, Neste is conducting a feasibili...
UK Energy Security Strategy deemed ‘a missed opportunity’
THE UK Government has released its much-delayed Energy Security Strategy, which improves long-ter...
BP supports green skills hub to train Teessiders
BP is developing educational programmes with Redcar & Cleveland College that will train people fo...
Croda to expand UK lipids output for vaccine production
CRODA has been awarded £15.9m (US$20.8m) by the UK Government to increase the output of its plant...
Russia blames Ukraine for oil depot blaze
AN oil storage depot has been set on fire in a Russian city north of the Ukrainian border. The lo...
Attacks on Saudi facilities threaten energy security
AIRBORNE attacks on Saudi Aramco energy infrastructure demonstrate a threat to Saudi Arabia’s pro...
Huge floating LNG plant cleared to restart production
SHELL has been cleared to restart production at is major floating LNG facility Prelude.
‘Clear progress’ made since the North Sea Transition Deal
A YEAR after agreeing to the North Sea Transition Deal with the oil and gas sector, UK Government...
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,...
Saudi Aramco to increase oil and gas production
AS part of its growth strategy, Saudi Aramco has announced that it will increase oil and gas prod...
Green investor partners with spinout for novel fluid flow characterisation technology
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham spinout Rheality and investment company Clean Engineering have partnered...
BP and Aberdeen enter joint venture for green hydrogen hub
BP and Aberdeen City Council have entered a joint venture to develop a hydrogen hub in the Scotti...
Australia to become critical minerals powerhouse by 2030
THE Australian Government has announced an updated strategy which it expects will make the nation...
EDF plans green hydrogen facility in Teesside
EDF and Hynamics, a subsidiary of the EDF Group which specialises in hydrogen, have announced inv...
Fluor will engineer Itero’s chemicals recycling process
FLUOR has won the contract to engineer a chemical recycling demonstration plant for Itero in the ...
Viridor opens state-of-the-art resource recovery facility
VIRIDOR has officially opened its £317m (US$417.3m), state-of-the-art, plastics recycling and was...
HyNet launches demonstration of hydrogen-fired consumer goods production
HYNET has launched a demonstration project at Unilever’s Port Sunlight site that is fuelling prod...
Evonik invests in 3D pharmaceuticals printing
EVONIK, through its corporate venture capital unit, has invested an undisclosed amount in Laxxon ...
ExxonMobil plans new hydrogen and CCS facility
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it is planning a hydrogen production plant and carbon capture and s...
UK nuclear treatment plant to increase access for European market
NUCLEAR firm Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a non-binding agreement with Perma-Fix Envi...
HyNet developers share FEED lessons from first hydrogen plant
ESSAR Oil UK and Progressive Energy joint-venture Vertex Hydrogen has unveiled a report detailing...
175 countries commit to create historic global plastics treaty
ONE HUNDRED and seventy-five nations have agreed to create a global treaty to end plastics pollut...
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.
IPCC calls for stronger adaptation to worsening climate hazards
THE IPCC has said that human-caused climate change is already resulting in detrimental effects on...
Russia shells Ukrainian nuclear plant; no radiation released
RUSSIAN forces have shelled the site of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant. A fire broke out a...
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...
UK awards energy storage competition winners
THE UK Government has awarded £6.7m (US$8.9m) to projects across the country that are developing ...
Petronas to become Southeast Asia’s sole melamine provider
PETRONAS Chemicals claims it will become Southeast Asia’s sole melamine producer after awarding a...
Australian coal-plant closures spark energy security concerns
AUSTRALIAN energy providers AGL and Origin Energy have announced the early closures of coal-fired...
Eni reaches 19 MoUs for HyNet participation
ENI UK has achieved 19 memorandums of understanding (MoUs), with as many companies interested in ...
Linde enters hydrogen agreement with BASF
LINDE has entered into an agreement with BASF for the supply of hydrogen to a BASF manufacturing ...
Shell provides CO2 capture technology to Humber Zero
TECHNOLOGY licensor Shell Catalysts and Technologies has announced it will provide the Humber Zer...
UK’s shale gas wells to be plugged
THE Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has ordered that the UK’s only shale gas wells must now be sealed.
Essar to install hydrogen furnace at Stanlow refinery
ESSAR Oil has announced plans for a £45m (US$54m) hydrogen furnace at Stanlow refinery, Ellesmere...
Ireland launches €90m startup fund
THE Irish Government has launched the Irish Innovation Seed Fund (IISF), which will invest potent...
Boukouvala awarded IChemE’s first Junior Sargent Medal, as Institution announces annual prize winners
ICHEME’S inaugural Junior Sargent Medal has been awarded to Fani Boukouvala for her development o...
Turbocharging towards CO2-free cracking
ENGINEERS at Coolbrook and ABB have set their sights on replacing steam cracking technology with ...
New energy record is ‘resounding confirmation in global fusion quest’
FUSION researchers have achieved a record-breaking sustained burst of energy that they say is the...
BP acquires 30% of UK biofuels company
BP has acquired 30% of Green Biofuels (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable ...
OGUK rebrands to Offshore Energies UK
OIL & Gas UK (OGUK) is changing its name to Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) and expanding to include ...
Australian rare earths mine gains backing of Government
THE Australian Government has backed the Yangibana rare earths mine in the Gascoyne region of Wes...
Ineos plans low-carbon hydrogen plant
INEOS is inviting major engineering design contractors to tender for the next stage of the design...
Partnership to fill Europe’s EV supply chain gap
WOOD has been appointed as Owner’s Engineer by Green Lithium and will build and operate what is e...
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...
Linde starts up hydrogen extraction pilot
LINDE has started up its full-scale pilot plant for extracting hydrogen from natural gas pipeline...
ExxonMobil developing roadmaps towards net zero
EXXONMOBIL is developing emission-reduction roadmaps for its major facilities and assets, which w...
Woodside enters FEED on H2 project
WOODSIDE has entered into front-end engineering design on its H2OK project, after awarding a cont...
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 ...
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...
Equinor submits plans for Humber hydrogen facility
EQUINOR has submitted plans for its proposed Humber hydrogen production facility to the UK Govern...
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...
Science agency partners up to advance carbon capture
MCDERMOTT and Australia’s national science research agency CSIRO are working together to evaluate...
Partners sign commercial agreement for green fertiliser
YARA and Lantmännen have signed a commercial agreement to produce fossil-free fertilisers.
Ineos joins NEXTLOOPP polypropylene recycling project
INEOS Olefins and Polymers (O&P) has announced that it is joining the NEXTLOOPP project, which is...
UK launches hydrogen BECCS funding programme
THE UK Government has launched a £5m (US$6.8m) funding programme to support development of new te...
Scottish Government invests in carbon capture cluster
THE Scottish Government has provided £80m (US$109m) in investment for the Scottish Cluster carbon...
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...
Veolia announces its first UK battery recycling plant
VEOLIA is building its first electric vehicle battery recycling facility in the UK, with the capa...
Petronas and Shell join forces on CCS for Malaysia
PETRONAS and Shell have teamed up to study opportunities to collaborate on the use of carbon capt...
McDermott awarded contract to help expand Qatar LNG production
MCDERMOTT has been awarded a contract to provide topsides and pipelines that will help significan...
Johnson Matthey targets greener aviation demand with new reverse water gas shift technology
JOHNSON Matthey (JM) has launched a new reverse water gas shift technology called HyCOgen to prod...
Demo nuclear reactor connected to grid in China
A NEW nuclear reactor at the Shidaowan nuclear power plant in China has been connected to the gri...
Rolls-Royce SMR business now fully funded
ROLLS-ROYCE has announced that it has received £85m (US$115m) of investment for its small modular...
Steel industry gathers to discuss sustainability
INDUSTRY workers and researchers from across the steel sector gathered for the virtual bi-annual ...
UKAEA signs two new deals to develop fusion
TWO multimillion-pound frameworks will see experts join the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to...
Grangemouth trial to advance plastics recycling
INEOS and its JV company Petroineos will work with recycling technology company Plastic Energy on...
Poll: Engineers warn sale of UK vaccine centre risks health security and industry innovation
ENGINEERS have hit out at the UK Government’s reported plans to sell off the country’s emergency ...
Farewell to 2021, and what to read while we’re away
WHETHER it’s serious engineering lessons and insights on career opportunities, or irreverent quer...
Wood secures contract with Saudi Aramco
WOOD has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Saudi Aramco to deliver ...
IChemE publishes accreditation guidance
ICHEME has updated its accreditation guidance for chemical engineering degree programmes and publ...
Plans for green hydrogen plant in Ireland
MERCURY Renewables has announced plans for a €200m (US$226m) green hydrogen facility in Mayo, Ire...
OGA announces winners of offshore electrification competition
THE UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded three projects a share of £1m (US$1.3m) for the ad...
British Airways to use UK-made SAF
PHILLIPS 66 will supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to British Airways (BA), under a new supp...
Plans for Cambo oilfield development put on hold
FOLLOWING Shell’s decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield last week, developer S...
Australian partnership for battery storage system
ENGIE, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), and Fluence have partnered to deliver a large-sc...
Fire halts operations at huge floating LNG facility
SHELL has temporarily halted production at its major floating LNG facility Prelude, after an elec...
UK to launch consultation on chemicals policy
THE UK Government has said that it will launch a consultation next year on the UK REACH chemicals...
Shell pulls out of Cambo oilfield
SHELL has pulled out of the Cambo oilfield project, saying that the economic case for investment ...
Hydrogen UK makes recommendations to accelerate hydrogen deployment
HYDROGEN UK is calling on the Government to ramp up support for the hydrogen industry in order to...
Talks under way for Covid-19 vaccine supply in Africa
JOHNSON & Johnson and multinational specialty pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare have reache...
Valneva collaborates for Covid-19 vaccine production
VALNEVA and biotech company IDT Biologika are collaborating to produce Valneva’s inactivated Covi...
Ineos FPS uses AI to reduce emissions
INEOS Forties Pipeline System (FPS) has deployed AI technology to enable it to further reduce emi...
Australian gas plan ‘locks in devastating global heating’
AS PART of its “gas-led recovery”, the Australian Government has released the first full National...
European Commission selects large-scale projects for funding
The European Commission (EC) has selected seven large-scale clean-tech projects for funding that ...
UK provides funding for distilleries to reduce emissions
THE UK Government has announced £11.3m (US$15.1m) in funding for distilleries to help them cut em...
BP announces new green hydrogen plans for Teesside
BP has announced plans for a large-scale green hydrogen facility known as HyGreen Teesside.
Sugar beet could kickstart Scottish bioeconomy
GROWING sugar beet in Scotland and processing it at a new biorefinery could help the country beco...
ITM and BOC get gov funding for integrated electrolyser
THE UK Government has backed the construction of an electrolyser in Scotland that will be integra...
Fire destroys UK plastics factory
A PLASTICS factory near Hull in the UK has been destroyed by a fire.
Shell invests in upgrader as it pivots towards circular chemicals at Singapore site
SHELL will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit at its Pulau Bukom site in Singapore as part o...
Bill Gates’ nuclear company picks coal site for new nuclear plant
BILL GATES’ nuclear reactor company plans to build its first sodium fast reactor at the site of a...
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...
Ray Sinnott, 1931–2021
RAY SINNOTT, who had a profound impact on chemical engineers through the book Chemical Engineerin...
ABSL agrees to develop five UK gasification plants to turn waste to fuel
ADVANCED BIOFUEL SOLUTIONS (ABSL) has signed an agreement with biofuels supplier Greenergy to con...
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...
Rolls-Royce pushes ahead with funding for small modular reactor development
ROLLS-ROYCE is moving ahead with plans to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and has e...
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...
ExxonMobil and Petronas explore CCS for Malaysia
EXXONMOBIL and Petronas are working together to explore opportunities for carbon capture and stor...
Students awarded first US$5m from Elon Musk’s carbon removal prize
23 student-led teams have won the first US$5m portion of the US$100m carbon removal prize launche...
Partnership to accelerate net zero energy transition
SHELL and energy technology company Baker Hughes have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...
Cemex appoints clean-tech company for carbon capture FEED study
BUILDING materials company Cemex has appointed clean-tech company Carbon Clean to work on the fro...
A$2.5m to fund pilot for greener lithium extraction
NOVALITH Technologies has raised A$2.5m (US$3.4m) of seed funding that will finance build-out and...
Simple changes for environmental and cost benefits in textiles
ONE-OFF investment in wet processors for simple, practical improvements could lower environmental...
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...
Sabic invests £850m in UK cracker restart and conversion
SABIC is investing £850m (US$1.16bn) to restart its hydrocarbon cracker in Wilton, Teesside, UK, ...
Partners announce FID for Moomba CCS
SANTOS and joint-venture partner Beach Energy have announced a final investment decision on the A...
Solvay announces plans for carbon neutrality by 2050
SOLVAY has announced its plans for achieving carbon neutrality before 2050, building on 2030 targ...
World’s ‘smallest’ carbon capture technology launched
CARBON Clean, an industrial carbon capture company, has launched what it says is the world’s smal...
New £20m facility to strengthen South Wales steel and metals industry
A NEW £20m (US$27.6m) facility has been launched in South Wales, which is expected to set the reg...
Fit for carbon capture
CCUS Council outlines plans to conduct supply chain capability assessment
UK strategy is pivot point for fusion development
Experts welcome UK plans to build fusion demonstrator
Ineos invests €2bn in green hydrogen
INEOS will invest more than €2bn (US$2.32bn) in electrolysis projects for green hydrogen producti...
Saudi Arabia pledges to be net zero by 2060
SAUDI Arabia – one of the world’s largest oil producers – has committed to net zero emissions by ...
Study identifies kickstarter projects for SA hydrogen valley
A FEASIBILITY study published by the South African Government and partners has identified nine pr...
Technology package for carbon-neutral aviation fuel
WOOD and technology company Honeywell have announced that they will combine green refining and hy...
Clean TeQ Water wins top accolade at IChemE Awards
A WASTEWATER treatment process that uses bacteria immobilised in plastic lenses has been awarded ...
UK Government releases long-awaited net zero strategy
THE UK Government has outlined how it plans to reach net zero by 2050 in its Net Zero Strategy. T...
Water experts issue call to action on climate
AN alliance of experts from across the water sector, including from IChemE, has issued a call to ...
Biotech demonstrator will produce acetone from captured industrial emissions
NORWAY is set to host a demonstration plant that will use biotechnology to convert 10,000 t/y of ...
HyNet secures new hydrogen customers
MAJOR producers of food, ceramics, glass, paper and cars – including PepsiCo and Jaguar Land Rove...
Dow plans zero emissions ethylene complex
DOW plans to create the world’s first net-zero emissions ethylene and derivatives complex, throug...
New partners join industrial initiative to electrify EU crackers
REPSOL and Versalis have joined the Cracker of the Future consortium, which is working to develop...
North-west industry calls for UK Government action to support green growth
INDUSTRY in north-west England has published a manifesto, calling on the UK Government to impleme...
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...
Shell to use BASF adsorption technology for CCS
AS both companies work to accelerate to a net zero emissions world, Shell has now added BASF’s So...
Australia announces carbon capture initiatives
THE Australian Government has announced initiatives to encourage carbon capture, use, and storage...
U-Battery unveils full-scale AMR mockup
U-BATTERY Ltd has unveiled a full-scale mockup of a first-of-a-kind advanced modular reactor (AMR...
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...
New alliance announces nuclear subs for Australia
THE Australian, UK, and US governments have announced a collaboration on nuclear-powered submarin...
Clean energy partnership supports UK and UAE goals
ENERGY companies Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), BP, and Masdar have signed strategic par...
Renewables – not fossil fuels – are strongest link in the energy supply chain, new study finds
RESEARCHERS have developed a method to thoroughly assess the risks associated with fuel supply ch...
Carbon Clean captures CO2 from Tata Steel blast furnace
CARBON Clean has installed a carbon capture plant at a blast furnace owned by Tata Steel in India.
Industry majors discuss using Houston as major CCS hub
ELEVEN chemicals, energy, and power companies – including Chevron, Dow, ExxonMobil, and Ineos – a...
Clean Cells to build new production facility
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL company Clean Cells has invested €13m (US$15.3m) in a new production facility i...
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...
AstraZeneca to build manufacturing facility in Ireland
ASTRAZENECA has announced that it is planning to build a new active pharmaceutical ingredient (AP...
ARENA releases investment plan for low-emissions technologies
THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched an investment plan setting out how it...
Ineos announces investment for hydrogen upgrade at Grangemouth
INEOS has announced plans to invest more than £1bn (US$1.4bn) towards reducing emissions at its s...
Shell to build biofuel facility in the Netherlands
SHELL plans to build an 820,000 t/y biofuels facility in the Netherlands, which it claims will be...
Shell sells Permian business to ConocoPhillips
SHELL has announced the sale of its Permian assets to ConocoPhillips for US$9.5bn.
Climeworks starts up industrial-scale direct air capture facility
CLIMEWORKS has started operations at the world’s largest direct air capture and CO2 storage facil...
Successful UK trial blends hydrogen in gas network
HYDEPLOY has announced the first successful UK trial of blending hydrogen into the gas network.
Partnership to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology
JOHNSON Matthey has teamed up with waste-to-chemical technologies company MyRechemical to commerc...
TotalEnergies and Iraq sign agreements for US$27bn projects
TOTALENERGIES has signed an agreement with the Government of Iraq, and the country’s National Inv...
Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2
BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joi...
Siemens launches recyclable wind turbine blades
WIND power company Siemens Gamesa has launched a “world first”, recyclable wind turbine blade for...
UK regulator relaxes effluent rules as water treatment firms begin running out of chemicals
A SHORTAGE of chemicals used to treat wastewater in the UK has led the Environment Agency to rela...
ExxonMobil introduces renewable diesel process
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing has introduced ExxonMobil Renewable Diesel (EMRD) process tech...
Imperial Oil plans renewable diesel facility
CANADIAN oil major Imperial Oil is advancing plans for a 1bn L/y renewable diesel complex at its ...
Ineos Styrolution joins U.S. Plastics Pact
STYRENICS supplier Ineos Styrolution has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative initiativ...
UK funds projects to boost production of biomass
THE UK Government has awarded £4m (US$5.5m) across 24 projects to increase biomass production tha...
Report facilitates Franco-Scottish collaboration in floating wind and hydrogen
A REPORT published by the Scottish Government, has recommended areas for research collaboration b...
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...
Trial successfully produces glass using hydrogen power
A TRIAL has shown that a glass furnace can successfully be powered with hydrogen instead of natur...
Partnership to convert landfill waste into hydrogen for transport
RENEWABLE fuels company Raven SR has entered into an agreement with a Republic Services sanitary ...
Mitsubishi develops 20,000 t/y plastics recycling plant in Japan
MITSUBISHI Chemical Corporation (MCC) will develop a 20,000 t/y HydroPRS plastics recycling facil...
Collaboration plans carbon capture facility in India
CARBON Clean and Green Power International (GPIPL) have been selected to design and build a carbo...
ArcelorMittal using DRI and Smart Carbon to achieve clean steel
ARCELORMITTAL said it will use direct reduced iron (DRI) and Smart Carbon technologies to reduce ...
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)...
Study confirms feasibility of green hydrogen in Australia
A STUDY by BP Australia has proved the technical feasibility of producing green hydrogen and ammo...
MoU for Canadian mRNA vaccine facility
MODERNA has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian Government to build a...
Xodus to design Petronas’ first CCS facility
PETRONAS has awarded energy consultancy Xodus the conceptual engineering design contract for the ...
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.
Australia expands role of renewables funding agency to support CCS, hydrogen and greener metals
THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) now has a wider remit that includes funding CCS an...
Bayer to buy novel drug discovery company for US$2bn
BAYER is acquiring biopharmaceutical company Vividion Therapeutics, which uses novel discovery te...
Engineering X outlines strategy for the profession to lead on safety in complex systems
FACED with an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RA...
Partners launch digitally-forward plant project
METHACRYLATE manufacturer Rӧhm has partnered with engineering consultant Wood to launch a signifi...
Four more industry players sign up for BP’s Teesside hydrogen plans
BP has signed MoUs with four customers interested in using hydrogen produced at its proposed prod...
Engineered yeast strain could revive interest in non-food bio-feedstocks
CHEMICAL engineers at MIT have genetically engineered yeast that are tolerant to toxic biorefinin...
Greener steel: Primetals successfully tests 100% hydrogen reduction process
PRIMETALS has successfully tested a pilot-scale process that promises several breakthroughs in th...
UK regulator publishes carbon capture guidance
THE UK Environment Agency has published guidance on the best available techniques (BAT) for post-...
Glass industry sketches process technology route for reaching net zero
THE UK’s glass industry has said it faces a challenging road ahead in meeting net zero targets, a...
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...
Sheffield Forgemasters bought by UK Government
THE UK Government has nationalised steel producer Sheffield Forgemasters to secure the supplies o...
Partnership to capture and reuse CO2 in steel production
ARCELORMITTAL and Sekisui Chemical have entered a partnership to capture CO2 from the steelmaking...
UK seeks input on plans to use high temperature nuclear reactors to produce heat for industry
HIGH temperature gas nuclear reactors (HTGRs) could provide low-carbon process heat to help decar...
Two workers killed in acetic acid leak
TWO workers have been killed by an acetic acid leak at a LyondellBasell plant in Texas, US.
At least two killed in explosion at German chemical disposal site
AN EXPLOSION at a hazardous chemical disposal site in Germany has killed at least two people, wit...
Nouryon expands Kromasil facility
NOURYON is investing in its Kromasil manufacturing facility in Bohus, Sweden, to help meet increa...
Large-scale green fuels hub planned for Western Australia
AN international consortium has announced plans to build a large-scale green fuels project in Wes...
Partnership to produce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in South Africa
PFIZER and BioNTech have signed a letter of intent with South African biopharmaceutical company B...
Siemens starts construction on German 'green' hydrogen plant
SIEMENS has started construction of an 8.75 MW “green” hydrogen plant in Germany, that is expecte...
Humber and Teesside form East Coast Cluster
THE Humber and Teesside industrial clusters have formed the East Coast Cluster, a collaboration t...
Acorn CCS partners sign MoUs for carbon capture
THE partners in the UK’s Acorn CCS project have signed three new memorandums of understanding (Mo...
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...
Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM ‘green’ hydrogen electrolyser
SHELL has started operations at what it claims is Europe’s largest polymer electrolyte membrane (...
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...
Rio Tinto studies using hydrogen to make greener alumina
RIO TINTO is investigating the technical implications of using hydrogen feedstock instead of natu...
Siemens and BioNTech commit to accelerate Covid-19 vaccine scale-out, starting in Singapore
SIEMENS and BioNTech say they will build a Covid-19 vaccine facility in Singapore, as part of eff...
UKAEA to host first-of-its-kind fusion project
THE UK Atomic Energy Authority has entered into an agreement with General Fusion, that will see t...
Partners collaborate for sustainable lithium production
SCHLUMBERGER New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) have entered a collaborative...
Report says UK falling behind EU in clean steel development
A REPORT by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that UK clean steel develop...
Dow to build new MDI facility in Texas
DOW has announced that it will build a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) facility in Texa...
Waste-to-methanol facility to be constructed at Port of Amsterdam
GIDARA Energy has announced that it will construct an advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam tha...
Air Products to build world-scale hydrogen energy complex
AIR Products has announced a multibillion-dollar plan for a “landmark”, world-scale net-zero hydr...
Controversial Keystone XL pipeline formally terminated
THE controversial Keystone XL pipeline has been formally scrapped, ending a decades-long struggle...
Drax enters carbon capture deals to advance BECCS
DRAX has entered into carbon capture agreements with services company Bechtel, and industrial fir...
Australia announces winners of carbon capture fund
THE Australian Government has announced six winners of a A$50m (US$38.7m) carbon capture fund. Th...
CO2 capture to reduce Netherlands refinery emissions by 90%
AIR Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract with Zeeland Refinery for a carbon c...
Dungeness B will begin decommissioning seven years ahead of schedule
THE UK’s Dungeness B nuclear power station will begin decommissioning activities some seven years...
Cement major plans world’s first carbon-neutral production plant
HEIDELBERGCEMENT plans to retrofit its plant in Sweden to capture 1.8m t/y of CO2, and become wha...
Sarawak set for first methanol plant in 2023
MALAYSIA’s state of Sarawak is pressing ahead with the construction of its first methanol plant, ...
ADNOC awards ‘blue’ ammonia contract to Wood
ABU Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a contract for Wood to design a 'blue' ammonia...
Peel NRE plans second plastic-to-hydrogen facility in UK
PEEL NRE has announced plans to develop a waste plastic to hydrogen facility in West Dunbartonshi...
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 ...
NZ’s only refinery takes a step closer to closing
NEW ZEALAND’S sole refinery is another step closer to being converted into an import terminal aft...
CarbonBuilt’s commercial project to accelerate through purchase agreement
CARBONBUILT has announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement with financial services a...
Grace expands manufacturing facility in Malaysia
SPECIALITY chemicals company Grace has completed the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Kuan...
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...
Australia to ‘recklessly’ invest A$600m in gas project
AS PART of its 2021–22 Budget, the Australian Government is investing up to A$600m (US$464.3m) to...
Hydrogen Valley planned for Aussie coal country
A CONSORTIUM has outlined proposals to create a ‘hydrogen valley’ in the Hunter Valley region of ...
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 ...
Cross-sector group create Scottish Cluster to support low carbon economy
A CROSS-SECTOR group of Scottish industrial CO2 emitters, along with the Acorn CCS and Hydrogen p...
BP and CEMEX partner for net-zero cement
BP and building materials company CEMEX have partnered to accelerate progress of CEMEX’s ambition...
First carbon capture laundry product on the market
A PARTNERSHIP between Unilever, LanzaTech, and India Glycols has commercialised what they claim i...
Industry joins RSC taskforce to chart a greener path for PLFs
UNILEVER, Croda and Crown Paints have joined a taskforce convened by the Royal Society of Chemist...
Major US pipeline restarts following cyberattack
AFTER a five-day shutdown, operator Colonial Pipeline Company (CPC) has restarted operations at i...
Solvay switches soda ash plant from coal to biomass
SOLVAY says its soda ash plant in Rheinberg, Germany will become the first in the world to use 10...
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...
Engen to convert SA refinery into terminal
AFRICAN-based energy group Engen has announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 1...
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...
Declining demand sees Stora Enso plan to close pulp and paper mills
PENDING discussions with employees, renewable materials company Stora Enso plans to permanently c...
Novel sponge tech collects oil in ultra-cold waters
RESEARCHERS in Canada and the UK have developed a coating for commercially-available sponges that...
Sanofi to support 200m Covid vaccines
SUPPORTING global supply demand, Sanofi will help Moderna manufacture up to 200m doses of the bio...
Arkema says Singapore polyamide plant on track for 2022
SPECIALTY materials company Arkema has said despite challenges from the pandemic it is on track t...
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...
Jacobs supports UK nuclear reactor development
JACOBS is going to provide “cutting-edge” technical support to two companies as they continue to ...
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most...
Australia to invest A$539m in carbon capture and hydrogen projects
AUSTRALIA’s budget for this fiscal year will see it invest A$539.2m (US$416.6m) in hydrogen and c...
TEPCO to flush Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
THE Japanese Government will allow TEPCO to discharge treated wastewater stored at the Fukushima ...
Energy partners to develop claimed world-first decarbonisation projects
ENERGY companies Equinor and SSE Thermal have unveiled plans to jointly develop two projects incl...
South Australia agrees A$1bn for hydrogen, CCS and more gas
SOUTH Australia has agreed a A$1bn (US$770m) investment with the Federal Government that includes...
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 ...
Santos greenlights Australia’s largest oil and gas investment in close to a decade
SANTOS has sanctioned a US$3.6bn investment in the Barossa gas project off Australia’s Northern T...
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...
Wood strengthens its commitments to sustainability
WOOD has announced a decade of action with new goals to improve lives, reduce impact on the plane...
BASF sets target for net zero emissions by 2050
BASF has raised its climate goals and now aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Covestro pilots chemicals recycling process to close loop on used mattress foam
COVESTRO has begun to pilot a chemical process to recycle the foam from used mattresses. If succe...
Partners to build world-first commercial recycling facility
WOOD and advanced recycling company ReNew ELP have partnered to build the world’s first commercia...
Australian Government announces recycling and clean energy fund
THE Australian Government has announced that funding is now available for recycling and clean ene...
Eni starts production at new biorefinery
ENI’s new biomass treatment unit (BTU) has begun production at its site in Gela, Italy.
Plastic Energy joins forces with ExxonMobil on plastic waste
PLASTIC ENERGY has agreed another partnership with an industry heavyweight – this time ExxonMobil...
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...
GSK supports UK vaccine manufacture
GSK, Novavax, and the UK Government Vaccines Taskforce have reached an agreement in principle for...
Five seriously injured in Indonesian refinery explosion
AN EXPLOSION, which occurred at 00:45 local time on 29 March at an Indonesian refinery, has serio...
£40m water challenge to launch in May
6 May will see the first round of a new £40m (US$55.2m) collaborative competition expected to enc...
Oil and gas industry agrees transition deal with UK Government
THE UK oil and gas industry has come to an agreement with the UK government over how the industry...
Greener chemicals: steam cracking could go electric by 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde aim to construct a multi-megawatt plant to demonstrate that steam crackers ...
Strategy for decarbonising industry released by UK Government
THE UK Government has released its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, outlining its plans to re...
BP plans 1 GW hydrogen hub for Teesside
BP is planning to build a 1 GW hydrogen production project in Teesside, UK, that would meet 20% o...
DuPont buys Laird Performance Materials
DUPONT has agreed to buy Laird Performance Materials for US$2.3bn.
Jacobs awarded US$10.4m Dounreay nuclear contract
JACOBS and its supporting partners have been awarded a six year contract, worth an estimated US$1...
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...
Richardson: Make systems thinking education mandatory
ICHEME President Stephen Richardson has recommended to a House of Lords select committee that sys...
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...
Novartis joins effort to produce CureVac vaccine for Covid-19
NOVARTIS has signed an agreement to manufacture CureVac’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate at its site ...
Concerns over stockpile of hazardous waste at New Zealand aluminium smelter
CONCERNS have been raised over a stockpile of hazardous waste at Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point aluminiu...
Australia invests A$50m in carbon capture projects
THE Australian Government has opened the A$50m (US$38.5m) Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage Develo...
UK to introduce petrol with 10% bioethanol
E10 fuel – petrol blended with 10% bioethanol – is set to be introduced in the UK in September.
Partners to develop waste-to-fuel plant by 2025
WASTE-to-fuel company Fulcrum BioEnergy, along with Essar Oil UK and its subsidiary Stanlow Termi...
Partners move closer to first-of-its-kind CO2-to-methanol plant
CIVIL engineering is now underway for a first-of-its-kind 110,000 t/y carbon dioxide (CO2)-to-met...
Drax scraps plan for new gas-fired power plant
DRAX has decided to abandon a controversial plan to build Europe’s biggest gas-fired power plant,...
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.
UK announces nuclear waste competition winners
FOURTEEN companies have won contracts in a £3.9m (US$5.5m) competition aimed at developing a wast...
Consortium investigates Australian P2X industry
A RESEARCH consortium led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia is invest...
CEMEX receives funding to develop carbon capture in cement industry
CEMEX has been awarded a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a pilot carbon c...
Rio Tinto launches sustainability label for aluminium industry
RIO Tinto has launched a sustainability label that will ensure transparency and traceability for ...
Velocys signs agreement for commercial-scale biomass-to-jet fuel in Japan
VELOCYS has signed a collaboration agreement with Toyo Engineering to produce renewable fuels in ...
ExxonMobil creates low-carbon business
EXXONMOBIL has created a new business unit to commercialise its low-carbon portfolio, which it is...
New hydrogen hub in Australia gets funding
SWINBURNE University of Technology in Australia has received A$10m (US$7.8m) from the Victorian G...
BP and Rosneft to collaborate on sustainability goals
BP and Rosneft have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to focus on their carbon managemen...
Shell lays out net-zero strategy
OIL and gas major Shell has set out a strategy for achieving net zero energy transformation by 20...
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...
UK offers £40m for manufacturers to plan and deploy greener technologies
THE UK Government is offering £40m (US$56m) in funding for energy-intensive companies to conduct ...
Australia plans network of hydrogen clusters
A NETWORK of hydrogen technology clusters is to be established across Australia with the aim of c...
Survey finds UK engineering companies lack skills to meet net zero target
A SURVEY by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has found that 93% of engineering...
Parties reach US$7.02bn settlement for fatal Brazil dam collapse
MINING giant Vale and Brazilian authorities have agreed on a global settlement of about R$37.69bn...
What is causing AstraZeneca’s vaccine production woes?
WITH Covid-19 vaccine manufacture making headlines for all the wrong reasons, I spoke with expert...
Court finds Shell liable for Nigerian oil spills
A DUTCH appeals court has ruled that Shell is responsible for the consequences of oil spills in t...
Linde to build 24 MW electrolyser for green hydrogen
LINDE has announced that it will build a new 24 MW electrolyser for the production of green hydro...
Brexit: relief rapidly gives way to fresh concerns
Businesses and industry groups warn of costly administrative burdens and the impacts on supply ch...
US announces US$160m funding for hydrogen technologies
THE US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans for US$160m of federal funding aimed at dec...
Chevron invests in carbon capture startup
CHEVRON is investing in Blue Planet, a startup that captures CO2 and uses it to develop carbonate...
Competition launched to encourage innovative ideas in water industry
A COMPETITION has been launched in England and Wales to seek innovative responses to challenges i...
CPI launches programme to support SMEs
CPI, an independent technology centre, has announced the launch of a programme aiming to support ...
KBR secures recycling technology licence
KBR has signed an agreement with Mura Technology under which KBR will be an exclusive licencing p...
Shell withdraws from UK sustainable aviation fuels project
SHELL has withdrawn from a collaboration with Velocys and British Airways to develop the commerci...
Wood secures contract for Chinese refinery expansion
WOOD has secured a contract with Sinopec Hainan Refining and Chemical to provide engineering, pro...
Total leaves the American Petroleum Institute
TOTAL has become the first oil major to leave the American Petroleum Institute (API), a trade ass...
Hydrogen for steel completes feasibility study
Project partners Equinor, OGE, and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe have completed their joint feasibili...
Closure of New Zealand smelter delayed to 2024
RIO TINTO has reversed its plans to close its New Zealand aluminium smelter this August, agreeing...
Modular nuclear plan put forward for Wylfa
SMALL modular nuclear reactors (SMR) could be twinned with wind power, in a project that has been...
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 ...
CureVac joins forces with Bayer to speed up supply of Covid-19 vaccine
CUREVAC has agreed to work with Bayer to accelerate the development and supply of its Covid-19 va...
Veolia opens new wood waste processing facility
VEOLIA has announced that it has expanded its wood recycling and processing capacity by 50,000 t/...
BASF starts up new MDI unit in push to double Geismar production
BASF has completed the first phase of its push to double production of MDI at its integrated chem...
Partners to develop and commercialise polysaccharide technology
DUPONT Nutrition & Biosciences and global chemicals company Kemira have partnered to develop and ...
Neste acquires stake in plastics recycling company
NESTE has acquired a minority stake in plastics recycling company Alterra Energy. The companies w...
Six UK projects get share of funding for industrial decarbonisation
THE UK Government has awarded a share of £8m (US$11m) to six regional projects to develop ways to...
Partnership investigates potential battery materials complex
BASF and Eramet, a global mining and metallurgy group, have signed an agreement to jointly assess...
Drax sells gas turbine assets
DRAX has agreed to sell four combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations to electricity comp...
Stories to read while we are away
WITH the editorial team having shut down their laptops until 4 January, we wanted to close with a...
UK releases plan on net zero transition
THE UK Government has released its long-awaited Energy White Paper on how the country’s energy sy...
CCC releases detailed plan to reach UK net zero target
THE Climate Change Committee (CCC), an independent body that advises the UK Government on climate...
Australia offers A$76.8m support for Portland smelter
AUSTRALIA’S Government has agreed to provide A$76.8m (US$59.5m) in funding in a bid to secure the...
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 ...
Research and industry sign MoUs for Australian offshore CCS hub
AUSTRALIAN energy company Transborders Energy has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs)with ...
IChemE awards engineers who 3D print reactors
ENGINEERS from Air Liquide who are 3D printing reactors for the purpose of process intensificatio...
Denmark to end oil and gas production
THE Danish Government has agreed to end all oil and gas exploration and extraction in the North S...
Attention turns to vaccine production following successful trials
FOLLOWING three highly-encouraging Covid-19 vaccine trials, the light at the end of the tunnel su...
LyondellBasell and SUEZ joint venture expands plastic recycling capacity
LYONDELLBASELL and SUEZ have jointly acquired plastics recycling company TIVACO, which will becom...
Vale opens plant to make mining waste into construction products
MINING company Vale has opened a pilot plant that will make products for civil construction using...
Assessing the feasibility of carbon capture in the glass industry
C-CAPTURE has announced that it will work alongside glass manufacturer Pilkington to assess the p...
New council to upskill Shell employees in Singapore
SHELL has partnered with the Singapore Shell Employees’ Union (SSEU) to set up a council focussed...
Water UK unveils plan to reach 2030 net zero target
FOLLOWING its announcement earlier this year that it was setting a target to be net zero by 2030,...
ExxonMobil to keep Bass Strait stake
EXXONMOBIL has abandoned plans to sell its 50% stake in Bass Strait gas fields off Victoria, Aust...
Petronas aspires to be net zero by 2050
PETRONAS has said it aspires to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, becoming the latest oil and g...
Plastic Energy’s push to close loop on plastics wins top IChemE Award
A PROCESS to chemically recycle plastic waste that cannot be mechanically recycled won IChemE’s t...
Partnership forms Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas project
ENERGY infrastructure company Jemena has entered a partnership with Sydney Water to inject biomet...
Suez agrees to explore CCS for energy-to-waste plants
SUEZ will explore developing a modular system to capture carbon dioxide from energy-to-waste plan...
UK funding to help SMR programme advance
RECENT funding, announced as part of the UK’s ten-point plan for an industrial revolution, will h...
Narrabri project receives environmental approval
SANTOS’ controversial A$3.6bn (US$2.64bn) Narrabri gas project has received environmental approva...
Shell launches ‘blue’ hydrogen technology
SHELL Catalysts & Technologies, which licenses technologies and brings capabilities to market, ha...
Partnership to develop AI technologies for industry
WOOD and industrial software company Cognite have partnered to accelerate industrial transformati...
Chemical JV to close BDO plant in Malaysia
BASF Petronas Chemical (BPC), a Malaysian-based joint-venture (JV) between BASF and Petronas Chem...
Agreement for £230m UK waste-to-energy plant
MAJOR port group PD Port and Wentworth Clean Power (WCP) have entered an agreement for a project ...
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...
Linde and Siemens partner to help decarbonise the petrochemicals sector
LINDE Engineering and Siemens Energy have entered a strategic partnership with the aim of acceler...
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...
US oil and gas lagging in efforts to achieve net zero, says Carbon Tracker
US OIL and gas majors are lagging behind European rivals as companies seek to transition towards ...
Ineos launches new clean hydrogen business
INEOS has launched a new clean hydrogen business to develop capacity for clean hydrogen across Eu...
MoU for CO2-free hydrogen production in Malaysia
ENEOS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sarawak Economic Development Company (S...
UKAEA’s £55m device successfully takes a step closer to fusion power
TAKING a step to achieving a fusion power plant, the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) £55m ...
ExxonMobil announces 1,900 US job cuts
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will cut 1,900 US jobs as part of ongoing global efforts to achi...
CSB releases update on TPC explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its factual update on the explosion that took pla...
Swedish refinery to convert to produce renewable fuels
PREEM’s refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, will be converted to produce renewable fuels.
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.
Solvay opens second plant for bio-based solvent in Brazil
SOLVAY has started up its second dedicated plant for manufacture of sustainable bio-based solvent...
LyondellBasell sets ambitious plastics sustainability target
LYONDELLBASELL has released its 2020 Sustainability Report in which it sets the target of produci...
Australia and Singapore partner on low emissions technologies
THE Australian and Singaporean governments have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance c...
Four proposed UK plastic recycling facilities receive funding
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has invested £20m (US$26m) in four proposed plastic recycling p...
BES appointed to fit out UK’s VMIC
SERVICES company BES has been appointed to fit out the UK’s new Vaccine Manufacturing Innovation ...
New partnership to develop CO2 storage infrastructure in North Sea
BP, Eni, Equinor, National Grid, Shell and Total have formed the Northern Endurance Partnership (...
Australian Government backs renewable energy hub
THE Australian Government has backed a green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Western ...
Monolith Materials to build carbon-free ammonia plant
CLEAN technology company Monolith Materials plans to build a large-scale carbon-free ammonia plan...
Prelude will not resume full production this year, says Shell
SHELL has said its huge floating LNG production plant – the Prelude FLNG facility – is not expect...
Australia talks to accelerate refinery package
THE Australian Government and “struggling” oil refiners are in talks to secure a rescue package b...
Nuclear cogeneration pushed as solution for low carbon heat
COGENERATION of heat by new nuclear plants could help balance intermittent renewables and provide...
US$130m facility to expand Asia Pacific sterile filling capacity
SCIENCE company Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced plans to expand sterile filling capacity f...
Partners plan membrane-free electrolyser production in Northern Ireland
CLEAN Power Hydrogen (CPH2) has formed a joint venture to manufacture its membrane-free electroly...
Engineers tell government how PPE could be reused in the UK
SERIOUS consideration should be given to decontaminating and reusing PPE to alleviate shortages a...
New produced water recycling facility constructed in Permian Basin
BREAKWATER Energy Partners, which supplies water supply chain solutions to oilfields, has announc...
Pilot project to convert waste into construction material
UK COMPANY Carbon8 Systems will run its first energy-from-waste (EfW) pilot project at an AVR sit...
Evonik and Siemens test plant to produce chemicals from carbon dioxide
EVONIK and Siemens have commissioned a pilot plant that uses microorganisms to convert water and ...
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...
Affordable carbon capture for the cement industry
CEMEX has signed an agreement with carbon capture tech company Carbon Clean that will see them jo...
ExxonMobil will cut 1,600 jobs in Europe
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will cut 1,600 jobs in Europe as the oil industry struggles with...
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...
BP and Microsoft join forces on Industry 4.0 and clean energy
BP and Microsoft are working together to advance their net zero ambitions and the digital transfo...
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 ...
Shell to cut up to 9,000 jobs
SHELL will cut 7,000 – 9,000 jobs as the company is reorganised to transition to a lower-carbon b...
New cracker furnaces to reduce Shell’s emissions in the Netherlands
SEEKING to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, Shell has announced that it will install new stat...
LyondellBasell starts up pilot plant to recycle plastics
LYONDELLBASELL has started operation of a new pilot plant for a pyrolysis process that it is deve...
BASF uses waste tyre oil as feedstock
BASF has signed an agreement with New Energy, a Hungarian technology company which has developed ...
Cefic calls for Covid-19 recovery plans to drive chemicals sustainability
EUROPE’S chemicals industry trade body, Cefic, has called for the EU to use its rescue funding to...
Norwegian Government funds full-scale CCS project
THE Norwegian Government has committed 16.8bn NOK (US$1.8bn) to the full-scale carbon capture and...
Chemical engineers urge industry action to break cycle of accidents
INDUSTRY has to do more to ensure that it is learning lessons to help prevent it from repeating t...
China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060
IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President ...
ExxonMobil launches voluntary redundancy programme
EARLIER this month, ExxonMobil announced that it had launched a voluntary redundancy programme fo...
Pale Blue Dot forms partnership to capture CO2 from air in the UK
PALE Blue Dot has signed an agreement with Carbon Engineering to work together on deploying direc...
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...
UK will review how to license North Sea production while achieving net zero emissions
THE UK Government has launched a review into how it will license the offshore oil and gas industr...
Hitachi withdraws from UK nuclear project
HITACHI has announced that its UK subsidiary will cease development of its 5.8 GW UK nuclear proj...
Transition to low-carbon world needs to be faster, says DNV GL report
ENERGY-RELATED CO2 emissions have peaked due to the pandemic, but the world is still on track to ...
Nuclear industry releases cost cutting framework
THE Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), a UK trade association for civil nuclear industry, has re...
PSE and Siemens join partnership to advance continuous drug manufacturing
THE UK’s Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre has expanded its partners to include PSE, Siem...
Hunterston B begins operating after two-year shutdown
EDF has brought back online reactor 3 of its nuclear power station Hunterston B after receiving a...
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...
MSD selects London site for US$1.32bn research complex
MSD, known as Merck & Co within the US and Canada, has selected to build its future US$1.32bn sta...
Singapore site to pioneer digital twin technology for Shell
SHELL has announced that its manufacturing site in Pulau Bukom, Singapore, home of Singapore’s fi...
Repsol produces Spain's first batch of aviation biofuel
SPANISH energy company Repsol has produced the national market’s first batch of aviation biofuel....
Lack of UK hydrogen strategy is holding back industry
CONCERNS have been raised by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that the lack of a clear hyd...
Jacobs selected to build nuclear testing facility
MOLTEX Energy, a nuclear energy company, has selected Jacobs to build a bespoke experimental faci...
BASF will publish carbon footprints for 45,000 products
BASF will release data on the carbon footprints of its entire portfolio of approximately 45,000 p...
Partnership to accelerate plastic waste elimination
PACKAGING company Sealed Air has announced a partnership with advanced recycling technology compa...
EnergyX partners with ProfMOF to improve lithium extraction technology
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has announced a partnership with ProfMOF to further enh...
Chevron ordered to inspect Gorgon for cracks
ON 7 August, Chevron was ordered to inspect critical equipment at its Gorgon LNG project in Austr...
Initiative launches first global standard for safer mining waste storage
ON 5 August, the Global Tailings Review (GTR) initiative established the first global standard fo...
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...
SABIC chemical plant will be 100% solar-powered
SABIC’S polycarbonate facility in Cartagena, Spain, is set to become the world’s first large-scal...
Suppliers commit to achieving 100% renewable Apple production
AS technology company Apple seeks to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, 71 of its suppliers have ...
Partnership offers decision-making platform to the mining industry
BASF and industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company IntelliSense.io have announced the joint...
BP reveals strategy to reach net zero
FOLLOWING its announcement in February to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, BP has rev...
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...
CRI successfully demonstrates chemical storage with renewable methanol
CARBON Recycling International (CRI) has successfully shown that its renewable methanol can be us...
Ineos launches new healthcare business
INEOS has launched Ineos Hygienics as part of its pandemic response to produce hand gel and sanit...
Repairs underway at Gorgon as ‘thousands’ of cracks found in critical equipment
REPAIRS are underway to resolve welding issues at Chevron’s Gorgon liquid natural gas (LNG) proje...
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...
OGCI to reduce carbon intensity by 2025
OIL and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced a target to reduce the collective average car...
Nouryon doubles organic peroxides capacity at Brazil site
NOURYON has completed a project to double the capacity for organic peroxides at a plant in Itupev...
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...
Evonik develops novel membrane for hydrogen production
EVONIK has developed a novel anion exchange membrane (AEM) that could contribute to commercial re...
Saudi Aramco reorganises downstream business
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it is reorganising its downstream business as part of plans to en...
Worley awarded FEED for bio-based plastic intermediate plant
TECHNOLGY developer Avantium has awarded Worley the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract ...
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...
Atkins awarded contract for nuclear project
ATKINS has been awarded a contract for front end engineering design (FEED) of coolant loops for t...
EU calls for proposals for €1bn clean technology fund
THE EU Commission has launched a call for proposals for its €1bn (US$1.1bn) Innovation Fund for l...
BP and Reliance Industries start joint venture in India
BP and Reliance Industries have announced the start of their joint venture, Reliance BP Mobility ...
NSW gives greenlight to Santos’ controversial coal seam gas project
AUSTRALIA’S New South Wales government has backed Santos’ A$3.6bn (US$2.54bn) Narrabri gas develo...
Environmentalists slam Australian mining advocate’s climate action plan
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have criticised the Climate Action Plan released by Minerals Council Australia ...
Glencore faces criticism as it pushes ahead with new coal mine
GLENCORE is a step closer to having a new A$1.5bn (US$1.05bn) open-cut coal mine approved by Aust...
Dow aims to be carbon neutral by 2050
DOW has set a target to be carbon neutral by 2050 and that all the packaging its chemicals produc...
Partnership to develop environmental decision-making platform for the fashion industry
GOOGLE and WWF Sweden are partnering to create a data-driven platform to enable the fashion indus...
UK Government awards £10m grant for first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility
HIGHVIEW Power, a cryogenic energy storage company, has received £10m (US$12.3m) from the UK Gove...
Chevron sells Australian LNG stake
CHEVRON is selling its stake in Australia’s North West Shelf, the county’s biggest liquified natu...
Johnson Matthey awarded contract at Russian methanol plant
JOHNSON Matthey’s combined reforming methanol technology has been selected by JSC Technoleasing f...
Recycling Association calls for Government to support paper and cardboard recycling
THE UK’s Recycling Association has called for Government to support investment in UK paper and ca...
Partners join forces to develop micro nuclear reactor
THREE partners have joined forces in Canada to demonstrate a 15 MW small modular reactor that wou...
Partnership to build bio-LNG plant
RENEWI, Nordsol, and Shell have signed an agreement to build a plant to produce bio-based liquid ...
Petrofac awarded contract for Acorn project
PETROFAC has been awarded a contract for engineering and project support for Pale Blue Dot Energy...
Second carbon capture pilot to start at Drax
DRAX has announced that a new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot facility wi...
Air Liquide signs contract with South Korean steel producer
AIR Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract to build an air separation unit for ...
BASF to close US catalyst manufacturing facility
BASF has announced that in 2021 it will close its manufacturing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, w...
Partnership to develop large-scale decarbonisation project in the Humber
PHILLIPS 66, Uniper, and Vitol have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop Humber ...
Explosion at UK oilseed plant injures three
AN explosion at an oilseed processing plant in the UK has injured three people.
Partners join forces to supply turnkey biotech plants
SIEMENS has formed a partnership with process plant designer Exyte to quickly deliver turnkey bio...
Study predicts substantial job losses in oil and gas following price collapse
A STUDY examining prospects for activity in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has projected a sharp...
UKAEA signs framework agreement to develop fusion energy
THE UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a four-year, multimillion-pound framework agree...
Wood commits to reducing its GHG emissions
GLOBAL engineering and consultancy company Wood has pledged to set a science-based target to redu...
Two new large-scale CCUS facilities now in operation
THE Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) in Canada is now fully operational as carbon capture begins ...
UK Government announces new Emissions Trading System
THE UK Government has unveiled its UK Emissions Trading System (ETS) for a carbon trading market ...
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...
RSC opens Emerging Technologies Competition 2020
THE UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is now open for entries into its 2020 Emerging Technolo...
Funding boost for waste-to-jet fuels plant
SUSTAINABLE fuels company Velocys has received further funding from the UK’s Department for Trans...
Solenis closes on acquisition of paper specialty chemicals business
SPECIALTY chemicals producer Solenis has closed on its acquisition of ChemSystems’ paper business...
UK heat network projects awarded £25m
FOUR heat network projects have been awarded almost £25m (US$31.6m) of funding, in the third roun...
Plans underway for fossil-free steel demonstration plant
THE Hybrit initiative has taken another step towards the production of fossil-free steel in Swede...
Air Products invests US$2bn in world-scale coal-to-methanol facility
AIR Products is to invest US$2bn as part of a long-term agreement for a world-scale coal-to-metha...
BP cuts 10,000 jobs
BP has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs by the end of the year due to the economic impact o...
First Cobalt repurposes idle plant to produce EV battery component
NORTH American cobalt company First Cobalt has announced a C$2.1m (US$1.6m) work programme as par...
Stretch film manufacturer commercialises sustainable alternative
DOXA Plast, a stretch film manufacturing company, is commercialising a family of bio-based high p...
Shell and CNOOC expand petrochemicals complex in China
SHELL, CNOOC, and the Huizhou Government have announced a cooperation agreement to expand their p...
Consortium develops power to methanol demonstration project
A CONSORTIUM of seven companies is collaborating on a demonstration plant to produce sustainable ...
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...
Australia looks to deploy A$2bn emissions reduction fund
THE Australian Government is looking to deploy a A$2bn (US$1.32bn) fund to support adoption of te...
Total sets net zero target
TOTAL has become the latest oil major, along with BP, Shell, and Repsol, to pledge to reach net z...
Partnership aims to develop tyre recycling technology
MICHELIN and Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) are planning to join forces to develop Enviro’s...
Call for evidence on the economic recovery benefits of hydrogen
THE UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hydrogen has called for submissions to inform an...
Vaccine manufacturing centre to be scaled up
THE Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) has received funding from the UK Governme...
CCS pilot phase successfully completed on Norwegian waste-to-energy plant
FORTUM Oslo Varme’s Klemetsrud site in Oslo, Norway, has successfully validated carbon capture te...
UK gas networks join forces for net zero
THE engineering expertise of the UK’s gas network operators have joined forces to outline how to ...
Energy company to use biomass to refire one of Australia’s top emitting coal power plants
AUSTRALIAN company Hunter Energy is to refire Redbank Power Station, a 151 MW coal plant in New S...
Evonik spends €25m as part of API and intermediates manufacturing expansion
EVONIK is spending €25m (US$27.1m) on the first stage of a long-term project to increase contract...
UK funds projects vying to develop net zero industrial clusters
THE UK Government has given funding to groups that are competing to develop the world’s first net...
UK Government warned against plastic lobbyist efforts during the coronavirus crisis
MORE than 20 scientists, campaigners, and politicians have signed a letter in which they warned t...
IChemE members join group advising government on net zero plans
ICHEME members are working with representatives of the wider engineering discipline to advise the...
Vattenfall plans London heat network
VATTENFALL will design a heat network to supply more than 10,000 homes in London, using heat capt...
Sasol appoints Wood as engineering partner
INTEGRATED chemicals and energy company Sasol has appointed Wood as its engineering partner in a ...
US$130trn investment needed for carbon neutrality by 2060
A US$130trn investment to 2050 could help to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2060, according t...
Australia invests A$300m in hydrogen industry
UP to A$300m (US$193m) will be made available for a new advancing hydrogen fund to support Austra...
Trump declares national emergency over threat to power system
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over threats to the country’s power s...
LG Chem invests US$53m to triple nanotube production
LG CHEM is more than tripling its production of carbon nanotubes for the burgeoning electric vehi...
Partners plan plant to recycle plastics into high-purity feedstock
INEOS and recycling technology company Plastic Energy are collaborating to construct a new plant ...
Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by year end, says AZ CEO
ASTRAZENECA says it could begin production of a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the year after...
Sasol cuts production to mitigate coronavirus impacts
SOUTH African integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol has announced production cuts to help...
OGUK calls for urgent action to prevent up to 30,000 job losses
UPTO 30,000 jobs in the UK's oil and gas industry are at risk due to the coronavirus pandemic and...
EPA finalises changes to mercury rule
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised changes to a rule that requires coal a...
Japanese consortium to study CCU
A CONSORTIUM of three Japanese companies is to jointly research effective recycling of carbon dio...
ExxonMobil and medical product accelerator collaborate to produce PPE
EXXONMOBIL and the Global Center of Medical Innovation (GCMI) have initiated multi-sector and joi...
Synthetic biology touted for specialty chemicals production
SYNTHETIC biology will develop over the next decade from creating niche, environmentally friendly...
Shell delays several major projects
FOLLOWING a decision last month to reduce capital spending by 20%, Shell has postponed a number o...
Jacobs awarded more than US$25m in fusion contracts
JACOBS has been awarded several contracts in fusion power, with an estimated value of more than U...
Recycling Technologies signs agreement for first European site
SPECIALIST plastic recycling technology provider Recycling Technologies has signed an agreement w...
Wood wins GSK contracts
WOOD has been appointed GSK’s capital delivery partner for the pharmaceutical company’s Ware site...
Novel steam reforming catalyst has first commercial success
A NOVEL steam reforming catalyst, produced by Clariant, has proved successful in its first commer...
Policies essential for hydrogen to reduce global emissions, says BNEF
NET-ZERO goals and policies are needed to allow hydrogen to help address hard-to-abate greenhouse...
Shell makes pledge to be net zero by 2050
SHELL has announced that it aims to cut emissions from its operations to net zero by 2050 or soon...
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...
Woodside joins hydrogen-as-ammonia study
WOODSIDE has joined a consortium to study exporting hydrogen as ammonia from Australia to Japan.
UK launches vaccine taskforce to co-ordinate scaleup
THE UK Government has today announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare the...
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...
More than a quarter of Europe’s ethylene capacity under threat
AROUND 6.6m t/y – or 26% – of Europe’s ethylene production capacity is threatened by reduced acti...
Bayer boosts Germany’s coronavirus testing capacity
LIFE science company Bayer has boosted Germany’s coronavirus analysis capacity by several thousan...
Arkema to focus on specialty materials business
ARKEMA is to exit the intermediate chemicals business as it seeks to realise its ambition of beco...
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...
Update: Coronavirus delays Forties shutdown to 2021
INEOS has extended plans to postpone the shutdown of the Forties oil pipeline which transports to...
Coronavirus could lead to packaging material shortage, warns Recycling Association
THE UK risks a shortage in material for vital packaging needed to protect food and medical suppli...
Turning CO2 into carbon black
AS part of a project to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) by turning it into pure carbon bl...
TEPCO proposes methods to dispose of treated water stored at Fukushima
TEPCO, Japan’s largest power company group, has released a report which outlines two potential me...
Companies sign MoU to study hydrogen for Singapore’s energy future
SINGAPOREAN and Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, have signed a memorandum of understandi...
UK water industry sets 2030 net zero target
WATER UK has announced that it will develop plans to achieve net zero emissions across the water ...
Woodside CEO: Browse project could get carbon capture from day one
WOODSIDE says it will add a carbon capture project to its Browse gas project off the coast of Wes...
BP protects jobs for three months
BP has announced that it will not be cutting any jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus delays Forties shutdown
INEOS is postponing the shutdown of the Forties oil pipeline which transports to shore around 40%...
US EPA relaxes policy, citing coronavirus pandemic
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced temporary policy that will allow non-c...
Victoria lifts ban on onshore gas development
AUSTRALIA’s Victoria state Government is lifting a ban on conventional onshore gas development an...
Ineos completes construction of two sanitiser plants
INEOS has completed construction of two new hand sanitiser production plants in the UK and German...
Life sciences companies collaborate to accelerate coronavirus response
A CONSORTIUM of life sciences companies including GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer, is c...
Nouryon and Ineos Nitriles start work on new chelates plants
NOURYON and Ineos Nitriles have started construction of new facilities in Germany that will produ...
Norwegian carbon capture research hub extends operations
NORWAY’S carbon capture research hub, Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), has been given government...
Industry pushes to keep staff safe and plants running
Industry reacts to keep staff and plants running during pandemic
New IChemE Malaysia Board visits Royal Patron
EARLIER this month, members of the new IChemE Malaysia Board paid a courtesy visit to Her Royal H...
BP ensures energy supplies are uninterrupted
IN its response to the coronavirus crisis, BP has said that it will ensure supplies of energy, fu...
Ineos to produce hand sanitiser
INEOS has announced that it will start to make hand sanitiser and will build plants in the UK and...
ENGIE to supply Heathrow Airport with ‘green gas’
ENERGY and services company ENGIE is to supply ‘green gas’ to Heathrow Airport, the major interna...
Green light given to UK plastic-to-hydrogen facility
THE UK’s first plastic-to-hydrogen facility has received planning consent at a site near Ellesmer...
ExxonMobil releases model methane emissions regulatory framework
EXXONMOBIL has released an industry-wide model regulatory framework for methane, and urged stakeh...
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 ...
BASF joins forces to plan electric car battery recycling cluster
BASF, Fortum and Nornickel are planning a recycling centre in Finland that would recover metals f...
New view of chemical engineering to help serve society
RESEARCHERS have presented a new view of chemical and biochemical (C&B) engineering, which sees t...
First Australian plant to deliver hydrogen blended gas across a city
AUSTRALIAN Gas Networks (AGN), which owns distribution networks across the country, is to constru...
Engineering capability review raises safety concerns
FATALITIES and accidents at work are likely to increase, and a better understanding of engineerin...
Teesside industry evolves its CCS pitch and pushes plans to host net zero cluster
A CONSORTIUM operated by BP is pitching for the UK Government to support the development of a net...
One dead in Spain chemical plant explosion
AN explosion at a small chemicals plant in Barcelona, Spain has killed one and injured 13 others,...
UK confirms £800m for carbon capture clusters
THE UK has confirmed in its budget today that it will invest £800m (US$1bn) in a carbon capture a...
Santos and BP sign CCS agreement
SANTOS and BP have entered a non-binding agreement to support the Moomba carbon capture and stora...
New European green hydrogen project announced
SHELL, Gasunie, and Groningen Seaports have launched the NortH2 project, which aims to build a gr...
Rio Tinto will spend US$1bn on reducing emissions
RIO Tinto has announced that it will spend US$1bn over the next five years to reduce its carbon f...
Vale to begin disposing of mining waste from fatal Brazil dam collapse
MINING giant Vale is to begin disposing of the mine tailings from the fatal collapse of one of it...
New Hydrogen Taskforce calls for £1bn commitment from the UK Government
IN A report to mark its launch, the Hydrogen Taskforce – which involves energy majors Shell and B...
LNG demand to reach 700m t by 2040, says Shell
ACCORDING to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2020, published on 20 February, global demand for LNG is to doub...
BPE joins On Line Group
UK ENGINEERING consultancy BPE has been bought by On Line Group, an integrated engineering servic...
Equinor withdraws from plans to drill for oil in Australian marine park
EQUINOR has pulled out of controversial plans to drill for oil and gas in the Great Australian Bi...
BP to leave three US trade associations due to misalignment of climate policies
BP HAS announced that it will leave the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), the...
Fluor wins contract for Chinese adiponitrile plant
FLUOR has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction for INVIST...
New funding announced for UK decarbonisation projects
THE UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded around £90m (...
IChemE Fellow appointed as champion to help address industrial decarbonisation challenges
UK Research and Innovation has appointed Mercedes Maroto-Valer, IChemE Fellow and Professor at He...
Carbon capture company receives US$16m investment
CARBON capture technology company Carbon Clean Solutions (CCSL) has announced the completion of a...
INEOS to produce plastics from wood-derived oil
INEOS has signed an agreement to use naphtha derived from wood pulp processing to manufacture bio...
BASF and JenaBatteries cooperate to develop innovative power storage technology
BASF and German startup JenaBatteries are cooperating to produce battery technology suitable for ...
Vale to invest in technology to reduce dam use and increase safety
BRAZILIAN mining giant Vale is to invest in technology to reduce tailings dam use and increase op...
Shell signs MoU for first commercial-scale polycarbonate unit
SHELL has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese petrochemicals manufacturing co...
BP commits to net zero by 2050
NEW BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney has pledged that BP will reduce its emissions to net zero b...
Evonik and LIKAT achieve carbonylation breakthrough
SPECIALTY chemicals company Evonik and catalysis research institute Leibniz Institute for Catalys...
Queensland mining industry needs to improve safety to avoid deaths
AN expert report says that 12 deaths are likely to occur over any five-year period within the Que...
Atkins wins Shell technical safety contract
ATKINS has been awarded a five-year contract to provide technical safety and human factors servic...
Drax and Econic partner to produce plastic using waste CO2
DRAX has announced a partnership with cleantech company Econic Technologies, to explore the poten...
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...
16 charged with homicide over fatal Brazil dam collapse
BRAZILIAN prosecutors have charged 16 people – including former Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman – with...
IEA calls on oil and gas to ‘step up’ its climate change efforts
THE oil and gas industry needs to “step up” climate change efforts, says the International Energy...
OGA Chairman calls on industry to do more for the energy transition
TIM Eggar, Chairman of the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has said the industry’s “social lice...
JV will proceed with world-scale anhydrous ammonia plant
GULF Coast Ammonia (GCA), owned by a joint venture (JV) of Starwood Energy and Mabanaft, has reac...
Ineos to build world-scale styrene plant in China
INEOS Styrolution, a global styrenics supplier, is to build a 600,000 t/y greenfield acrylonitril...
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...
DuPont buys out UCD spinout OxyMem
DUPONT has bought out OxyMem, a wastewater technology company that was spun out of University Col...
Four new biofuel plants receive funding in UK
THE UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced funding for four new biofuel plants.
BASF sells Construction Chemicals to Lone Star
GLOBAL private equity firm Lone Star has signed a purchase agreement to acquire BASF’s Constructi...
UK’s landmark trial to heat buildings with hydrogen is fully operational
THE UK’s first project to inject hydrogen into the gas grid is underway at Keele University.
Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to repair the planet
PRINCE WILLIAM has launched a new initiative, billed as the world’s most prestigious environmenta...
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 ...
Drax announces ambition to be world’s first carbon negative company by 2030
DRAX power station in North Yorkshire, UK, plans to become carbon negative by 2030 through its us...
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...
Repsol outlines net zero 2050 target
SPAIN’S oil and gas firm Repsol has outlined plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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 Government match-funds small modular nuclear reactors
THE UK Government is investing £18m (US$23m) in a partnership with industry led by Rolls Royce to...
UK oil contractors report rising green demand
UK oil and gas contractors have reported a significant increase in demand for their services from...
Upcycling plastic bottles for the chemical industry
RESEARCHERS at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia have ...
Highview Power to build Europe’s largest battery storage system
HIGHVIEW Power, the designer and developer of the CRYOBattery, is to build what it claims will be...
US rolls back Chemical Disaster Rule
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rescinded most of the Chemical Disaster Rule – w...
Dam collapse tragedy could have been prevented
BRAZIL’s National Mining Agency (ANM) has released a technical report on the history of the taili...
IEA calls for ‘bold’ action to achieve emissions savings through energy efficiency
ENERGY efficiency can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but with efficiency improvements slow...
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...
Drax raises biomass sustainability standards
DRAX has strengthened its biomass sustainability policy and appointed an Independent Advisory Boa...
Cheap catalyst for hydrogen production shows commercial-scale promise
RESEARCHERS have shown for the first time that a cheap catalyst can be used to split water for hy...
New £1m funding pot for UK steel research
A UK sustainable steel research network is offering up to £1m (US$1.3m) in funding for other rese...
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...
Simple method improves membrane CO2 separation performance
AN international team of researchers has, for the first time, shown that the carbon dioxide (CO2)...
UK Government issues temporary ban on fracking
THE UK Government has temporarily halted fracking on the basis of a new scientific study from the...
Borealis and Neste enter agreement for renewable polypropylene
NESTE will provide its renewable propane to Borealis for production of polypropylene as part of a...
Nouryon demonstrates new process for ethylene amine production
NOURYON has produced the first ethylene amines products at its demonstration plant in Stenungsund...
Murray Energy files for bankruptcy
MURRAY Energy, the largest private coal miner in the US, has filed for bankruptcy as utilities co...
Using CO2 and “green” energy to produce specialty chemicals
EVONIK and Siemens have launched the second phase of their joint research project Rheticus, in wh...
Carlsberg to halve water usage at Danish brewery
BREWING company Carlsberg has announced investment in a state-of-the-art water recycling plant th...
New lithium extraction process could revolutionise energy storage
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has developed a scalable lithium extraction process usi...
Partnership to reduce steel industry CO2 emissions
MINING giant Rio Tinto has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China’s largest steel ...
BASF expands ethylene oxide capacity in Antwerp
BASF will expand its ethylene oxide capacity at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.
Oil and gas innovation to benefit Japanese nuclear sector
RAWWATER Engineering Company, which developed specialist alloys for the oil and gas industry that...
Novel process recovers high-value products from natural gas
LINDE has developed a novel process to recover high-value products, including helium, from natura...
South Africa unveils 2030 power plan
SOUTH Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has updated its Integrated Resou...
100+ partners commit to the Circular Plastics Alliance
MORE than 100 public and private partners, including from the chemical sector, have signed the De...
Petronas triumphs at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards 2019
OIL and gas company Petronas scooped four out of the eight trophies given at IChemE’s Malaysia Aw...
US CSB release update on Texas chemicals plant explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a factual update on the explosion and fire which ...
Future of clean energy discussed at London workshop
THE Fuel and Energy Research Forum held its Workshop on Combustion-related Research and the Inaug...
Milestone for molten salt nuclear reactors
NRG, a nuclear research and consultation organisation, has reached a historic milestone in the de...
Enapter unveils hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing facility
ENAPTER, which manufactures modular hydrogen electrolysers, has unveiled a new serial fabrication...
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...
Husky receives approval for refinery rebuild
HUSKY Energy has received the required permit approvals to move forward with its more than US$400...
Gorgon LNG project faces emissions penalties
CHEVRON’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, one of the world’s largest LNG projects, co...
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...
Removing pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater
NOURYON and Van Remmen UV Technology have teamed up to combine their technologies to remove pharm...
UK invests in nuclear fusion
THE UK Government has announced £220m (US$271m) in funding for a nuclear fusion power station to ...
Potential closure of INEOS Seal Sands acrylonitrile plant
INEOS has announced that it is consulting with employees over the potential closure of its Seal S...
Recycling EV batteries
ERAMET, BASF, and SUEZ have partnered to develop an innovative closed-loop process to recycle lit...
Expansions to lithium plants in Australia on hold due to market downturn
CHINA-based Tianqi Lithium has halted work on the expansion of its lithium hydroxide refinery in ...
Potential new processing route for nickel
HUGH Morgan, owner of Comet Minerals, has announced a new process which could be used to extract ...
Clariant’s new HTE lab in the US energy capital to support oil and gas
SPECIALTY chemicals company Clariant has opened a new High-Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Labor...
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 ...
Australian mining leads the way in tailings safety
THE Australian minerals industry has released a communiqué, which reinforces its position as a gl...
Cuadrilla fracking suspended until further notice
FRACKING at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire, UK, will remain suspended until a fu...
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...
Cracker consortium aims to reduce carbon emissions
SIX companies with European petrochemical operations have established a consortium that will join...
Exxon commits £140m investment in Fife plant
EXXONMOBIL will invest £140m (US$173m) in its ethylene plant in Fife, UK, over the next two years...
Behold the Plastic Age: synthetic fibres found in fossil record
GEOLOGISTS could one day determine the age of rocks by measuring the amount of plastic found in s...
Drone attack cuts global oil capacity by 5%
DRONES have targeted the world’s biggest oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, reducing the state-owned Sau...
BP on continuous hunt for methane leaks
BP says it is deploying technology to continuously detect, measure and reduce methane emissions f...
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...
Rejigged rigs could kickstart North Sea CCS, study finds
USING North Sea oil rigs to generate power from methane and bury the resulting emissions would be...
Current European estimates likely underestimate fracking emissions
RESEARCHERS at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam (IASS) have concluded th...
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...
Integrated power-to-liquid test facility produces first fuel
A container-based test facility has successfully produced synthetic fuel from renewable energy an...
Oil and gas majors are undermining climate goals, report warns
OIL and gas companies have approved US$50bn of investment since 2018 in major projects that under...
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...
ExxonMobil and Mosaic Materials collaborate to reduce CO2 emissions
EXXONMOBIL and separations technology company Mosaic Materials have agreed to explore the advance...
Australia investigates building its largest hydrogen production plant
QUEENSLAND Government-owned power generation company Stanwell is spending A$5m (US$3.4m) to study...
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...
Report reveals policy gaps in UK Government’s net zero pledge
THE Science and Technology Committee (STC) has highlighted policy gaps in the Government’s plans ...
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...
BHP announces US$400m Climate Investment Program
MINING company BHP has announced a five-year, US$400m Climate Investment Program (CIP) to develop...
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...
Neste expands Singapore biofuels refinery
NESTE is investing US$1.4bn in an expansion to its Singapore renewable fuels refinery.
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...
Gorgon CCS plant starts up after two-year delay
CHEVRON’S US$54bn Gorgon LNG project has started operation of one of the world’s largest carbon c...
Glencore to mothball cobalt and copper mine
GLENCORE will stop production at the Mutanda cobalt and copper mine in the Democratic Republic of...
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...
ExxonMobil plant explosion injures 37
ON 31 July an explosion and subsequent fire broke out at an ExxonMobil plant in Baytown, Harris C...
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...
Construction begins on Australian hydrogen pilot project
CONSTRUCTION has begun on a pilot project in Victoria, Australia, which will convert brown coal t...
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...
Green Biologics closes biochemicals plant in US
GREEN Biologics (GBL), a biobased chemical firm headquartered in the UK, has announced that it wi...
Cuadrilla to start fracking second well
CUADRILLA plans to frack a second well in Lancashire, UK, before its planning permission expires ...
ISA creates Global Security Alliance
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has created an open forum to advance cybersecurity ...
Advancing low-carbon technologies together
LED by the World Economic Forum (WEF), chemical companies are to collaborate to reduce the chemic...
DuPont wins alkylation licence for grassroots China refinery
DUPONT Clean Technologies is licensing its alkylation technology to Shenghong Petrochemical for a...
Aramco awards US$18bn in contracts to expand oil and gas production
SAUDI ARAMCO has awarded contracts worth US$18bn to build process plants and expand oil productio...
LPG industry aims for 100% transition to bioLNG by 2040
Liquid Gas UK (formerly UKLPG) has launched its new vision, which sets a goal for the liquid petr...
UK Government criticised for lack of progress implementing biofuels
THE All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Bioethanol has released a report saying that...
Covestro partners with 3D printing pioneer to scale up production
COVESTRO is working to scale up the production of a resin developed by Silicon Valley firm Carbon...
New SABIC sustainability roadmap aligns with UN SDGs
SAUDI manufacturing company SABIC has launched its sustainability roadmap aligned to the UN Susta...
BP warns that world is on unsustainable path
BP HAS warned of a “worrying vicious cycle” of energy use in its new global energy report, as ext...
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...
Neste and LyondellBasell claim bioplastic first
NESTE and LyondellBasell are claiming an industry-first with the parallel, commercial-scale produ...
Chevron Phillips and Qatar Petroleum to build world’s largest ethane cracker
Qatar Petrochemical and Chevron Phillips Chemical have signed agreements to jointly develop petro...
Linde to invest US$1.4bn in Exxon Singapore supply deal
LINDE is investing US$1.4bn to expand its gasification complex at Jurong Island in Singapore as p...
Petronas agrees partnership to develop oil industry chemicals
PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) and Scomi Energy Services have agreed to work together to research...
Protein-producing microbes to reduce CO2 emissions
DRAX is partnering with startup Deep Branch Biotechnology (DBB) on a new bioenergy carbon capture...
Avantium commercialising PEF production
CHEMICALS company Avantium is commercialising production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a 100% ...
CSB calls for new onshore drilling rules after blowout kills five
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has urged regulators to develop safety standards for onshore o...
Philadelphia oil refinery to shut down following fire
REFINERY owner Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) has announced that it is to permanently close ...
Petronas Chemicals looks to convert waste plastic into feedstock
PETRONAS Chemicals is investigatin