All Chemicals
Three big issues in 2012
Added: 23 Jan 2012
London – In the run-up to the recent holiday period I got to quiz a good number of UK engineers, fr…
Bayer centre targets isocyanate process advances
Added: 17 Jan 2012
Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience has commissioned a new Euro5-million technical center f…
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 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” …
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…
