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Iraq signs initial agreement to build oil refinery
Iraq has signed an initial deal with Swedish company SEAB to build a 70,000-bpd oil refinery near the northern city of Mosu
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China's oil consumption seen peaking around 2026
China's oil consumption is likely to peak around 2026 at about 16 MMbpd and that of natural gas by around 2040.
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Axens, Arol Energy sign license agreement for Connect’In technology
Axens and Arol Energy have signed a license agreement for Axens' Connect’In® technology. This service offer will now be proposed by Arol Energy to its biomethane producer customers. Connect’In® is a digital solution developed by Axens and until now made available exclusively to its customers.
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Enbridge fined $3.32 MM for failings in Line 3 replacement project
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said it has fined Enbridge Inc $3.32 million, citing the Canadian company's failure to follow environmental laws during the construction of its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement.
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Carbon capture and storage gains industry support
Eleven companies have expressed interest in supporting the large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in Houston.
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Iran's petrochemical, fuel sales boom as sanctions hit crude exports
Iran earns more from oil products exports. Iranian fuel and petrochemical exports have boomed in recent years despite stringent U.S. sanctions, leaving Iran well placed to expand sales swiftly in Asia and Europe if Washington lifts its curbs, trading sources and officials said.
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Grace licenses process technology to GAIL Limited
W. R. Grace and Co., the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP process technology to GAIL (India) Ltd, India’s principal gas transmission and marketing company under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
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Partnership to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology
JOHNSON Matthey has teamed up with waste-to-chemical technologies company MyRechemical to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology, with the aim of contributing to sustainability.
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Eneos and Petronas study clean hydrogen supply chain
PETRONAS and Japanese oil company Eneos have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a competitive clean hydrogen supply chain between Japan and Malaysia, and to explore other hydrogen opportunities.
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Sasol, Haldor Topsøe expand licensing to grow sustainable synthetic fuels
Haldor Topsøe and Sasol have expanded collaboration to jointly license and develop their technologies for sustainable liquid fuels and chemicals production through Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology.
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Air Liquide partners to study decarbonization of refinery
Italy's Saras has agreed to team up with French firm Air Liquide to study plans for the possible decarbonisation of its Sarroch refinery in Sardinia.
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Regulators probe Phillips 66 refinery work
California Bay Area regulators are investigating whether Phillips 66 failed to obtain necessary permits to produce renewable fuels at its oil refinery in Rodeo.
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TotalEnergies and Iraq sign agreements for US$27bn projects
TOTALENERGIES has signed an agreement with the Government of Iraq, and the country’s National Investment Commission (NIC), for oil, gas, and solar projects in the Basra region, worth US$27bn over 25 years.
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Partners share open-source PFAS-free packaging technique
FOLLOWING nine months of collaboration, partners Solenis and Zume have open-sourced a recipe and method for manufacturing non-plastic PFAS-free food and consumer packaging.
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IAEA reviews Fukushima water release
OFFICIALS from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have visited Japan to review the plans to release treated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the sea.
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Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2
BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joined forces to produce polypropylene from captured CO2.
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Siemens launches recyclable wind turbine blades
WIND power company Siemens Gamesa has launched a “world first”, recyclable wind turbine blade for commercial offshore use.
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UK regulator relaxes effluent rules as water treatment firms begin running out of chemicals
A SHORTAGE of chemicals used to treat wastewater in the UK has led the Environment Agency to relax rules and allow facilities to release untreated effluent. A lack of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers is causing chemicals supply chains to fail, an industry group has warned.
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ExxonMobil introduces renewable diesel process
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing has introduced ExxonMobil Renewable Diesel (EMRD) process technology, to help meet evolving mobility needs using renewable feedstock.
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IChemE co-creates chemical engineering TV programme
ICHEME and ITN Productions’ Industry News are working to co-create Serving Society, a unique, news-style programme to improve understanding of global issues and raise awareness of the vital role of chemical engineers in delivering responsible solutions to benefit society.
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Imperial Oil plans renewable diesel facility
CANADIAN oil major Imperial Oil is advancing plans for a 1bn L/y renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Ineos Styrolution joins U.S. Plastics Pact
STYRENICS supplier Ineos Styrolution has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative initiative helping to move towards a circular plastics economy in the US, by 2025.
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IChemE announces 2021 Global Awards finalists
ICHEME has announced more than 120 finalists for its 2021 Global Awards.
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UK funds projects to boost production of biomass
THE UK Government has awarded £4m (US$5.5m) across 24 projects to increase biomass production that can be used for green energy.
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Report facilitates Franco-Scottish collaboration in floating wind and hydrogen
A REPORT published by the Scottish Government, has recommended areas for research collaboration between French and Scottish organisations working in floating wind and hydrogen.
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Glencore and Britishvolt enter long-term supply agreement
GLENCORE and Britishvolt have signed an agreement for the mining company to supply responsibly-sourced cobalt for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.
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Linde signs green hydrogen deal with semiconductor company
LINDE has signed an agreement to supply green hydrogen to semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies.
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Trial successfully produces glass using hydrogen power
A TRIAL has shown that a glass furnace can successfully be powered with hydrogen instead of natural gas.
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Partnership to convert landfill waste into hydrogen for transport
RENEWABLE fuels company Raven SR has entered into an agreement with a Republic Services sanitary landfill in Northern California to convert organic waste into hydrogen that can be sold at commercial fuel stations.
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Fire at Leamington Spa plastics facility
A FIRE and subsequent explosions occurred at a plastics facility in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK on 27 August. One worker is still unaccounted for.
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Ida’s impacts on Louisiana refining, petchem complexes uncertain
Current operations at most of Louisiana’s major refining and petrochemical complexes remain uncertain in the wake of Hurricane Ida, the eye of which made landfall as a Category 4 storm along the southeastern coast of Louisiana.
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Mitsubishi develops 20,000 t/y plastics recycling plant in Japan
MITSUBISHI Chemical Corporation (MCC) will develop a 20,000 t/y HydroPRS plastics recycling facility in Japan. This is the company’s first HydroPRS project following a licensing agreement for the technology, signed in June.
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Scotland launches green jobs advice service
THE Scottish Government has launched a workforce academy with the aim of offering advice to workers preparing to transition to green jobs.
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Petrobras updates status of refinery divestments
Petrobras has signed a deal to sell its 46,000-b/d Isaac Sabbá refinery (REMAN)—including a storage terminal—in Manaus, Amazonas, to Atem's Distribuidora de Petróleo SA (Atem), a Brazil-based fuel distributor.
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Five dead and two missing after fire on Pemex offshore oil platform
A FIRE at a Pemex offshore oil platform has resulted in the deaths of five workers, with two still missing.
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Collaboration plans carbon capture facility in India
CARBON Clean and Green Power International (GPIPL) have been selected to design and build a carbon capture plant with NTPC, India’s largest power utility provider.
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ArcelorMittal using DRI and Smart Carbon to achieve clean steel
ARCELORMITTAL said it will use direct reduced iron (DRI) and Smart Carbon technologies to reduce its global carbon emissions intensity by 25%, by 2030. The steel and mining company expects to invest about US$10bn to achieve its goal.
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Australian aluminium smelter aims to switch to renewables
TOMAGO Aluminium, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter, is aiming to operate on 100% renewable electricity by 2029.
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Consortium to develop solid-state battery technology
SEVEN UK-based organisations including Johnson Matthey have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop prototype solid-state battery technology for automotive applications.
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Green transition loan awarded to Wood
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has awarded the first ever green transition loan – worth £430m (US$585m) – to engineering and consultancy firm Wood to accelerate new clean growth export opportunities.
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Study confirms feasibility of green hydrogen in Australia
A STUDY by BP Australia has proved the technical feasibility of producing green hydrogen and ammonia, at scale, in Western Australia.
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UK Government launches its hydrogen strategy
THE UK Government has released its long-awaited strategy on hydrogen, which details its plans to develop a hydrogen economy.
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MoU for Canadian mRNA vaccine facility
MODERNA has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian Government to build a state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Canada, which could help combat diseases including Covid-19.
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Xodus to design Petronas’ first CCS facility
PETRONAS has awarded energy consultancy Xodus the conceptual engineering design contract for the state-energy firm’s first complete CCS project.
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Explosion at South African power plant
AN explosion at a power station in South Africa has caused extensive damage to the facility’s generator, leaving two units offline and reportedly threatening supply and demand.
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Miner BHP could exit oil and gas through merger with Woodside
BHP is exploring options to exit the oil and gas sector by merging its assets with Woodside.
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Australia expands role of renewables funding agency to support CCS, hydrogen and greener metals
THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) now has a wider remit that includes funding CCS and hydrogen projects, following a contentious victory for the Federal Government.
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Bayer to buy novel drug discovery company for US$2bn
BAYER is acquiring biopharmaceutical company Vividion Therapeutics, which uses novel discovery technologies to unlock high value, traditionally “undruggable” targets with precision therapeutics.
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Claimants to appeal fatal Samarco disaster ruling in UK court
THE Court of Appeals, the most senior court in England and Wales, has ruled to allow proceedings against BHP related to the fatal 2015 Samarco dam disaster to be reopened in the UK and allow appeal of the decision to strike out claims in the £5bn (US$6.9bn) case.
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Engineering X outlines strategy for the profession to lead on safety in complex systems
FACED with an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) wants to cement the engineering profession as recognised leaders on safety in complex systems, which can support other professions and help shape the global agenda.
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