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Samsung for $2,5bn carbon/coker unit in UAE
Added: 25 Jun 2012
Seoul, Korea - Samsung Engineering has received a letter of award for a carbon black and delayed co…

Fraunhofer network expands
Added: 25 Jun 2012
London - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) and German applied research organisation Fraunhofer-G…

Chemical tank cleaning: Small things make a big difference
Added: 24 Jun 2012
Technical article by Ivan Zytynski, marketing director of BETE Ltd:
The cleaning of tanks and vessel…

Jacobs nets contract for Saudi polyetheylene trains
Added: 24 Jun 2012
London – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and constructio…

Major Dounreay hazard destroyed
Added: 19 Jun 2012
One of the most dangerous legacies of Britain’s early atomic research has been destroyed

Producing methanol using CO2 and hydrogen
Added: 14 Jun 2012
A research team at the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) has developed a new system for prod…

HSE serves 'legionella' notices on two process companies
Added: 13 Jun 2012
Edinburgh, UK – The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has served two process companies, North Briti…

Shell's 'uneasy' approach to process safety
Added: 12 Jun 2012
With 15 years’ experience in managing the operation of top-tier COMAH sites, Dave Topliffe, manufac…

Chemical engineers discover new way to split water
Added: 11 Jun 2012
Nontoxic, noncorrosive method provides possible new route to hydrogen-gas production

New leader for Dow in Europe
Added: 11 Jun 2012
Midland, Michigan - Heinz Haller, executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Dow, has…

LyondellBasell energy-saving technology wins backing
Added: 11 Jun 2012
Houston, Texas - LyondellBasell has gained a $4.5-million grant from the US department of energy (D…

Reducing energy barriers to chemical reactions
Added: 8 Jun 2012
A new twist on an old chemical process has been shown to boost energy efficiency

Funding drives large-scale production of nanoparticles
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A Nottingham University spin-out is hoping to improve industrial nanoparticle production

World’s first X-ray machine capable of studying liquid surfaces
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A new liquid X-ray machine could significantly improve the performance catalysts

Biosensor detects one-billionth of a gram in minutes
Added: 1 Jun 2012
A new class of biosensor can detect exceptionally small traces of contaminants in liquids in 40 mi…

LyondellBasell nets award for energy-saving flare
Added: 1 Jun 2012
Houston, Texas –- LyondellBasell’s efforts to reduce energy consumption at its Houston refinery hav…

Energy Bill: When the chips are down
Added: 31 May 2012
Well done to the UK’s chip shop owners, who have managed to fight off a tax hike on hot takeaway fo…

Microreactors allow safe production of explosive materials
Added: 30 May 2012
Fraunhofer researchers have developed a microreactor for safer production of nitroglycerine

Chemicals industry optimistic despite debt crisis
Added: 28 May 2012
The global chemicals industry expects to see an improvement in business according to a study by Cer…

Energy Bill worries UK chemicals industry
Added: 28 May 2012
London – The proposals in the UK government’s draft Energy Bill could hit the UK chemicals industry…