All Environment
Running on hydrogen
Added: 8 Apr 2005
A $380million research programme will evaluate fuel cells and the development of an infrastructure …
Nuclear project
Added: 8 Apr 2005
Aker Kvaerner is to build a facility to remove, sort and transfer nuclear waste from the Dungeness …
BP begins Texas City investigation
Added: 8 Apr 2005
Investigations have begun into the explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery in March, which killed 15 …
Successful tests for oil conversion
Added: 18 Mar 2005
A process developed by Californian firm Ivanhoe Energy could lead to a new source of light oil, a v…
Catalyst for change
Added: 17 Mar 2005
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Brewer fined
Added: 11 Mar 2005
Carlsberg UK was fined a total of £25,000 and ordered to pay £2,001 costs by Selby magistrates on M…
A refined manifold
Added: 9 Mar 2005
Parker Instrumentation has developed a novel instrumentation manifold for BP's Grangemouth oil and …
AMEC expands environmental services
Added: 8 Mar 2005
AMEC has bought the UK-based environmental consultancy, Environmental Advice Centre (EAC), for £1.4…
Breaking it down
Added: 4 Mar 2005
Nanoparticles of gold and palladium are the most effective catalysts yet identified for remediation…
Photosynthesis for hydrogen
Added: 4 Mar 2005
Generating hydrogen is one of the major obstacles in the way of the widespread adoption of fuel cel…
Supply-side sustainability
Added: 23 Feb 2005
With the REACH regulations looming, process companies in the chemicals sector are taking stock of t…
Going green
Added: 23 Feb 2005
In an article in The Guardian this month, Adrian Wilkes, chairman of the Environmental Industries C…
Norwegian gas
Added: 3 Feb 2005
Canadian oil and gas producer Talisman Energy is to buy all of the outstanding shares of Pe…
Million-dollar challenge
Added: 2 Feb 2005
The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is to award a $1 million prize for a practical…
Taking toxins out of the water
Added: 31 Jan 2005
A researcher at the Washington University in St. Louis has discovered an effective way to r…
Increased output
Added: 27 Jan 2005
Nova Chemicals is to invest $210 million modernising its Ontario, Canada-based ethylene fle…
How risky is it?
Added: 26 Jan 2005
The UK Environment Agency is calling on industry to take a closer look at a chemical called…
Mercury monitor
Added: 25 Jan 2005
Anticipating legislation to extend the requirements for the measurement of mercury levels i…
Solid protection
Added: 25 Jan 2005
As health, safety and environmental concerns increase, there is a need for the process industries t…