All Chemicals

Sensing safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Recent advances in the field of sensor technologies are proving timely for process operators in th…

Collaboration to produce butadiene from biomass
Added: 24 Jul 2012
Versalis, Eni’s chemicals subsidiary in the production of elastomers, together with Genomatica and …

Bridging the divide
Added: 23 Jul 2012
The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

EU-backed project harnesses the potential of food waste
Added: 23 Jul 2012
York, UK- Scientists at the University of York are leading a major EU-backed network that is explor…

Cardiff University to catalyse manufacturing
Added: 20 Jul 2012
Cardiff, UK - Cardiff University is investing £3 million in the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) a…

Eni board's Petronas' RAPID complex
Added: 20 Jul 2012
Pengerang, Malaysia - Petronas has signed a heads of agreement with Italy-based Versalis SpA, part …

Thermal imaging for hazardous environments
Added: 19 Jul 2012
?Thermal imaging offers clear advantages in ATEX-rated and other hazardous environments, but the la…

UK industries pay world's highest 'carbon' costs
Added: 16 Jul 2012
London – UK energy and climate change policies add more to its energy-intensive industries’ electri…

Operating procedure key to process safety
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Article based on Honeywell white paper. Contributors: Subhankar Dey - Senior Marketing Specialist, …

Extinguishing fire using sound
Added: 16 Jul 2012
DARPA has demonstrated techniques to extinguish small flames using electric and acoustic suppression

Flow meter research to benefit process industries
Added: 13 Jul 2012
A new type of flow meter could facilitate the measurement of multiple velocities in a pipeline

BP settles Texas City refinery citations
Added: 13 Jul 2012
London – BP Products North America Inc. has reached an agreement with the US Occupational Safety an…

Alkaline fuel cell for UK chemical plant
Added: 12 Jul 2012
London – AFC Energy has commenced a joint project with Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL) to install an…

New Saudi Aramco venture to target energy technologies
Added: 12 Jul 2012
Dhahran Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco has launched of a new corporate venturing subsidiary Saudi Aram…

Showa Denko starts biopolymer production
Added: 12 Jul 2012
Tokyo – Showa Denko KK (SDK) has started commercial-scale production of biodegradable polyester res…

Roquette costs set to dive
Added: 10 Jul 2012
Keokuk, Iowa – Located in Keokuk on the Iowa/Illinois border, the heart of corn production country,…

UK chemical engineers report positive pay trends
Added: 4 Jul 2012
London – UK chemical engineers have experienced positive pay trends with salaries continuing to ris…

BASF to build butadiene plant in Antwerp
Added: 4 Jul 2012
Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF plans to build a butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Ant…

Argex claims TiO2 process 'breakthrough'
Added: 4 Jul 2012
Montreal, Quebec – Canadian company Argex Mining Inc. claims to have made a breakthrough with its p…

Reducing pumps energy use at chemicals facility
Added: 2 Jul 2012
London – ?Solvay Fluor GmbH has reduced power consumption by a quarter at a modernised re-cooling s…