All Chemicals
Shell confirms tank fire
Added: 10 Jan 2014
Shell today confirmed that a storage tank at its Cologne-Godorf site in Germany caught fire yesterd…
Explosion at Shell refinery
Added: 9 Jan 2014
German media is reporting an explosion at Shell Chemical’s Cologne-Godorf refinery.
Chemicals and pharma research funding boost
Added: 9 Jan 2014
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council has announced £3.6m funding for manufacturing …
Biogas desulphurisation cuts costs at Cory
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Accurate and dependable online gas composition analysis an essential part of the new desulphurisati…
Global chemistry
Added: 7 Jan 2014
The boss of German chemicals giant BASF tells John McKenna about his dislike of renewable electrici…
Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…
IChemE training courses
Added: 6 Jan 2014
The IChemE is hosting over 50 training courses to cover a range of subject areas and meet developme…
Grangemouth staff agree pension deal
Added: 20 Dec 2013
The majority of employees at the Grangemouth petrochemicals facility have agreed to sign up to new …
Energy & the global game
Added: 18 Dec 2013
At this time of Christmas Carols, there is a growing chorus of chemicals company bosses crying out …
Tees Valley process funding agreed
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.
Ineos considers UK shale production
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.
Global safety standard being developed
Added: 3 Dec 2013
The International Council of Chemicals Associations (ICCA) is currently developing a performance me…
Grangemouth shale gas import site selected
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Ineos Petrochemicals today confirmed it had selected the location of an ethane tank it plans to bui…
GSK to pilot process safety course
Added: 2 Dec 2013
GlaxoSmithKline has partnered with the University of Sheffield to develop a short course that addre…
Communication is key to safety
Added: 29 Nov 2013
Process safety management is a constantly evolving field, but good communication remains fundamenta…
BASF and Abu Dhabi in joint gas research
Added: 29 Nov 2013
BASF and the Petroleum Institute (PI) of Abu Dhabi today announced their intention to collaborate o…
Tyvek 800 J limited-use coverall
Added: 27 Nov 2013
Available in 2014, the DuPont Tyvek 800 J coverall is an innovation in Type 3 (liquid tight) protec…
Lunch with the BASF boss
Added: 27 Nov 2013
Last Friday I headed down to Mayfair to meet BASF chairman Kurt Bock, who over lunch gave me a fasc…
Manufacturing hits 18-year high
Added: 21 Nov 2013
UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…
Steam cracker is 'industry first'
Added: 20 Nov 2013
A feedstock steam cracker in Singapore is said to be the first industry facility capable of convert…
