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Biochemical plants in chimneys

Added: 11 Jan 2012

?RWE Power and biotechnology company BRAIN are to expand their joint CO2 -to-chemicals research in …

Oakwell orders 43 Litre Meter flowmeters for Dubai project

Added: 8 Dec 2011

London – Litre Meter has shipped 43 VFF positive displacement flowmeters to Singapore-based Oakwell…

Shell nears phosgene-free feedstock link-up with polycarbonate major

Added: 24 Nov 2011

Amsterdam - Shell is “very, very close” to commercialising a technology for the production of diphe…

SABIC safeguards UK pipeline

Added: 17 Nov 2011

London – Hima-Sella has completed delivery on safety systems for all 20 valve stations along the le…

Shell Pearl GTL

Shell advances intelligent valve technology at Singapore site

Added: 9 Nov 2011

London –  Shell’s largest petrochemicals investment to date, the Houdini project in Singapore, feat…

Huntsman site revamp tops IChemE awards

Added: 7 Nov 2011

London – Huntsman Pigments has won the top prize at the IChemE 2011 Awards for a project that revam…

Career charters at Sellafield, Tata

Added: 1 Nov 2011

Professional accreditation can deliver some important career benefits for engineers working at vari…

Why energy-saving plans are failing to go the distance

Added: 1 Nov 2011

Depending on the relative cost of enery at the time, energy-efficiency programmes and capital inves…

Apps ease maintenance woes

Added: 1 Nov 2011

While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…

CBA: HSE wants a "blank cheque" from chemical industry

Added: 31 Oct 2011

London — The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has branded the Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) …

Polish refinery to demo new GE fibre-optic technology to tackle fouling

Added: 6 Oct 2011

Florence Italy — GE is developing a ’sense-diagnose-remediate’ system to control the build-up of fo…

Dow launches new polypropylene catalyst technology

Added: 5 Oct 2011

New York — Dow Chemical Co. has launched Consista C601 polypropylene catalyst, which it describes a…

Shell puts out Singapore refinery fire

Added: 1 Oct 2011

Pulau Bukom, Singapore — A fire at Shell’s refinery on Pulau Bukom island was “fully extinguished” …

Producers are moving toward company-wide co-ordination of TAR activities

Turnarounds: All change in petrochemicals sector

Added: 1 Oct 2011

London — The west European petrochemical Industry is reckoned to spend around €3 billion a year on …

BASF demolition job for RVA

Added: 30 Sep 2011

Ipswich, UK — BASF has started dismantling its Kaipiainen polymer production facilities in Finland.…

Hima-Sella upgrades ESD systems at Lucite UK plant

Added: 28 Sep 2011

Teesside, UK – Hima-Sella has commenced work on the upgrade of emergency shutdown (ESD) systems for…

Yara repeats order for mixer – 26 years on

Added: 19 Sep 2011

York, UK — John R Boone has supplied a replacement 2000-litre heavy duty rotary drum blender to Yor…

DuPont wins $920m aramid secrets lawsuit against Kolon Industries

Added: 15 Sep 2011

Wilmington, Delaware — DuPont has won a civil lawsuit for $919.9 million in the US against Kolon In…

Oxford Catalysts earns US technology award

Added: 13 Sep 2011

Oxford, UK — Microchannel technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group was named as the winne…

INEOS ramps up technology licensing in China

Added: 9 Sep 2011

London – INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropyle…